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The more we postpone this essential duty and the more we play into the hands of
all the forces that endeavour to slow, or block and prevent the process which
Auroville has been created to initiate.
Our first allegiance is not to our “fellow Aurovilians”: it is to the Mother and Sri
Aurobindo or, if that is shocking, to the highest consciousness we are able to
identify; it is anyway to the truth of Auroville.
What we are to one another is of a different nature and will progressively
materialise as we grow out of the ego.
So the Working Committee must be established on a sound basis; and it is an
urgent necessity.
Through its members it must be related to the various organic working groups –
Development Group, Services, Productive Units, Education and Research…
It must coordinate directly the administration of all assets and resources – Land
Service, FAMC, ABC and Finances – and be accountable for all the policies and
procedures relating to residence in Auroville.
It must have a substantial nucleus of full-time members and a defined space for
secretariat; around that it must have a larger number of members articulating the
various areas of activities in Auroville, who have part-time involvement and/or
specific tasks.
The full team must meet regularly, perhaps twice a week, with clear, prepared
agendas, and a strict discipline in the furtherance of any given task…”
(Unfinished)
- Communication on the Access to the Chamber in Matrimandir:
“Why do we find it indispensable to request residents of Auroville not to bring their
guests inside Matrimandir outside of the visiting hours?
First and foremost, it is simply in accordance with the Mother’s instructions – “a
time in the day or a day in the week for visitors, to show them around, but no
mixture…”
There is the sense inwardly that this part of an individual and collective discipline
which the future of Auroville and of its Soul demands from each and all.
It is not easy to try and break down this inner sense into “reasons”.
But for the sake of mental communication, here are some of the reasons, which are
reinforced and confirmed by daily observation:
1-
There is an ingrained habit and expectation, almost a custom in this
culture and environment: besides “rules” there are always other ways
around them, such as little favours and privileges accorded to status
and social position. For instance when one knows a person within a
given organisation, one will try and obtain a favour and this will in turn
enhance one’s position. We have in Auroville today a multitude of
contacts through suppliers, business transactions, technical and
scientific exchanges, work relationships, and relatives and friends and
personal acquaintances, out of which would “naturally” spawn a