journal d'une transition

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We often had formidable bouts of hilarity at the perfectly cohesive manner in which so many people scurried to join ranks and assume new positions and acquire new status. Shantidi, her letter to the Governing Board having remained unacknowledged, decided to write directly to the Minister for Human Resources in Delhi, asking him whether his office gave the Chairman “unlimited power to attack and destroy the work and reputations of sincere sadhaks…” The Secretary was very unhappy with our answers. The goal was to make us yield and grovel and accept to seek permission from the “Architect” for every single work at Matrimandir. He demanded that we attach to every cheque a “certificate of approval” duly endorsed by the “Architect”. Instead, on 24 th July 2003, we sent, very officially, this statement:

*Certificate, by John Harper, Walter Wagner and Arjun Puri, Authorised Signatories, 24 th July ’03:

“Invoking Her Force and Protection we hereby certify in all sincerity that all works, projects, activities and wage payments undertaken by the Matrimandir Workers Team, attempt to fulfil/implement in action HER express wishes and instructions (written or recorded) for the Matrimandir Peace area.

Our WORK and our commitment continue to be offered at the Feet of HER whom we seek to serve”

Note: On July 29, 2003, I wrote an Open Letter to the Auroville Council, to all Aurovilians and to all well-wishers of Auroville, which was posted and circulated:

*Open Letter to the AV Council, to all – by Divakar – July 29, 2003:

“Today a choice is being made that actually requires the awareness of every Aurovilian, every friend of Auroville and every donor to Auroville.

The choice is between two directions, each having profound implications in terms of growth, progress, commitment, and it must manifest at the very centre of Auroville, the core of its adventure, nearest to its Soul. One direction is to work all-inclusively towards the realisation of an integral environment for the Matrimandir, a sanctuary to contain, in their harmonious relationship, all the elements the Mother has seen and described in Her recorded or written statements – a privileged area of natural beauty and quiet wherein Her Force could manifest the conscious atmosphere that must surround the Soul and radiate into the whole of Auroville and beyond. Another direction is to surrender to the architect’s vision of a monumental statement at the centre of the city, focusing and dominating the urbanscape, and to accept his exclusive authority as his claim at being the sole channel for the Mother’s will.