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Issue No: 301, August 2014

Organisation: Satprem's letter to Kireet

November 8, 1983Dear Kireet,I dictate these notes to Sujata.I spend my time in concentration. It’s difficult for me to mentalise problems, as all problems are false problems created by the mind and the ego. I’ll rather go to the real root and find the true remedy. There would be no longer problems, if the Aurovilians were doing this sincerely. I verify the experience of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother step by step, and I see to what extent it is concrete and radical. I don’t like to meddle with the affairs of Auroville; not because I don’t feel interested but, on the contrary, because I believe that all beings should grow by themselves and progress by their own mistakes. If there are no longer any mistakes, there are no longer any means to progress.The proposed means to “govern” Auroville tend precisely to replace temporary and fruitful mistakes with permanent and imprisoning rules. I am not speaking about changes of labels. Executive Council is more pompous than the simple “C...
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Issue No. 301, August 2014

  • “Have faith and stop criticising!”
  • Wanted: a Working Committee
  • Organisation: Satprem's letter to Kireet
  • Land purchase in the early years 
  • Yatra's journey through the arts
  • The craft of Making Place: Lessons for Auroville?
  • Exploring the history of Auroville
  • In Brief
  • Toshi Malik (Passing)
  • Rakesh Tiwari (Passing)
  • Jagran (Passing)

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