While talking of non-violence we should not chase shadows. It is the delusion of attachment that causes fear and which in turn results in violence. If it had not been for fear no weapons would have been invented. Fear of the enemy leads to the unending race for more and more deadly weapon systems and the degree and possibility of violence increase correspondingly. Today the whole world is reeling with fear.
Nations are afraid of one another and so are different sections of society.
Not until people become fearless can non-violence be firmly established, and fearlessness is possible only when people learn to free themselves from the delusion of attachment. There are quite a few people now who are interested in building a non-violent society. In order to be able to do so two problems have to be solved first. They are the centralization of power and the concentration of wealth in a few hands. So long as these two evils continue it is in vain to contemplate the possibility of a non-violent society.