Acres for Auroville (A4A) – Auroville’s Birthday Newsletter
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Flower arrangement at the Amphitheater on the Mother’s birthday 21.02.2025
Contents
1. A4A Flier – 28 February 2025
2. LFAU Letter – 28th February 2025
3.My Auroville Journey – Community, Service, and Growth – by Navanitha
4 .From Baluchistan to Auroville – by Anita
5.Art for Land Exhibition – February 2025
6.Inaugurating our A4A New Year’s Card & Calendar 2025
7.Solidarity for Safeguarding the Auroville Area
8.Inspiring Quotes – The Spiritual Aim & Life from The Human Cycle by Sri Aurobindo
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Dear friend of Auroville’s bright future,
Greetings from the LFAU – A4A team,
Today is Auroville’s birthday. 57 years ago, in an unforgettable and awe-inspiring ceremony, Auroville’s journey began. But from an evolutionary point of view, the journey of Auroville, in different names and at different times and in different spaces on earth, has been going on since time immemorial. In other words, Auroville is the latest manifestation of ancient fires that have been propelling the growth and progression of human life on Earth.
In this newsletter, in addition to our A4A flier and LFAU letter, we present fascinating profiles of two young people in Auroville -one is Aurovilian Navanitha, born in nearby Nadukuppam, whose parents are longtime Aurovilians, and the other is Anita -a Newcomer from Zahedan, Baluchistan (part of modern-day Iran). We also cover the news of the latest edition of the Art for Land Exhibition and the three solidarity gifts that A4A has received. Our Inspiring Quotes this time presents a perspective on spiritual life and progress with an extract from Sri Aurobindo’s book “The Human Cycle”. All of this testifies to Auroville’s continuing creative energy, cultural diversity and future-oriented vision!
With thanks and appreciation,
Aryadeep & Mandakini
1.A4A Flier – 28 February 2025
“To do as well as possible and as perfectly as possible, in the minutest details and with the right attitude, in each thing and for all works, without fail, without getting discouraged – one must try with all one’s heart and persevere with the hope of finding this perfection. Then one is sure of taking a step towards the transformation … If we can detach ourselves and once and for all do away with our little ego, then we can find the grand cosmic harmony that upholds everything and pervades all the worlds below and above .” Version française en pdf … பிடிஎஃப் ப்பில் ல் தமிழ் ழ்ப் ப் பதிப் ப்பு https://land.auroville.org/a4a-flier-21-to-28-february-2025/
Site of the Akhenation city in Upper Egypt where aspirations were identical to Auroville’s
2.LFAU Letter – 28 February 2025
Birthdays are connected with the body, with the physical appearance or manifestation on earth but behind this bodily birth, this physical appearance, there is a vaster invisible geography where the souls, the psychic beings are born. The latter dates back to immemorial times and are part and even propellers of the evolution on earth. In the context of the birth of Auroville, the physical advent took place as we know, on the 28th of February 1968, but in the vaster invisible geography, Auroville was born much before. Version française en pdf … பிடிஎஃப் ப்பில் ல் தமிழ் ழ்ப் ப் பதிப் ப்பு https://land.auroville.org/lfau-letter-21-february-2025/
3.My Auroville Journey – Community, Service, and Growth – by Navanitha.
Aurovillian Navanitha was born in Nadukuppam, a nearby coastal fishing village. His father Jayamoorthi joined Auroville in 1997 and his mother Premalatha in 2000, and both parents instilled in him a belief in Auroville’s vision. Navanitha’s young years were filled with happy experiences of interacting with peers from diverse backgrounds and cultures. After outside professional experience with the National Disaster Management program, he now works with Auroville’s Land Service on the Surveying Team for protection efforts against encroachments. He also participates in community activities and actions with young people. He writes: “Growing up in a family devoted to the ideals of Auroville, I developed an early appreciation for the values of unity,collaboration, and a sense of purpose.” https://land.auroville.org/my-auroville-journey-community-service-growth-by-navanitha/
4.From Baluchistan to Auroville – by Anita
Auroville newcomer Anita was born in Baluchistan, an ancient region that is now part of Iran and which has many strong cultural links with India. Her life has been an intense quest for fusion – connecting the past and present, the traditional with the future, one culture with another. Her academic and professional life before Auroville was made of a constant search into these connections, as do her life, activities and work in Auroville. For Anita, “Aurovilleis like an endless ocean of cultural diversity; an ocean that offers the opportunity to explore, understand, and connect with other nations and cultures. This is a place where the boundaries between people not only dissolve but also seek connection and solidarity. Here, one can reach human commonalities.” https://land.auroville.org/from-baluchistan-to-auroville-by-anita/
5.Art for Land Exhibition – February 2025
On February 2nd the Unity Pavilion hosted the inauguration of the Art for Land February 2025 exhibition – ongoing till March 30th. Flowers hold a profound significance in Auroville’s spiritual landscape since The Mother assigned deep symbolic meanings to various blooms. The exhibition honors this important theme with a dual presentation of original artworks: ‘The Spirit of Auroville’ with artworks from 1971-1973 by Sri Aurobindo Ashram artists, inspired by flowers and qualities chosen by The Mother for Auroville; and ‘Flowers by Hasi’ – a radiant tribute to the late Hasi Grandcolas. Proceeds go to the Acres for Auroville campaign for the township’s vitally-needed land consolidation. Our gratitude goes to Richard Pearson for his lifelong work, and to all the artists for their participation and generous support!
https://land.auroville.org/ art-for-land-exhibition-february-2025/
6.Inaugurating our A4A New Year’s Card & Calendar 2025
Sending our New Year’s card is an opportunity to present something of the spirit of Auroville and the futuristic vision of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother among Auroville’s worldwide friends. Before we start distribution, we hold a small Card Inauguration Ceremony in our Lands for Auroville Unified (LFAU) office and invite an Aurovilian to release the card. This year, we had the pleasure to invite Zech, an Auroville poet and philosopher from the Philippines!Our card is available at Auroville’s Town Hall Reception Area, and you can also receive the card by writing to lfau@auroville.org.in
https://land.auroville.org/inaugurating-our-a4a-new-year-card-2025/
My Narrative 2025 – an interactive diary by Lalit and Shaileja of Path Studio, Auroville
7.Solidarity for Safeguarding the Auroville Area
One of the ways some friends and well-wishers of the A4A campaign show their goodwill and solidarity is by gifting their literary, artistic, or scholarly publications. In recent months, we have received three such works: “My Narrative 2025” an aesthetically and spiritually appealing diary by Lalit Bhatiand Shaileja—an architect and town planner couple residing in Auroville for 25 years; “The Nectar within the Nectar – Poems, thought and a life inspired by Sri Aurobindo and The Mother” plus “50 More Poems from Auroville” by Vikas, a former Auroville pioneer who had met The Mother; and “Reflections upon the Psycho-Spiritual Obstacles on the Journey to the Divine – An Insider’s view” by longtime Aurovilian, Dr.Joseph Vrinte. If you wish to receive any of these books, please contact us at lfau@auroville.org.in With our sincere thanks to their creators for their solidarity for the land!
https://land.auroville.org/solidarity-for-safeguarding-the-auroville-area/
“Awakening” – a painting donated to Art for Land by artist Vivechana
8:Inspiring Quotes – The Spiritual Aim & Life from The Human Cycle by Sri Aurobindo
‘Modern society has discovered a new principle of survival, progress, but the aim of that progress it has never discovered, — unless the aim is always more knowledge, more equipment, convenience and comfort, more enjoyment, a greater and still greater complexity of the social economy, a more and more cumbrously opulent life. That so far has been the nature of modern progress.Only in its new turn inwards, towards a greater subjectivity now only beginning,is there a better hope; for by that turning it may discover that the real truth of man is to be found in his soul…. ‘ https://land.auroville.org/inspiring-quotes-the-human-cycle/
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Now in the 11th year of the A4A campaign, we thank all the many friends
who are bringing their encouragement and solidarity
for the City of Dawn, creating a dynamic space
for the ideal of human unity to flourish and grow – a hope for us all !
For the Acres for Auroville team
Aryadeep, Mandakini, Jothi
In solidarity and trust in Auroville’s bright future,
LFAU (Lands for Auroville Unified), +91 413 2622657, Town Hall, Auroville, 605101, India
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