Hello Narad, My name is Michael. We’ve already met several times. I’ve been coming to the Om Choir every Tuesday since I arrived in Auroville on the 1stSeptember 2011. I told you once about the amazing ‘vision’ experience I got during one of our sessions, and you asked me to writ

Andreas Mario's Experience in the OM Choir.htm Dear Narada , please let me know that you got my email. 400 BC. That night I lay down as usual, when after some time a dream started. It is not unusual for me that I become aware of the dreaming and do not wake up but stay with the dream, and that is what I did here. In the dream I found my self in the French Alps. I saw great big mountains with s

Auroville OM Choir During our recent trip to the Sri Aurobindo Ashram and Auroville, I had a few experiences especially at the march-pass before the mass display in the sports ground and with the OM Choir and visiting Sri Aurobindo's room on 5 Dec Darshan. I was at fist skeptical about the OM Choir. I believe in the power of OM but why it is called a choir. The answer was revealed to me during the OM Choir session held at Savitri Bhavan. The OM Choir of about one hundred people who were mostly non-professional singers began with the singing of the first five notes of the western music major key as warming up exercises. This is t

OM Choir in Russia February 26, 2005 A few nights ago I had the strong impression of a voice saying, 'There must be an OM Choir in Russia.' I felt this to be exactly true, the next step in the progression of OM Choirs throughout the world chanting their aspiration to the Divine for the descent of the New Music and the New World. But, how to begin this choir? The next morning I was walking on the Ashram street near the Post Office and a young man, Dimitri, approached me. He said, 'We would like to begin an OM Choir in Russia. Would you help us?' Last night the members of a group from Russia that had come with Dimitri joined the adult voice class and we sang OM together.

The Ocean Chants… (Image Sourced from motherandsriaurobindo.org) A vastness as the ocean fills the place. A silence crawls in as of the depths - more meaningful than the depths of the ocean. It is Profound. The waves from the ocean are meant to reach the shore of the Divine and wash the lotus feet of our Sweet Mother. The place has a living presence in it - a place where Savitri, the legend and a symbol, is studied and lived. It carries the purity. A wide room with a mounting ceiling is readied every Tuesday for the Eternal Music to descend. Chairs are arranged in concent

Some Thoughts on Pruning 2003 After you complete a work of pruning it should look as if you had never been there. I have had during my life the great blessing of working intimately with trees, pruning them in tropical, sub-tropical and temperate climates. It has always been a sacred work, a collaboration with the spirit of the species to understand its nature and the expression of beauty it manifests and to work with it to enhance its beauty and help in realizing its aspiration. The work of pruning can be physically demanding and req

Dear Friend, I received your photographs and can feel the sincerity with which you are approaching this work for the Mother. Your aspiration is exemplary. Another flower book is now in the press. It is a updated and expanded version of the first book, Flowers and Their Messages, and the cover is in color, but again, it is without color photos inside. This is why the Field Guide will be so valuable to those aspiring to learn the significance of flowers. Le

Remembrance of Sri Aurobindo Lobelia 'Cambridge Blue' This is the correct color of the Lobelia named by Mother and grown in the Matrimandir Gardens Nursery. I brought Her flowers in a plastic bag on my motorcycle, entered the Ashram where Tara was waiting, and would stand below Her room and hear Her exclaim on their beauty. This significance is one of the most beautiful to me and is forever held in my heart.

Beginning of the Supramental Realisation Butea monosperma (B. frondosa) In the early years of Auroville, specifically the early 1970’s one could see Butea trees lining the village tanks.  Today they are not so plentiful but nonetheless offer a magnificent glowing picture against the background of water and sky. The Mother has given us its message, “Beginning of the Supramental Realisation” and she has given us the most wonderful comment: “With its charming beauty it is the herald of victory. Indeed this tree in full bloom is a breathtaking sight.  It certainly justifies its common name, “Flame of the Forest”.  In India it is known as Palash

A New Flower book of Flowers and Their Messages Given by the Mother October 2012 Dear Ashramites, Devotees and Disciples all over the world, About three years ago I received a strong intuition that gave me a clear vision as to how to create a new flower book that would be so easy to use that anyone would be able to identify any flower Mother named without difficulty. The book will be titled “A Field Guide to Flowers and Their Messages” and would include a photograph of the flower in full colour with a measurement to show its actual size. Flowers would be grouped in sections by colour and the outer