Which town?

gathering, either silent or consecrated to a theme of human aspiration – mainly through music and dance. There were thus now three distinct elements sharing a common space: the Matrimandir, site of concentration of the transformative Force, the Banyan, site of inner life in the creation and the Amphitheater, site of vital collective participation to the effort of progress.

The area of Peace.

Where would be Her gardens manifesting states of consciousness, where would be Her tall trees manifesting Nature’s aspiration and beneficial benevolence, where would be the water (whom She had envisioned right around Her temple, but which had surrounded the Urn during the last monsoon0 and until where would the silence of this sanctuary extend?

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Concessions, compromises, hardened positions, antagonisms, attrition and persuasion, resignations, forty-five years later we still haven’t found the creative spring of this enigma.

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She wanted to establish the government of direct consciousness instead of that of the Mind, beginning with those who already had a perception of this new reign – but here and there around Her it was as if a gulf of incomprehension was forming.

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