Auroville has been blessed with the appointment of Dr. Jayanti Ravi as the new Secretary of the Auroville Foundation. An experienced government officer with a long history of achieving dynamic and positive change, Dr. Ravi also comes with a deep understanding and personal commitment to the goals of the Auroville universal township. Her arrival opens a new and promising chapter of further progress for the City of Dawn.
Exclusively funded by your donations to the « Acres for Auroville » land campaign, Auroville has added another 2.39 farming acres to its designated Master Plan area. This new land has joined Kalpavruksha Farm, consolidating more of this vital Greenbelt area, and strengthening Auroville’s food production abilities, bio-diversity and ongoing greenwork. We sincerely thank all of the donors whose generosity has made this new purchase possible!
In our last newsletter, we presented the Land Board’s enormous and multi-faceted work. Supporting it all is the team of three secretaries who help keep all this vital work going on. In February, we featured Cleo in our Newcomer article. Now we have the pleasure of presenting Jothi and Anjali, two experienced secretaries who have been working with dedication for Auroville’s land for fourteen years.
Tency – ‘a seeker of the unseen’ – has been living and working in Auroville for more than 45 years. He started working at the Matrimandir from his arrival, is a land steward at the Center Field community, and was part of the early Auroville greening activities. He was a founding member of the CSR and is still actively involved in managing Auroville’s research organisation. His article «Glimpses from the Wonder-worker’s Hidden Hand » shares some of his Auroville adventure.
Peter, a new Aurovilian ‘finally comes home’ and describes his long, rich path to Auroville. His life has taken him across several countries – Hong Kong, Scotland, Tibet and India – including community life in Findhorn. He’s worked in gardens, publishing and as a psychotherapist. After many years of contact and experiences in Auroville, he has at last “come home” – and is now fully immersed in the richness and aspirations of Auroville life.
“The Soul of Nations: Healing and Evolution” is a newly-released book by friend of Auroville and former president of Auroville International, Wolfgang Aurose. Wolfgang has been has been studying the subject of the Soul of Nations for many years. Together with his partner Soleil, they have given many workshops in many countries on the subjective aspects of nations and the spiritual and soul dimensions of national identity in the light of Sri Aurobindo’s analyses. Available at www.lulu.com
This August 15th inaugurates the year commemorating Sri Aurobindo’s birth 150 years ago. To initiate this special year, we asked members of Auroville and of Auroville International to share their favorite inspiring quotes from Sri Aurobindo’s writings. Not surprisingly, many of their choices have been taken from “The Human Cycle” and “The Ideal of Human Unity”, but also from “Thoughts & Aphorisms”, “Savitri” and his other poetic writings. We thank the many contributors to this rich collection of inspiration!
April is a special month as the creation of Auroville has its roots in two significant events – the arrival of Sri Aurobindo to Pondicherry in 1910, and the definitive arrival of The Mother in 1920 to work by his side. Our A4A Flier and LFAU Letter are dedicated to these evolutionary events. You can read all our land news and reports, solidarity news and inspiring articles here. … Version française en pdf. … பிடிஎஃப்பில் தமிழ்ப் பதிப்பு
On 24th April 1920, The Mother returned to India definitively to work with Sri Aurobindo on a new manifestation for the Earth consciousness.
This landmark event was preceded by their first meeting six years earlier in March 1914. Her diary entries from that momentous week give a glimpse of her outlook and goals, and were at the basis of the creation in 1968 of Auroville, the City of Dawn. … Version française en pdf. … பிடிஎஃப்பில் தமிழ்ப் பதிப்பு
From a certain perspective, we, humanity as a whole, constitute a crew within a “Spaceship Earth” that’s flying to a distant goal. What goal could that be? 111 years ago, in 1910, an exceptional “crew member” – a man of destiny – came to an unknown corner of Spaceship Earth called Pondicherry in South India. His name was Sri Aurobindo and he came under what he once termed as “sailing orders”. Over the next four decades, he explored and explained the secrets and keys that throw light on the journey’s goal. … Version française en pdf. … பிடிஎஃப்பில் தமிழ்ப் பதிப்பு
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