journal d'une transition

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*Why it is that I do not wish to obey… By Divakar, October 9, 2003:

“This (the e-mailed intimation) is only the latest in a series of steps taken in the name of the ‘community’ heralding a whole other understanding of the adventure of Auroville. It is for instance interesting to note that while by and large in the history of Auroville until recently such terms as ‘executives’ were seen and felt as mere conventions, required as tools of communication with the ‘outside world’ but devoid of any substance in the context of shared commitment and service to the Mother and to Auroville, a shift of perspective has crept in so effectively that there is now hardly any protest at the shameless use of legalities to remove ‘opposition’. I shall say here why I still resist the rulings of the AC/WC as well as of the Chairman of the GB. It is because they are mere screens to cover and/or disguise the shift that is being operated, by all means available, in the direction of Auroville. Instead of these many loaded agendas and these pretences at opinion polls that have been aimed at the people of Auroville, here are the questions that ought to have been presented to all, the proposed directions on which everyone ought to have been asked to pronounce: 1- Can the person of the ‘Architect’ be recognised by all as having absolute authority? 2- Can the ‘Architect’s decisions’ overrule all inner laws given by the Mother to serve the advent of unity and true agreement? 3- Are the ‘Architect’s statements’ to take precedence over all recorded and written statements issued by the Mother, on the sole basis of Her having appointed him? When these questions have been answered by all members of the present Auroville and a consensus has been obtained, then one can begin to sort out individual positions. I choose to continue in the trust that: A. The Mother’s own stated wish for the Matrimandir is to be realised in its entirety. B. The Mother’s directions for true agreement and genuine collaboration are the key to the only viable future. It does seem today that the spoken majority has not only yielded and/or welcomed the advent of an exclusive rule but also agreed that just about all means are acceptable to achieve this rule, regardless of the precedents it creates for the future of Auroville. But if that is allowed to become a fact, it may also mean that the people of Auroville have not been worthy of the autonomy they have been granted.

Divakar”

Note: On October 10, the following note was addressed to “the Matrimandir Workers”; it was not clear whether that term covered all employees and paid