journal d'une transition

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On 15-3-1973, Roger A himself notes that the Mother has reiterated, concerning Huta’s guardian house: “ The important thing is to plan a room for her in the gardens …” This statement is a few days formulated by Roger A in a formal note of information to all: “The Mother has confirmed that the sole important thing is the lodging foreseen for the guardian within the framework of the gardens around Matrimandir.”

Beyond the date of 10-5-1973, there are no records regarding the Matrimandir.

.Concluding Notes.

From all the documents available regarding the period from 1970 to 1973, it is strikingly apparent that the clash and rivalry of individual egos was at a peak. It is also evident that the Mother freely and simply stated Her wishes only when there was a receptivity without preferences, as was the case with Satprem.

We have now a better and more precise sense of the evolution of the plan for the manifestation of this dream of Hers.

There are no records available, apart from a few scattered notes taken from memory by Roger A himself, of the many talks the Mother must undoubtedly have had with him. From subsequent events and information passed orally between people, it was generally understood that Narad had sufficient guidance to help him in his work of executing both the inner and outer gardens. Actual work on the outer gardens began in 1973, with the marking out of the circular boundary road wherever it was possible – where the land had already been acquired – and the first planting of trees. In 1974, the Oval area was marked out, almost entirely – there too, one piece of land was yet to be acquired. Throughout the 1970s, planting of trees for the South to North West part of the Outer Gardens, along with contouring of the same, was an ongoing work. The understanding generally shared since 1973, an understanding which was confirmed and further defined under Roger A’s direction in 1987-88, was that the Oval area – ten times the section of the sphere – was to enclose besides the Mandir the banyan tree, the Urn and the Amphitheatre and the Inner Gardens. This Oval area was to be marked by a continuous pathway alongside a continuous water channel, with either one single bridge at the West, or a bridge at every cardinal point. The Oval area was then to be surrounded by a Park, or Outer Gardens area, the outer perimeter of which was formally fixed, in the 1990s, at a radius of 300 metres. The entire area, the “Peace Area”, would be encircled by the first Ring Road, which would follow its outer circumference. Through the years several experiments have been conducted to test various methods of lining and sealing water bodies, and two sections of the Oval Channel were excavated in the early 1990s.