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In the process, inevitably, we encounter not only our own limitations but also the
limitations of our other selves and, depending on our psychological needs, we are
bound to be exclusive in the stress we each lay on various priorities.
This unevenness of approach applies particularly to our search for and valuing of
harmony: a level of harmony which to one may seem of primary importance, even
momentarily, may well be felt as secondary by another, and insistence upon its
advent may even appear detrimental.
To highlight for instance the frequency of this type of misunderstanding, or crossing
of purposes, it may seem crucial to some of us that a good-willed compromise be
reached on a particular point of action, while, to some others of us, the very
attempt to seek and arrive at such a compromise may endanger or jeopardise the
emergence of a truer solution.
Or else, in more social or psychological terms, one may give priority to a mode of
behaviour which, to another person, may be experienced as hypocrisy and a waste
of opportunity for progress in the field of relationships.
And so long as the ego persists in us these differences of approach are likely to
harden into positions that are often mutually exclusive.
Keys have been given us as we embarked upon this adventure, but they remain as
reminders only till we actually begin to experience their living truth.
It is in this respect that I feel the exercise of this seminar, if pursued with the intent
to develop our awareness of the issue, may help each of us to realise what is at
stake and where our responsibility lies.
You, and a few others, have made mention of a number o situations in Auroville
that are blocked, any fruition or advance being neutralised by the force of opposing
views.
But I am inclined to feel that this observation, by itself, is of little help.
It is perhaps salutary that such blockages take place, until we develop the
discernment that can discover and identify, in relation to the whole as in relation to
the One, the harmonious role and place of each of the apparently incompatible and
irreconcilable truths that are now conflicting.
And I do indeed trust that it is precisely this necessary discernment which you wish
to help develop amongst us all.
Therefore I take this opportunity to tell you how much I enjoy your company; with
enormous affection!
Divakar”
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*4-10-2000, Auroville :
Il y a quelques jours, un drôle de petit homme a soudain débarqué ; c’est un
homme un peu triste, tout à fait imbu de lui-même, qui a fait un effort de réflexion
toute sa vie, mais de manière exclusivement égocentrée, et cela lui donne une
curieuse réceptivité. Il a tenu absolument à me faire le récit historique de toute sa
vie : il s’était joint, au sortir de sa période militaire, au réseau de F.J, réseau
Français de soutien à la lutte du FLN pour l’indépendance de l’Algérie ; arrêté au
cours de la grande rafle, il a passé quatre années en prison ; puis, avec l’aide d’un
groupe d’intellectuels que j’ai connu dans mon enfance, il a trouvé un poste dans la