Two more texts on and for Auroville

On morals and ethics:

On the path of Auroville, opened by Sri Aurobindo and the Mother‟s work, it is clear to everyone that morals as such have no more place in one‟s aspiration and commitment to give oneself to the Truth-Consciousness. Morals are a product of social, historical and cultural environment and they differ from one part of the world to another, serving the limited purpose of social cohesion. Morals may help in the conduct of individual and collective life as long as one is bound by the exterior personality, which is an assemblage of different and often contradictory drives and demands responding to different determinisms; but as soon as one enters the spiritual path or experiences the spiritual birth, morals cease to be relevant and are replaced by the need and nece ssity to turn every part of one‟s nature to the spiritual force. Yet, there remains a sense of higher ethics, where ordinary life and spiritual existence meet and these higher ethics may be defined differently according to one‟s circumstances, but are ess entially the same everywhere, corresponding to the imperatives of truth, justice, good, benevolence, beauty, harmony, loyalty, steadfastness, integrity… Now, in India, we have a sense of “Dharma”, a Sanskrit term which has no exact translation in any other language, but has a deep and far-reaching significance for every person, whatever may be one‟s social place in the collective reality, and will remain significant and actual even when one has progressed beyond the realms of common human consciousness, for it will always reflect or represent one‟s highest commitment. Thus, throughout the entire fabric of Indian reality, each person, regardless of one‟s place or realization, will be aware of the necessities and calls of one‟s dharma. Where Auroville is concerned, each person relating to its mission and raison d‟être will come into a sense of dharma that is specific to its progress upon earth. This dharma will require great respect, discernment, plasticity, wideness, solidarity, readiness to advance on the way and willingness to change and offer all of one‟s limitations. One must be ready to constantly On “Dharma”:

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