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Issue No: 320, March 2016

Crossing an Invisible Boundary

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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Issue No. 320, March 2016

  • Between the Gold and the Blue
  • Golden Day Thoughts
  • Celebrating Tamil Culture
  • Breaking Down Caste Distinctions
  • Exploring Auroville Farming
  • What Else Is Going on with Farming in Auroville
  • "Landing Auroville - The Time Is Now!"
  • Food on the Mind
  • Crossing an Invisible Boundary
  • Leaking Roofs, Lack of Privacy, Plenty of Sound Pollution
  • Three Months in Auroville, or Why I Think Auroville Is Perfect
  • News in Brief
  • The Joy of Learning Experiment
  • Auroville International
  • Mani (Passing)
  • Roy (Passing)

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