Date: April 28, 2025
Part 2 – The Work of Transformation
CONTINUED FROM PART 1
Work as a Path to Transformation
Auroville was never meant to be a place of passive existence. It was meant to be a field of conscious evolution, where work is a path to transformation.
“Work, even manual work, is something indispensable for the inner discovery. If one does not work, if one does not put his consciousness into matter, the latter will never develop.”
~ The Mother, 13 June 1970
Every act is an offering, an opportunity to align with the Divine Will. Every word spoken, every structure built, every garden planted should be a reflection of the higher consciousness we seek to embody.
“One does not live in Auroville to be comfortable but to grow in consciousness and to serve the Divine.”
~ The Mother, 1 March, 1971
Even sustenance was never meant to bind us—it was meant to free us. The Mother’s vision of providing for Auroville was to liberate us from mundane survival so that we could move toward the subtle, the vast, the luminous.
We are meant to embody and manifest the divine qualities—not just individually, but collectively—so that Auroville could stand as a model town of transformation, a light for the world.
If I am not moving toward unity, if I am not reflecting the divine qualities the Mother placed at the heart of her symbol—humility, sincerity, receptivity, peace, equality, generosity, progress — then what am I holding onto?
The Unity We Must Become
Auroville is a promise—a promise that human unity is not an unattainable dream but a tangible reality.
“Auroville wants to be a universal town where men and women of all countries are able to live in peace and progressive harmony, above all creeds, all politics and all nationalities.”
~ The Mother, 8 September, 1965
Yet, how can unity manifest if we carry within us the old divisions of race, caste, nationality, egos and personal ambition? What have we gained if we build a town but fail to build the consciousness that was meant to shape it?
“For each problem, there is a solution that can give satisfaction to everybody; but for finding this ideal solution, each one must want it instead of meeting the others with the will to enforce one’s own preference.”
~ The Mother, 28 August, 1971
Auroville is not an identity. It is not a badge to wear, nor a title to claim. It is a way of being. If I am not living this way, then can I truly say I am part of Auroville?
To live here is not about how long I have stayed, how much I have built, how much I have contributed. It is about how much I have transformed. Auroville is an invitation. But an invitation means nothing unless it is accepted. So, can I accept it? Not just in name, but in being?
Can I live this dream—not someday, but now?
Auroville: The Future That Beckons
I came here thinking I was seeking a new life. But now I see—it was life itself, in its highest possibility, that was seeking me.
“Auroville has been created for a superhumanity, for those who want to surmount their ego and renounce all desire, to prepare themselves for receiving the supermind. They alone are true Aurovilians.”
~ The Mother, 18 December, 1972
The question is no longer about whether I belong here. The question is—am I willing to become Auroville itself? Am I willing to be emptied, so I can be filled? Am I willing to dissolve, so I can truly become?
The Matrimandir stands at the heart of Auroville, a silent golden beacon, calling all who are ready. Not all who enter will stay. Not all who stay will awaken.
But for those who listen, who surrender, who offer themselves wholly—Auroville will no longer be a place. It will be a state of being. And in that being, the new world is already being born.
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