Truth for All

"The further conviction has been growing upon me that whatever is possible for me is possible even for a child, and I have found sound reasons for saying so. The instruments for the quest of truth are as simple as they are difficult. They may appear quite impossible to an arrogant person, and quite possible to an innocent child. The seeker after truth must be humbler than the dust. The world crushes the dust under its feet, but the seeker after truth should so humble himself that even the dust could crush him." (Gandhi Introduction 18)

This is quite a profound statement that Gandhi makes, even before the reader begins to delve into his book. This statement perfectly illustrates Gandhi's humbleness as he claims that much of what he has accomplished and continues to achieve can be attained by all including the young. This goes to show that Gandhi believed himself to be no more higher than any other human being in the world. Truth is out there for the taking for all those willing to pursue it. To one individual, the search can be mind numbingly difficult, but to another it can be second nature. What it boils down to is one's perspective and approach to it. But before you can gain this transcendence (although one who has reached such a level would not believe it to be such), you must bring yourself to a level, internally, to that of "dust." This thought seems quite unattainable to me, as I cannot even begin to imagine this feeling. One's thoughts and actions must not illnatured in any which way-almost flawless. In the business of our lives is this really possible? I can not think of many individuals who have reached such a state. One can only hope to gradually encompass all that Gandhi affirmed in his lifetime.