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Only nincompoops would presume that this letter of ‘dismissal’ and the moving in of
the 4 new ‘pretenders’, are the last word on the Matrimandir muddle! Shakespeare
speaks of a Divinity which shapes our ends to make them quite other than we
intend. You may act, certainly – and even be applauded by your assorted ‘rah rah’
boys and girls – but surely even you don’t imagine that you will be able to control
where this action takes Auroville whose present aspect recalls forcefully the Gita’s
yantrarudhani maya.
You 12, very late comers in a 34 years mess, who presume to paint the
Matrimandir story in your own particular ego shades, may rest assured: your
colours can hardly take! For:
‘The power of division is unsteady and impermanent;
union works for a steady power and a harmonious future’.
You might have done better choosing the up-ladder: worked genuinely for Union by
remaining even-handed. The usual guttersnipes would have attacked you, but you
would at least have ‘lifted’ the standards of your office! The wisdom that ought to
have suggested silence and restraint and which might have behoved a group meant
to represent all of Auroville (not just its favourite viewpoint) is of course missing.
Even your foolish, manipulative ‘opinion poll’ got less than 15% feedback. This in
itself should have been the message: Aurovilians are largely still not responsive to
such disreputable means (and perhaps therein alone lies the seed for restoring
health to diseased collective processes).
You 12 signatories: Sanjeev, Ulli, Renu, Joy, Janet, Mauna, Jaya, Ashatit, Jyothi,
Selvraj, Swadha, Peter – should know that your action says more about you than
about the situation! What a spiteful, unnecessary little addition to what is already a
horrible mess!
‘The world is full of pitiable miseries but they are most to be pitied
who are so small and so weak that they cannot avoid being nasty’
– Mother.
It is most unfortunate that such protests are called for; but your determination to
bring down upon Auroville that which will be much worse than the present needs
some dissent, even if it will be sneeringly put aside!
Deepti”
*To the Working Committee & Auroville Council, from Krishna Tewari, 23-
9-2003:
“Dear Members,
I am really shocked to read the letter you have written to Divakar and Arjun asking
them to stop their work at Matrimandir. You have volunteered (not been chosen,
mind you!) to be a member of the WC/AC. I trust you are conscious of the fact that
you are meant to represent the totality of Auroville and bear a special responsibility
to live up to the Ideals at the service of Truth. You have issued the ‘order’ on behalf
of the Community. Which community are you representing? Less than 15% of the
adult members who responded to your politically motivated opinion poll? Do you
realise that more than 85% of the Aurovilians including myself deliberately ignored
your opinion poll – rejecting the approach adopted by you? And you have done this
at the very Soul of Auroville, at Matrimandir which is meant to embody that New