journal d'une transition

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the dark: these people are such liars, it is clear we must prevent them from going ahead…

*6-9-1981, Auroville: Lots of us have collected at Matrimandir this morning, as the Home Minister, Zaïl Singh’s visit, is expected; but he doesn’t come… … The tractor has come from “Auro Orchard”; by 10 am, about 6O of us walk over to that field, along with the tractor and trailer, and load all the materials that had been delivered in the night by SSJ’s group, granite pillars and casuarinas poles mostly; we work well and fast, with a clear energy… *7-9-1981, Auroville: C.E’s father has sent plane tickets for the 3 of them; they are getting ready to leave… … Diane is tired when we walk back from the beach and her feet are sore from the running; I carry her part of the way…

*8-9-1981, Auroville: Diane is more at peace, more confident; we need less talk; there is more time…

*10-9-1981, Auroville: At the general meeting the matter of Volcan comes up again. The terms are odd, but the decision is reached to go at once and remove his belongings from “Existence”; at Diane’s and my request, Volcan himself comes along; when the cheap jokes die out, there is a long moment of quiet and the atmosphere becomes more transparent, and Volcan’s problem can be seen with more simplicity… It is clear that he needs to leave…

*14-9-1981, Auroville: Diane has a small accident on her bike; P.M brings her home, with a bruised and swollen foot…

*15-9-1981, Auroville: C.E has gone ahead to Bombay already; and today we take V and Jayaura to their plane at Madras Airport…

*16-9-1981, Auroville: When I run, practice, exercise, even if otherwise I am unwell, I become one: it is all simple and there is that joy that has always been in the body, a joy that knows that a living and progressive perfection IS possible, a joy that loves and understands far more that it can ever appear to the mind…