On Auroville 2022 to 2025

Each and every moment of physical existence is the occasion of a discovery and a progress and we must therefore become more and more free of any identification with any role and any status or position and learn to continuously evolve. 8. Respect of all that is. Learn ceaselessly to better respect all that lives, all that is, every material object as every expression of Nature, as manifestations of the same One Presence and Consciousness. 9. Every activity is service. It is the spirit of service that makes it possible for every activity to find its right place within the collective existence, the life of the group and its harmonious development; whatever may be the individual capacities, the spirit of service makes it possible for them to be integrated in a common movement of evolution which is sustained by a more and more concrete perception of Unity and better and better honors its manifestation in the physical world. 10. Stewards in the Divine‟s name. As willing servitors of the Truth-Consciousness that is at once the origin and the guide of Auroville, we are the stewards of the land and assets of Auroville, not their owners; no individual, nor any institution can claim any right of ownership on Auroville. Thus, Auroville is a first outline of a terrestrial realization, when all is the habitation of the Supreme. In the measure that Auroville requires more land for its wholesome development, we must rely upon the Grace that has guided and protected Auroville ever since its conception and, meanwhile, we must be actively aware of each smallest parcel of land that has been offered for its work upon earth and tend it to the best of our capacities. Likewise, every building, all equipment and every structure must be tended and maintained with respect and care, remaining free of any financial consideration, in the sense that all that is offered to the Divine becomes priceless, beyond any valuing appreciation, and must be utilized with utmost care at the service of Truth. 11. Collaborative creation. All that we earn or acquire through our work helps us to establish the environment of harmonious prosperity which must reign in Auroville; the right management of our resources demands a perception that is wide and impersonal enough of all needs and priorities, as well as a meticulous attention, avoiding and preventing any waste, squandering or neglect. However, if one occupies a strategic position in the circulation of energies, one must be not only accessible to others‟ contributions and observations, but to actually invite them, for no one can be aware of all details at the same time.

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