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We consider this process as the best offering we can all together make for the
Mother to show the way, as She is the only judge.
2- On the Inner Skin.
This is a case of a “good idea” falling short of the Mother’s criteria. It is a lesson for
us all, and an expression of the need for progress and perfection.
And it is precisely due to the very transparency of our processes that vested
interests have been able to capitalise on this “mistake”.
Too much trust had been granted to self-declared expertise, and not enough critical
assessment.
It is now over, with the minimum loss and waste: not 30 lakhs, as is being
complacently advertised, but about 6 lakhs worth of labour and over 400 panels of
FRP which have not yet found an alternative use; about 15 lakhs worth of
materials, such as wood and metal fittings, are on site, to be used in the
construction.
Meanwhile, the research on fused coloured glass is further on its way; samples are
being displayed, and production may soon resume.
3- On the Governing Board’ arbitrary decision to constitute a sub-committee for the
Matrimandir:
We have stated our objections directly to the Chairman, shared them with the
Matrimandir Forum and other working groups, and we will maintain our stand.
This is not motivated by a fear in us to be displaced, misplaced or replaced, but by
the conviction that the Matrimandir must remain free of all legal claims as a means
of eventual external control. Besides, we consider that the Governing Board can
very well help and support the Matrimandir without any such means.
4- On the formation of a “client body”.
This is to us utter nonsense.
The Mother is the client. She alone knows what She needs for the vehicle of Her
action.
We, as Aurovilians and representatives of humanity, are the beneficiaries.
As Aurovilians, we are only more privileged to serve and to grow in a more direct
and material contact.
As there are no representatives of the Mother’s interests – none of us having
reached an unquestionable degree of realisation on the path of Sri Aurobindo’s yoga
– we can only rely on the process which our existing unity can provide.
When everyone who is truly concerned contributes their best, in whatever capacity,
then this process has all the more chances to lead us to more truth and more unity.
5- On the premature convening of a Residents Assembly:
The present situation on site is as follows:
a)
The German Consultant is finalising his report and list of recommendations
on the basis of, on the one hand, the document that was prepared with H’s
help and, on the other hand, his own direct assessment of the condition of
the structure and of all the practical problems.
b)
The Institute of Karaïkudi has submitted a full technical report on the
conditions of both the RCC and the ferro cement parts of the structure and
rated them as above satisfactory, and advised on how to protect them in
future.
Until the German Consultant’s report is shared by all concerned and further testing
is conducted with the waterproofing compound (Kemperol) which the Consultant