-40_The Timeless in Time (Rhoda P. Le Cocq).htm The Timeless in Time Article by Rhoda P. Le Cocq from the book 'The Radical Thinkers - Heidegger and Sri Aurobindo' As a Westerner, the idea of merely passing by these two (Sri Aurobindo and the Mother) with nothing being said, had struck me as a bit ridiculous. I was still unfamiliar with the Hindu idea that such a silent meeting could afford an intensely spiritual impetus. I watched as I came up in line, and I noted that the procedure was to stand quietly before the two of them for a few silent moments, then to move on at a gesture from Sri Aurobindo. What happened next was completely unexpected. As I stepped into a radius of about four

-39_Streams of light through doors of eyes (Mauna).htm Streams of light through doors of eyes From an article by Mauna from Mother India magazine In 1969, while running a TV magazine in Holland, I one day remarked to a close musician friend of mine: "Oh dear, I wish I had something to believe in. I have so much energy and it's such a waste to use it only for these dumb little stories we have to feed the public with." Some weeks later my friend brought me a magazine, 'Bres Planete', in which I found an article by Ruud Lohman, "They build their own city." "I think this is the place you are looking for!" said my friend. I read the article, got in touch with a contact address given in it, went to a r

-08_Presence of a Warrior (Richard Pearson).htm Presence of a Warrior - Richard Pearson I hadn't intended to say anything, but when Francois was talking about the Mother's departure I had a feeling that I'd like to share with you my experience of the moment. For that I'll have to take you back to 1950 when Sri Aurobindo passed away. It so happened that I was not in Pondicherry on that day. Somehow for some reason - I do not know - my father had arranged to see professor S. at Annamalai University who did experiments with the effect of music on plants. This had been approved by the Mother and we were to leave on 5th December. At four o'clock the photographer friend of ours, Venkatesh, knocked on th

-45_Fertile memories (Jan Allen).htm Fertile memories Extract from the article 'Fertile Memories' by Jan Allen published on Auroville Today. Issue dt. Jan. 2009 Moving from beach to inland, '73 I remember so well: it was 1st April 1973 when my little daughter Aurojina and I finally arrived in 'Fertile' - to stay. Having sent our belongings ahead by bullock cart, we made the journey from Pondicherry by cycle. It was a cool morning for April, and as I was fuelled by a sense of new beginnings, the journey was memorable. Jina travelled in a wicker seat on the front of the cycle, and we brought with us a little black kitten that rode calmly in its basket at the rear. Page-171 This inl

-28_August Darshan of 1937 (Udar Pinto).htm August Darshan of 1937 Extracts from the book 'Udar - One of Mother's Children' Edited by Gauri Pinto From 1934 to 1937, though I had been in Pondicherry (now called Puducherry), most of the time and had many friends in the Ashram, I had never entered the Ashram main building or felt like going for a 'Darshan'. I was just busy making money and having a good time. My friends in the Ashram were first Amal (K.D. Sethna), Purani, Ambu, Dr. Ramchandra and some others. Mona and I were married in February 1937 and then we had several more friends in the Ashram. They suggested that we should go for Darshan and it was arranged for us to go on August 15th,

-18_A mighty guidance leads us through all (Andre Morisset).htm A mighty guidance leads us through all... Andre Morisset, from Sri Aurobindo Circle Magazine My earliest remembrances date back to the very beginning of this century and lack clearness. They centre round two spots. One is Beaugency, a little town on the river Loire where I lived with two aunts my father's sisters, my grandfather and my nurse. The other is 15 rue Lemercier in Paris where my mother and father had a flat and their painters' studio which I considered the most wonderful place of the world. Beaugency is still vivid in my mind for the garden which was at the back of the house and separated from it by a small courtyard. I

-33_We have another plan (Boris).htm "We have another plan" On Dmitrii Sergeevich von Mohrenschildt -Boris "To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor ever to found a school, but also to love wisdom as to live, according to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity and trust" (Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862). In February 1958 Dmitrii Sergeevich von Mohrenschildt arrived in Sri Aurobindo Ashram for the first time. The Mother looked into him with divine love and he understood that his way was the way of Integral Yoga. Dmitrii wanted to ask Her about his nearest future: what's the best: to live in the Ashram or return to America? He didn't ask, but She ans

-38_Night watch at the soul o f the new creation (Ruud Lohman).htm Night watch at the soul of the new creation... - Ruud Lohman The black expanse above continues to be black, but a play of lightness and delight transforms at every moment this monument under construction into a mind-blowing centre of the three worlds. A single spotlight guides our workers who are from the neighbouring Tamil village and are on a night-duty to keep the recently concreted portion of the north pillar moist. Hundreds of insects of all shapes and colours and levels of evolution are attracted by the light and they fly, jump and bump without any visible pattern against the lens of the spotlight. That's how I, too, came to

-19_An electrifying presence (Dr. Karan Singh).htm An electrifying presence Extract from the book 'Meetings with Remarkable Women' Dr. Karan Singh Along with my mother and wife, I visited Pondicherry for the first time in 1956, six years after Sri Aurobindo passed away. We had the privilege of a fairly long meeting with the Mother, who we were later told, specially readjusted Her programme to meet us. At the very first meeting I came under the spell of Her personality. The gravitas of Her persona was undeniable. It was soothing and yet electrifying. Her face lit up in a soft smile but Her eyes were penetrating. I met Her on two other occasions, once along with Nolini Kanta Gupta and once with

-05_What you are experiencing is the Divine (Bhaga).htm "What you are experiencing is the Divine Mother" - Bhaga My own memories with the Mother are of a quite different kind, I imagine, in fact than of most people who have been actually living with Her, at least for some time. I myself came to Auroville in 1972, in a very peculiar state of consciousness. Throughout my childhood I had always been a very mystical type of person. But then when growing up into adult age I had discovered the awful condition of the world and the horrible societies that we have created and the horrible ways we human beings are treating each other most of the time. I was absolutely horrified, scandalized. My whole u