Which town?

And until then, quarrels and conflicts, wants and vexations, misunderstandings and rivalries would occupy the time and the space of the enterprise. She would repeat, spirituality is simple, so very simple, but one must want it!

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Before building, one first had to dig.

The structural plans were ready; the foundations for the four double pillars supporting the sphere would be cast at a depth of ten meters: the excavation would be enormous.

Who was going to shovel, lift and carry?

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And there was still no money.

She gave the signal to begin.

In the early hours of the morning, all those who could reach by their own means would gather there and form a chain of labor= dig out the soil, fill “chetties” (woven baskets or moulded metal plates), pass them on from arms to arms and carry them out on one’s head to empty them further away or in a waiting trailer. The bodies of the newcomers were untrained for such an intensive physical work and each one experienced one’s own struggles of adaptation to the climate, to the prevailing conditions as to the constant internal churning.

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