A friend of mine would
regularly examine the annual 21st February bonfire to see if the coming year
would be a good or a bad one for the Auroville community. ‘Reading the runes’,
he jokingly called it. Quite what he was reading he never disclosed. Was it the
something of the smoke, the shape of the flame or the patterns in the ashes?
Whichever method he used, his prognostications always tended to be positive, if
not always accurate.
Reading the runes is a
chancy business – at times, the augurs of ancient Rome delivered deeply
ambiguous messages to keep their reputation for correctly reading the signs
intact – but a fascinating pastime.
So this 15th August, can
we discern any straws in the wind, hints of future developments in Auroville?
One possibility that I see is an accelerated movement towards greater
integration and unification in certain areas. The signs? Well, it is
interesting that the people involved in raising money for the land have
continually expanded ...
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