journal d'une transition

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And I will tell you, and I want it to be on record, that what you are doing is more damaging to Auroville than whatever ‘outside’ forces have tried to do so far.

‘The Matrimandir wants to be the symbol of the Universal Mother according to Sri Aurobindo’s teaching’.

Is this not the expression of a reality infinitely more potent than all time-bound political alignments may ever conjure?

Divakar”

Note: The puzzling question was, all through, that none of this – neither that nor this position – ever seemed to evoke any response in the ‘silent majority’ of Auroville (about 2000 people by then); either they couldn’t be bothered or, for some reason that eluded us, the points any one was making lacked the clarity or the import to elicit this response. It left us with the impression of enacting some drama in a void, even though the intensity and essentiality of the issue was perfectly tangible to us. Once again, Deepti wrote out, K.T wrote out, a few others wrote out, who had that perhaps silly and old-fashioned courage to expose themselves and to stand fearlessly for what they felt and believed mattered more than the comfort of popularity and quiescent agreement. Deepti’s first response went out at the same time as mine: “The Auroville Council has arrogated to itself the presumptuous right to decide who, when, where, and how (yet to be unveiled) is to be ‘removed’! They know the truth and the right and plan to act upon their ‘mandate’? This ‘force’, that ever wants to DICTATE to Auroville, seems never in dearth of pigmy natures falling over themselves to be its instruments. Fatuity is indeed the worst human folly for it seldom recognises its own insanity, and the AVC has doggedly cornered the current monopoly. As a result, Auroville is once more tumbled helter-skelter down that descending ladder to stare agape into the snake- pit! The Supreme, unfortunately, forgot to consult the present Auroville Council while setting the timeless conditions for Auroville’s way of being: no ‘element’ necessary for a particular situation can be ‘removed’ – this is a law of the Divine. And Matrimandir is the place where ALL ELEMENTS must meet – for only so will it BE Matrimandir. Auroville’s battle-scarred history ought to have taught people something; but it seems the lesson remains yet unlearned and human imbecility continues to assume that Auroville’s affairs can be run on the engine power of the lower vital! However, it’s not hatred and jealousy, personal agendas and uncontrolled ambitions, or, for that matter, the desire to destroy what is incomprehensible, that can decide the future of Auroville. Still, such attitudes do needlessly complicate Auroville’s present actuality! *Snakes and ladders – Reflections upon the Auroville Council’s recent gratuitous action -, by Deepti, 21-9-2003: