LANDS FOR AUROVILLE UNIFIED (LFAU)
Auroville Centre for Urban Research, Administrative Area,
Auroville – 605101, Tamil Nadu, India
Lands for Auroville Unified Letter – 15 August 2025.pdf
Acres for Auroville (A4A) – Celebrating “An eternal birth”!
Today is Sri Aurobindo’s 153th birthday. The Mother called it “an eternal birth” and elaborated it further as follows:
“Physically, it means that the consequences of this birth will last as long as the Earth. The consequences of Sri Aurobindo’s birth will be felt throughout the entire existence of the Earth. And so I called it “eternal”, a little poetically.
Mentally, it is a birth the memory of which will last eternally. Through the ages Sri Aurobindo’s birth will be remembered, with all the consequences it has had.
Psychically, it is a birth which will recur eternally, from age to age, in the history of the universe. This birth is a manifestation which takes place periodically, from age to age, in the history of the Earth. That is, the birth itself is renewed, repeated, reproduced, bringing every time perhaps something more—something more complete and more perfect—but it is the same movement of descent, of manifestation, of birth in an earthly body.
And finally, from the purely spiritual point of view, it could be said that it is the birth of the Eternal on Earth. For each time the Avatar takes a physical form it is the birth of the Eternal himself on Earth.
All that, contained in two words: “eternal birth”. (Ref. CWM. Vol. 9, p. 178, 4 Sept 1957)
On this day, in 2014, “Acres for Auroville” (A4A) was founded. A look back over the last 11 years gives a sense, not of satisfaction, but of significance, of relevance, of meaning, and even of celebration! More than 187 acres of previously missing Master Plan land have been secured through purchase or land exchanges over the last 11 years. The land need in the planned city or urban area of Auroville have been reduced from 140 acres to approximately 40 acres! Thanks to the goodwill and collaboration of donors and friends, A4A provides funding support at every step towards land consolidation, including purchase, registration of new land, land protection, and fencing.
A look at the contemporary world with the advent of AI and the convergence of various other technologies gives the impression that the world is becoming increasingly virtual. But in Sri Aurobindo’s worldview, the physical world and matter are of utmost importance. They are the basis upon which the new life and new creation are to grow. Hence, when we secure the land, which in turn provides a material base for Auroville to grow in matter, we are celebrating “an eternal birth”. Of course, this is not true just for A4A but for all activities and developments on the material plane that aim for the new creation upon earth, which are, in their way, also celebrating the eternal birth that Sri Aurobindo stands for.
With trust in Auroville’s bright future,
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