Itinerary

Now I will broach the matter of the Matrimandir, as representative or exemplary of the questions that rise before us on our way of collectively conscious progress and change, which demands that we become free of all lower determinisms as dictated by the agency of the ego. In the process I will suggest that the voice of the majority is not always that of the highest and widest truth; that, from the perspective of the whole, living and entire Truth, all approaches are valid and none is sufficient and that, therefore, the correctives raised by opposition remain indispensable if we do not want to all fall under the yoke of a deathly single Thought, and that is each of us‟ duty to tirelessly cultivate a discernment that grows more and more receptive and more aware of the right usage of our goodwill. Moreover I also suggest that every material choice implies a particular vision or comprehension of reality, of the goal to be reached, the means to be used and the conditions to be respected in order to reach it; that no single material choice is indifferent, since, contrarily to what we were conditioned to think, Matter is in no way separate. For instance, the choice of one object amidst others will reveal much about the attitude held by the person who chooses towards others and the world.

Here then is another scene and another arrangement of forces in the atmosphere of Auroville, about a decade later: we are – well, not everyone of us, this was no longer feasible because of the numbers, but an attendance fairly representative of the various viewpoints being held at the time – gathered in a large room or

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