On 17th December, Prema (Adelina Intanno) passed away. She
was 68 years old and had been fighting a terminal ailment for two years.
Prema, who was born in Argentina, came to Auroville in 1979.
She had been flying from Mexico City to Paris when a lady approached her. “What
are you doing in life?” she asked. “I’m
searching,” Prema replied. “And what are you searching for?” “I don’t know, but
I will know it if I find it.” Then the lady said, “I know what you are
searching for, you are searching for your place. And your place is Auroville.”
This lady gave her the address of AVI France. There Prema found the book, The
Mother by Sri Aurobindo. As soon as she read the first sentence
There are two powers
that alone can effect in their conjunction the great and difficult thing which
is the aim of our endeavour; a fixed and unfailing aspiration that calls from
below and a supreme grace from above that answers.
in Prema’s words “my world turned completely round. I
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