The AVI – AUM Meeting participants at Woodstock
We are stardustWe are goldenAnd we’ve got
to get ourselvesBack
to the garden.
(Lyrics from “Woodstock” by Joni Mitchell)
During the last meeting of Auroville International (AVI) in
Spain, our host, Alfonso, requested that the next meeting be held in the US
“while Obama was still President” and the destination be Woodstock. His wish
was fulfilled this August. The gathering ended up combining both an All USA
Meeting (over 60 people from the US) and Auroville International with
representatives from the US, Canada, France, UK, Germany, Holland and Spain in
attendance.
The AVI members, who came early for their Board meeting,
were housed with various neighbours near Matagiri, the Sri Aurobindo Center
which, like Auroville, was founded in 1968.
When these meetings are held, the organizers often try to
make a presentation about Auroville to the general public and we were fortunate
that Frederick, one of the first Aur...
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