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should send it to the Monday meeting… My problem is that I fear the very mention
of my name may jeopardise the quality of the process, as there are still those who
will reject out of hand whatever I am associated with…
… I am reading this story by Leon Uris on Palestine/Israel, “The Haj”, and I find it
very interesting, and it fills many gaps in my knowledge…
… Just today, pay-day, I finished the amount that I had received from Switzerland
for “Ravena”; now I am going on with the “gains” from the current exchange rates,
off the monthly allowance C is able to send me for “Sincerity” and my own needs;
how long I can go on, I do not exactly know, but surely a couple of weeks, “hoping
against hope”…!
*28-9-1987, Auroville:
I met Bhaga on the road. Probably she hasn’t cared as much as I had expected;
she said that she and Sharan do feel positive about the place and about my
suggestions for its use, but that they cannot commit personally to its care, at least
for the time being… I asked her that they at least make a note of it to the Auroville
Council, so that a basic agreement may be reached on the future usage of “Ravena”
and the requirements to complete it…
But I was told later that Mauna had interfered, saying it would be better to wait for
Larry’s return…
*30-9-1987, Auroville:
Devaraj and Mani told me that the lawyer had filed a second petition for bail, and
that N ought to be released on Monday.
… Ar. is again surrounding me, filling all the spaces, and it puts ma bad-tempered;
for which I then feel ashamed; but she never seems to realise how much she wraps
herself around me… Yet she is also the one constant friend I have here and now,
the only person with whom there is actual sharing…
***
*Work-paper on the present issue of the design for the final cover of the
sphere of Matrimandir – September, 1987.
“The Options.
Option I: Matrimandir with a full smooth double shell.
(Nature of the outer finish unknown. Design of the environment to be elaborated.)
A: Technical and practical advantages:
a-
Ideal insulation, with the possibility of air circulation between the two shells.
b-
Smoothness and cleanliness.
c-
Easy maintenance.
d-
Easy diffusion of the light inside the sphere.
e-
Ideal sound-proofing.
B: Technical and practical objections: