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THE NEW INTEGRAL YOGA TALKS WEBSITE

Aurovilian Loretta has created an open-access, gift-economy website, which is freely available to all: https://www.integral-yoga-talks.com/en with the aim of bringing the presence of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother and encouraging the practice of their Integral Yoga. This wonderful resource shares text, audio and film, and notably includes an ongoing series of Auroville Radio talks on “Savitri” and talks on Mother’s “Questions and Answers”. Here we also share Loretta’s story of creating the film “The Teachings of Flowers – The Life and Work of The Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram”.

A DEDICATED LIFE – FAREWELL TO MAHALINGAM

On February 3rd, our dear friend and brother, oldest Aurovilian Thiru Mahalingam Sangukrishna, left his body in peace at the age of 103. Indian Independence fighter, spiritual seeker, Ashramite, long-time Aurovilian, Tamil teacher at Transition School, translator of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother’s works, his life was rich and well-lived. His uniquely humble presence and old-school devotion added a special quality to Auroville’s communal life. The City of Dawn most respectfully salutes him, and will greatly miss him. With gratitude for his presence and example, we share the article we previously published for Mahalingam’s 100th birthday.

INSPIRING QUOTES – 21 FEBRUARY 2023

For the New Year 2023, here is a compilation of inspiring quotes of wisdom and encouragement from The Mother about the future and us. It begins with “Let the birth of the new year be the new birth of our consciousness” and “Leaving the past far behind us, let us run towards a luminous future”. The Mother encourages us to use the past “as a spring-board to leap towards the future” for “each new dawn brings the possibility of a new progress”. For, as Sri Aurobindo wrote in Essays on the Gita, “We do not belong to the past dawns but to the noons of the future”.

OUR 2023 NEW YEAR’S CARD FOR THE LAND

We are very pleased to share our New Year’s card for 2023 with its beautiful photos from Auroville and inspiring quotations. The hard copy will be sent to donors and is available for free at major sites in Auroville. If you are not yet a land donor and would like to receive a card, please contact lfau@auroville.org.in. The text of our card has been translated in Tamil and French – please see the two pdfs above the visual of the English version of the card. Happy 2023 to all!

A4A – NOVEMBER 2022 NEWSLETTER & RE-CONNECT!

We are happy to present the new November 2022 issue of our quarterly land fundraisers’ newsletter. Our dedicated goal is to create awareness of the need to consolidate and complete Auroville’s physical base and thereby raise the needed funds for this essential action. Our newsletters – what we call “Goodwill Activation Points” – keep us all in touch and serve as reminders of our common goal on the journey of building Auroville. Your support and solidarity are greatly appreciated! Version française en pdf and பிடிஎஃப்பில் தமிழ்ப் பதிப்பு

ACRES FOR AUROVILLE FLIER – 24 NOVEMBER 2022

Auroville was created to be a first pathway towards a spiritual future. Inspired by Sri Aurobindo’s evolutionary vision of a “progressing universal harmony”. The Mother stated “Auroville is the place where this new way of living is being worked out”. And because the way forward is “a completely new road”. The Mother called it the “Great Adventure” – inviting us to help build this pioneering path and progressively advance together, step by precious and often difficult step! Version française en pdf … பிடிஎஃப்பில் தமிழ்ப் பதிப்பு

LFAU LETTER – 24TH NOVEMBER 2022

These are turbulent times in the world, as well as in Auroville. And in these heightened times, we keep faith, helped by remembering the long-term view, and also by what is the secret of Auroville: the deeper soul connection that has brought most Aurovilians to Auroville and which connects friends and donors to Auroville. We are together – united at a deeper level – and sharing a common hope, a common vision and a common adventure. Version française en pdf … பிடிஎஃப்பில் தமிழ்ப் பதிப்பு

A WHOLE LIFE DEDICATED TO AUROVILLE – BY PAUL VINCENT

Arriving in 1972, Auroville pioneer Paul Vincent has spent the past 50 years in dedicated service to The Mother’s vision. Starting in childhood, he was led through unexpected events to a deep spiritual search and his Auroville destiny. He started his life in Auroville as a carpenter. Paul has set up four Auroville communities, worked on forest creation, architecture with Roger Anger, security and tsunami relief, the Master Plan, land protection, and more. We are pleased to share Paul’s rich story and his life of contributions.

THE ROAD TO THE LIFE I ALWAYS DESIRED – BY TIA PLEIMAN

Tia Pleiman is an American art therapist and educator who “fell in love” with Auroville in 2006, where she discovered The Mother and Sri Aurobindo whose works expanded and transformed her life and work. She has contributed over the years to several Auroville and AV outreach schools, and is now an official “Newcomer”. For Tia, Auroville provides the “creative, spiritual, multi-cultural, educational and environmental qualities” of the life she has always desired.

SRI AUROBINDO’S FIVE DREAMS

Very significantly, India attained its independence on the 15th of August 1947, Sri Aurobindo’s 75th birth anniversary. On that historic occasion, All India Radio requested Sri Aurobindo to give a message to a free India, broadcast on the transitional night of August 14th. In this message Sri Aurobindo spoke of his “Five Dreams” – for India, humanity, and the world. To finish this landmark 150th year, we share Sri Aurobindo’s historic message.

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