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Re: Welcome to Auroville

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Post by ethagnawl »

I stayed at the compound in Pondicherry.

I remember there being some slightly strange rules you had to agree to in order to stay there (e.g. no sex) but the "staff" (don't know if they were employees or devotees?) were welcoming and the accommodations were great. The compound is right on the Bay of Bengal and sleeping in that room with the windows open and the waves crashing was an experience I'll never forget.

Re: Welcome to Auroville

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Post by lopmotr »

oriettaxx wrote: post #9
mothsonasloth wrote: post #6

Went to Auroville, really nice place along with Pondicherry. There is an element of cult to the place but their message is good

I went there, too. A lot, and only, black people working for 'illuminated' white (rich) ones: I was pretty shocked. Nothing new, really: and this is pretty sad.

If you have a principle of nondiscrimination and people self-select into different roles, what can you do? Discriminate or accept their differences?

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Post by dang »

metacritic12 wrote: post #11

"Money is not meant to generate money." - Central banks across the world, moments before lowering interest rates below zero.

Submitted title was "Money is not meant to generate money. Welcome to Auroville". Submitters: please don't do that - see https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.

Re: Welcome to Auroville

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Post by _jal »

lopmotr wrote: post #13
oriettaxx wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I went there, too. A lot, and only, black people working for 'illuminated' white (rich) ones: I was pretty shocked. Nothing new, really: and this is pretty sad.

If you have a principle of nondiscrimination and people self-select into different roles, what can you do? Discriminate or accept their differences?

You can attempt to understand the pressures that lead people into "self-selecting", for a start.
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