Dave
David Hutchinson has
been deeply involved with the Integral Yoga for 35 years. He has been a member
of the Sri Aurobindo Association in the U.S., co-editor of the magazine
Collaboration, organizer of AUM conferences, and moderator of several online
lists on yoga. Recently he made a brief visit to Auroville for the first time
in twenty years. Here is an edited version of his reflections.
Auroville exists outside – of India, time, place. Passing
the gate, a low canopy of trees springs up abruptly; you pass through an
invisible boundary; one step, and all is green and red. As we stopped at the
intersection of one dirt road with another, the driver uncertain where to turn,
a familiar face rolled up, Satyavan, with his young daughter on the back. The
first face met, though not the last! In a few minutes, I was walking through
the red garden gate at Paula’s and sitting down to a cool breakfast of fresh
mango, musli, curd, followed by practicalities and a couple of hours...
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