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with Auroville’s necessities, as these determinisms cannot, to the risk of their own
deflagration, accept Auroville as it is within their workings.
It is not a matter of who is where and of the wisdom of such or such person who
has the will to help protect Auroville from its enemies.
We have seen that the enemy is primarily and essentially within us all.
If our present relationship with the Government of India does allow, at this point in
time, for a request, let it be one that addresses its very nature and no more; and
this with true respect, gratefulness and regard, and in a spirit of collaboration with
the persons who strive, within that context, to work for a stronger and truer India.
Such a request could eventually be that certain legal measures be taken to
discourage the present authorities of the SAS from having access to legal rights
which are usually available to land-owners, considering the unique aims of
Auroville, on the soil of India. So that if any member of the SAS would in time have
a genuine interest in participating to the work of Auroville, this person would have
to approach it exactly the same way as anybody else, and acknowledge that the
administration of all land and assets rests with an Auroville organ only.
And if the Government of India cannot, due to legal implications and/or for its own
reasons, assent to that request, we must then face whatever lies ahead and find
the determination to practice the discernment, the reliance and the trust that will
see Auroville through.
And if this ordeal can also serve as a reminder to the inner necessities that are part
of the Way, so much the better.
We have nothing, nothing in the world to loose, as long as we honestly do not
compromise the very strength of Auroville in terms of progress and change.
And perhaps do we then put ourselves in a movement that will bring us closer to a
living awareness of this central Force of Auroville to which we are now blinded.”
(Divakar)
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