Chapter 6: Constructive Program

63: Gandhi’s Secret Weapon

In this episode of Daily Metta, Michael Nagler discusses Gandhi's not-so-secret discovery--constructive program. What is it and how does it work? What is its promise? Tune in to find out!

64: Gandhi’s Basics of Constructive Program

In this video, Michael Nagler offers some key ideas related to Gandhi's method of using constructive means for dismantling the British Rule in India. How can we apply these ideas today?

65: Constructive Action vs. Constructive Program

In this Daily Metta, Michael Nagler discusses the spinning wheel movement in India and distinguishes constructive action from what is known as "constructive program."

66: Constructive Strategy

What are some of the strategic elements of constructive program that were implicit in Gandhi's approach to it? What can we learn from them, especially in terms of approaching opposition?

67: Heart Unity

If we are to challenge inequality, we have to find commonality. How to begin to conceive of doing this? Gandhi maintained that "heart unity" was the key. Not uniformity; rather, mutual respect and shared vision.

68: Heart Unity and Leadership

As Michael moves forward in his "Search for a Nonviolent Future," he comments on the way that heart unity and leadership in a nonviolent movement have to work together. He also corrects a statement that he made in the book, thanks to the late Narayan Desai.

69: Inner Culture of Nonviolence

Michael Nagler discusses the famous scientific study by Wheeler and Fisk on predisposition for prejudice and the effects of humanization on the amygdala as he reviews the opening of Chapter 6 in Search for a Nonviolent Future.

70: Constructive Program Review

In this episode, Michael Nagler wraps up his thoughts (for now) on Constructive Program, as he covers it in Search for a Nonviolent Future.

71: Getting Real

Michael Nagler reviews some suggestions he offers for the "rubber hitting the road" in the path of deepening nonviolent action.

72: The Inner Work

Michael Nagler, still in Chapter Six of Search for a Nonviolent Future, discusses some insights he has had about the development of the inner spark as it relates to the outer fire.

73: Conversion Happens

Michael Nagler, still in Chapter Six of Search for a Nonviolent Future, around page 148, tells a couple of important stories of dramatic effects of nonviolence transforming people previously committed to violence.