Which town?

And the practical, physical, ordinary daily tasks and chores served as moorings in the tempest.

One would have to get organized.

If the legal Society continued to claim to be managing the “project” and laying unacceptable conditions for its funding, then one would have to find other means and arrangements, begin to earn money and identify other sources of contribution. With humor, goodwill and hard work, the necessary energies would surely come and circulate and help and accompany the growth of Her city.

More than 300 inhabitants already.

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In order to be allowed to reside in the country, on the land of India, a foreigner must be provided with a special visa for which a legally recognized organization must give its moral and financial guarantee – a situation that still obtains today. The Society was thus in a position to make use of this fact as a means of pressure and deterrence. Like a bird on one’s shoulder, a peculiar irony came to rest = numerous cases had been filed – for attempt to seize property, for instance – against the more vocal, active or intractable elements of this rebellious population; but a person cited in a police case and liable to be sentenced is not allowed to leave the country. Thus everyone with or without a legal guarantee who chose to stay could do so. However, all this drama was attracting the attention – of the public, of the government, but also of disciples from distant places who were yet alert

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