Recent disagreements in the community about the status and form of the Galaxy plan made me wonder about our belief systems in general. What do we believe in, and why?
First of all, we need to distinguish different kinds of beliefs. There are fundamental beliefs, which include beliefs about the status of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother, and more relative ones like the belief that democracy is the right mode of governance for Auroville at present.
While we clearly differ over our relative beliefs, we tend to assume that all Aurovilians share the same foundational beliefs. In other words, that Sri Aurobindo and the Mother are our guides and that Auroville is intended to further the next step in evolution. But is this so?
I’m not so sure. Some of us seem to have very little understanding of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother or the purpose of Auroville. And even those who have a better understanding do not necessarily relate to Sri Aurobindo and Mother in the same way. For example, we can app...
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