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*25-10-1989, Auroville:
This morning Selvam and I finished our section of the marble walls in the Chamber.
Then what? He said he wanted to stick by me, to continue as a team; so we began
to carry over to the workshop the slabs of marble that are meant for the floor of the
Chamber, and we’ll set up the cutting work near there, at ground-level, and both
Menaig and Yan intend to join us…
… Ar. left with me a transcript of a conversation Satprem had a few years ago
regarding Auroville; I have always resisted seeing the way as Truth versus the
Enemy or vice-versa, and this is where I am unable to adhere to his expression of
the Necessity, so far, even though he very often says exactly what I feel in many
regards… But now I then I do wonder; I have, indeed, to wonder what actually
happened for instance when I felt so concretely that I was being taught by the
Force the very first steps into the Real, when I felt exactly like a baby led by the
Hand, and then I slipped into these months of hell: what does it actually say, or
show?
But words are treacherous, and I must be more trusting of the perceiving that is
given me, of its evolutive power, just as I must be more courageous and given…
*26-10-1989, Auroville:
Seeing the general atmosphere of tamas and dishonesty, I am faced with this
imperative priority: either I basically work by myself and accept help when it is
given but do not depend on it, or I find someone who is willing to commit to full-
day work; there is so much to do, and so much dead weight to push out of the way,
and so much to clarify and establish, at Matrimandir and all around it… I have to be
well!
*27-10-1989, Auroville:
A nasty day for me… First off when I reached Matrimandir I fought with Selvam and
made him leave me alone; I know I’m being unfair to him, but I need more clarity…
And then Andy’s whole bunch, in their eagerness to find fault with me, found
gleefully that one of the last rows of marble I had fixed had slightly fissured at the
joints, the adhesive having somewhat loosened; they went at me then with an
animosity and an intent quite poisonous that were completely out of proportion with
the fact itself – which I actually cannot explain! I am certain I did nothing wrong,
and Selvam and I applied the correct amount of glue, as we have done all along;
the only explanation I can figure is that the drilling work Hans did may have caused
the wall to vibrate and the adhesive to crack…
*28-10-1989, Auroville:
It was mentioned by Andy today that he’d talked to “the boys” and they –
Dhanapal, Selvam and others – were planning to start a digging team; this came to
me like a knife in the plexus: I saw that my upset with Selvam had merely pushed
him in the wrong direction, to form another group, “the Tamil boys”…! So, he hadn’t
understood anything…! And I saw too that the split between Selvam and me was
food for the beast; the pain was too much…