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And I will tell you, and I want it to be on record, that what you are doing is more
damaging to Auroville than whatever ‘outside’ forces have tried to do so far.
‘The Matrimandir wants to be the symbol of the Universal Mother according to Sri
Aurobindo’s teaching’.
Is this not the expression of a reality infinitely more potent than all time-bound
political alignments may ever conjure?
Divakar”
Note: The puzzling question was, all through, that none of this – neither that nor
this position – ever seemed to evoke any response in the ‘silent majority’ of
Auroville (about 2000 people by then); either they couldn’t be bothered or, for
some reason that eluded us, the points any one was making lacked the clarity or
the import to elicit this response. It left us with the impression of enacting some
drama in a void, even though the intensity and essentiality of the issue was
perfectly tangible to us.
Once again, Deepti wrote out, K.T wrote out, a few others wrote out, who had that
perhaps silly and old-fashioned courage to expose themselves and to stand
fearlessly for what they felt and believed mattered more than the comfort of
popularity and quiescent agreement.
Deepti’s first response went out at the same time as mine:
*Snakes and ladders – Reflections upon the Auroville Council’s recent
gratuitous action -, by Deepti, 21-9-2003:
“The Auroville Council has arrogated to itself the presumptuous right to decide who,
when, where, and how (yet to be unveiled) is to be ‘removed’!
They know the truth and the right and plan to act upon their ‘mandate’?
This ‘force’, that ever wants to DICTATE to Auroville, seems never in dearth of
pigmy natures falling over themselves to be its instruments. Fatuity is indeed the
worst human folly for it seldom recognises its own insanity, and the AVC has
doggedly cornered the current monopoly. As a result, Auroville is once more
tumbled helter-skelter down that descending ladder to stare agape into the snake-
pit!
The Supreme, unfortunately, forgot to consult the present Auroville Council while
setting the timeless conditions for Auroville’s way of being: no ‘element’ necessary
for a particular situation can be ‘removed’ – this is a law of the Divine. And
Matrimandir is the place where ALL ELEMENTS must meet – for only so will it BE
Matrimandir. Auroville’s battle-scarred history ought to have taught people
something; but it seems the lesson remains yet unlearned and human imbecility
continues to assume that Auroville’s affairs can be run on the engine power of the
lower vital! However, it’s not hatred and jealousy, personal agendas and
uncontrolled ambitions, or, for that matter, the desire to destroy what is
incomprehensible, that can decide the future of Auroville. Still, such attitudes do
needlessly complicate Auroville’s present actuality!