AikyaAikya has lived in Auroville for the past twenty two
years. Here she describes how her quest to understand the meaning of life led
her to a deeper understanding of the natural world. As a child, while I felt like a stranger on
this earth I did have a profound experience of the infinity of the Universe. I
knew that I would have to wait until I was grown up to have this mystery
unraveled.I had a very normal upbringing in the north
of Belgium. We had a lot of animals at home and I could relate with great joy
to the simplicity and purity of animals and the natural world.When I grew up I thought psychology would
give me some clues to the mystery of life but I soon discovered the answers
didn’t go very far. Nevertheless, I studied it for five years. Then I decided to travel to the Far East for
eight months.Some years later, in 1990, I got introduced
to Auroville where I lived close to nature in Revelation and Samriddhi
Communities. Although touched by The Mother’s words,...
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