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We often had formidable bouts of hilarity at the perfectly cohesive manner in which
so many people scurried to join ranks and assume new positions and acquire new
status.
Shantidi, her letter to the Governing Board having remained unacknowledged,
decided to write directly to the Minister for Human Resources in Delhi, asking him
whether his office gave the Chairman “unlimited power to attack and destroy the
work and reputations of sincere sadhaks…”
The Secretary was very unhappy with our answers. The goal was to make us yield
and grovel and accept to seek permission from the “Architect” for every single work
at Matrimandir. He demanded that we attach to every cheque a “certificate of
approval” duly endorsed by the “Architect”.
Instead, on 24
th
July 2003, we sent, very officially, this statement:
*Certificate, by John Harper, Walter Wagner and Arjun Puri, Authorised
Signatories, 24
th
July ’03:
“Invoking Her Force and Protection we hereby certify in all sincerity that all works,
projects, activities and wage payments undertaken by the Matrimandir Workers
Team, attempt to fulfil/implement in action HER express wishes and instructions
(written or recorded) for the Matrimandir Peace area.
Our WORK and our commitment continue to be offered at the Feet of HER whom we
seek to serve”
Note: On July 29, 2003, I wrote an Open Letter to the Auroville Council, to all
Aurovilians and to all well-wishers of Auroville, which was posted and circulated:
*Open Letter to the AV Council, to all – by Divakar – July 29, 2003:
“Today a choice is being made that actually requires the awareness of every
Aurovilian, every friend of Auroville and every donor to Auroville.
The choice is between two directions, each having profound implications in terms of
growth, progress, commitment, and it must manifest at the very centre of
Auroville, the core of its adventure, nearest to its Soul.
One direction is to work all-inclusively towards the realisation of an integral
environment for the Matrimandir, a sanctuary to contain, in their harmonious
relationship, all the elements the Mother has seen and described in Her recorded or
written statements – a privileged area of natural beauty and quiet wherein Her
Force could manifest the conscious atmosphere that must surround the Soul and
radiate into the whole of Auroville and beyond.
Another direction is to surrender to the architect’s vision of a monumental
statement at the centre of the city, focusing and dominating the urbanscape, and to
accept his exclusive authority as his claim at being the sole channel for the Mother’s
will.