Sharing my time between two different works, I spend four
days a week at TDCL’avenir as a waste manager for Bommayapalayam in the scheme
of the Auroville bioregional development plan, and I go farming one day a week
in Auro-orchard. This is a wonderful opportunity for me to be able to split my
time between my hands and my brain. And I would
like to thank Auroville for this because my previous job did not allow
me to work that way. Today I feel more relaxed, more peaceful.
Is it the integral yoga of Mother and Sri Aurobindo? I guess
so! Moreover, if we imagine a world where everyone would have education, how
are we going to produce food, to build houses ? Today, the answer came to me
clearly. We will have to split our time between the basic needs of the community
and more intellectual work.
However, I feel a bit sad to see that so few Aurovilians
invest their energy in farming and other hand labour. For instance, there are
just twenty farmers in Auroville while ...
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