Prasad on the bike

Today my friend, Prasad, from India and the Pilgrimage of Peace was at our house in Milwaukee. A group of friends gathered to listen to Prasad share some of his insights into Gandhi and the application of his ways to our daily life. In the course of our discussion someone mentioned that he had ridden his bike for the first time in many years. After the open house when most had left Prasad said he wanted to get out and take a walk. I said great and a group of us got ready to walk. But what he really meant was he wanted to bike. After our walk along the bike trail nearby it was still was light out and Prasad said let’s go bike riding. So we went along the same trail, but this time on bikes.

Now this man wise in the ways of Gandhi became like a child when riding the bike. After a week and a half in this country and being busy giving talks it was a great joy for him to get out and ride a bike. When we came back from the walk and ride and started to talk again Prasad mentioned how important it was to practice our ways, like Gandhi, as ‘truth seekers’ with great joy. No matter how much suffering and pain we had to endure to live a truly nonviolent way of life, laughter was essential.

Prasad put all of our questions of what to do into a bigger perspective of time and history. When seen in this light, as just little specks of time, everything does not seem so important. We can simply enjoy a bike ride.

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