Gandhi

The autobiography of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, subtitled The Story of My Experiments With Truth, focuses on the struggles of Gandhi for non-violence and civil disobedience through the acts ofSatyagraha, literally meaning "holding firmly to truth." In each of the chapters, he talks about instances in life in which he had struggled with Truth, considering Truth being the ultimate source ofenergy. The question many might ask is: how can one who is so skinny, one who had to live with a stick throughout his struggles, get such energy?
It was because of his experiments and the trials thatGandhi developed dietetics, non-violence, hydropathy, naturopathy and others.

After finishing his studies in England, he came to South Africa where he changed from a typical lawyer to one who wasremarkable. It is more surprising that with the ideologies he produced from studying law, eastern and western philosophy, he kept them all by his side and followed them to the extreme. He was conservativeto his thoughts in any situation and in following them perhaps, to some, inflexibly so.

One reason I become overwhelmed by Gandhi is his simplicity, wearing a single dhoti (an Indian clothing) andliving solely by vegetables. Even when he was or his son was on his deathbed, he insisted that eating anything other than vegetables was wrong. He considered that through those necessities, in linewith his teachings, it is possible that one can live freely. This means one can live without food or drink, without anger or desire, if they are to follow a simple code of behavior. This book thusteaches one in practical life on how to live without any of the material needs.

Accepting his status as a great innovator in the struggle against racism, violence and colonialism, Gandhi felt that hisideas needed deeper understanding. Gandhi explains that he was after truth rooted in devotion to God and attributed the turning point, success and challenges in his life to the will of God....