The Yoga of Integral Violence - Episode 1: The dawn of violence
India, land of diversity, spirituality and philosophy, has been hosting for more than 50 years now the world’s largest experiment aiming for human unity. Spiritual seekers, coming from all states and from more than 60 countries, have left everything behind to help build a new kind of city. Some have been attracted by the works of Sri Aurobindo, some by the works of The Mother, others by the Auroville Charter and The Dream. All are bound by a simple paragraph: “Auroville belongs to nobody in particular. Auroville belongs to humanity as a whole. But, to live in Auroville, one must be a willing servitor of the Divine Consciousness. A lot has happened over this half century for Auroville to become what it is today. Aurovilians (the residents of Auroville) have been successful in offering alternatives in sustainability, ecology, farming, education, art… all that by following their inner call to live a life of integral yoga, together, in peace and harmony. Over the years, they have received the help of countless individuals to buy the lands and build houses, and from the Government of India and other organisations for a variety of projects, education and infrastructure through grants. Unfortunately for the Aurovilians, their sadhana (spiritual practice) is now facing an unforeseen obstacle: Violence. The dawn of violence Auroville is a very special place: Most people living here have sold everything they had in their home state or country to give it to the communal common pot. Auroville has been their home for 10, 20, 50+ years. Even if some don’t have an Indian passport, they have a very strong feeling of belonging to this place. A year ago, IAS officer Jayanti Ravi was nominated as the new Secretary of the Auroville Foundation (the civil servant in charge of the relations between the GOI and the residents). Since then, Auroville’s core values have methodically been replaced: status quo with bullying, peace and harmony with threats, spirituality with dogmatic religion, and Auroville’s development with real estate projects.
via YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SUTXd1uWeg
India, land of diversity, spirituality and philosophy, has been hosting for more than 50 years now the world’s largest experiment aiming for human unity. Spiritual seekers, coming from all states and from more than 60 countries, have left everything behind to help build a new kind of city. Some have been attracted by the works of Sri Aurobindo, some by the works of The Mother, others by the Auroville Charter and The Dream. All are bound by a simple paragraph: “Auroville belongs to nobody in particular. Auroville belongs to humanity as a whole. But, to live in Auroville, one must be a willing servitor of the Divine Consciousness. A lot has happened over this half century for Auroville to become what it is today. Aurovilians (the residents of Auroville) have been successful in offering alternatives in sustainability, ecology, farming, education, art… all that by following their inner call to live a life of integral yoga, together, in peace and harmony. Over the years, they have received the help of countless individuals to buy the lands and build houses, and from the Government of India and other organisations for a variety of projects, education and infrastructure through grants. Unfortunately for the Aurovilians, their sadhana (spiritual practice) is now facing an unforeseen obstacle: Violence. The dawn of violence Auroville is a very special place: Most people living here have sold everything they had in their home state or country to give it to the communal common pot. Auroville has been their home for 10, 20, 50+ years. Even if some don’t have an Indian passport, they have a very strong feeling of belonging to this place. A year ago, IAS officer Jayanti Ravi was nominated as the new Secretary of the Auroville Foundation (the civil servant in charge of the relations between the GOI and the residents). Since then, Auroville’s core values have methodically been replaced: status quo with bullying, peace and harmony with threats, spirituality with dogmatic religion, and Auroville’s development with real estate projects.
via YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SUTXd1uWeg
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