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Re: Welcome to Auroville

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Post by d3nj4l »

Ritsuko_akagi wrote: post #20

Funny I read about this place in r/india a few times and they seem to regard it as a racist hippie colony.

I've been there twice. I'd say it is very hippy, and there's a lot of bunk floating around - I saw a water cooler that dispensed "smart water enhanced with classical music" - but that's a given for any place that has to do with spiritual enlightenment. I wouldn't say it was racist, though, but from personal experience most of the foreigners I saw were white and seemed well off. IMO it's neither as bad as /r/india makes it out to be nor as good as some of the commenters here are saying it is.

Re: Welcome to Auroville

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Post by mysticmode »

I have met many people from Auroville (or maybe Aurovillians as some would say).

I have a mixed feeling about Auroville too like some other comments here. I have visited couple times. But never actually got what they are trying to do. This is another part.

But I want to mention, TBH: It is like ANY OTHER ASHRAMS or communal living, I would say. Even to the one I visit often. People are different, sometimes they are nice and sometimes they behave downright silly and rude.

That said, it could be a practice if you take it that way :)

They are much more precious for you in the long run if you are into spiritual practice.

It's like Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo puts it "Instead of seeing other people as an obstacle to our path, we recognize that they are the path. That learning on how to deal skillfully especially with unskilfuled people is how we learn, how we grow and how to begin to mature."

Re: Welcome to Auroville

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Post by CivBase »

0x8BADF00D wrote: post #58
hutzlibu wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"You shouldn't even listen to what I'm writing here" If you believe that, why are you writing it then? I think, because you do believe, that text can help others understand something. Not always, though.

It doesn't matter what I believe. For all you know, I could be a finite state machine. Or a similar automaton.

Allow me to reiterate for hutzlibu...

If you believe that, why are you writing it then?

Re: Welcome to Auroville

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Post by stickfigure »

CivBase wrote: post #64
0x8BADF00D wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It doesn't matter what I believe. For all you know, I could be a finite state machine. Or a similar automaton.

Allow me to reiterate for hutzlibu... If you believe that, why are you writing it then?

Because it was a necessary part of transitioning from state 0x923d74ff6245b250b323 to state 0x810215d1ccb3ed13d54c?

People are not simple flowcharts. They can have all sorts of motivations that aren't literal interpretations of what comes out of their mouth. But you know that. So why are you asking the question?

Re: Welcome to Auroville

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Post by mirimir »

CivBase wrote: post #64
0x8BADF00D wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It doesn't matter what I believe. For all you know, I could be a finite state machine. Or a similar automaton.

Allow me to reiterate for hutzlibu... If you believe that, why are you writing it then?

The point is to think for yourself, I think.

"Question reality", as they say.

Re: Welcome to Auroville

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Post by sevencolors »

Was reading about the "galaxy" concept https://www.auroville.org/contents/691

> Radiating out beyond the Matrimandir Gardens are four Zones, each focusing on an important aspect of the township’s life:

> Industrial (north). Cultural (north east), Residential (south/south west) and. International (west).

Feels so weird and dystopian when places try to enforce some sort of segregation

Re: Welcome to Auroville

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Post by mirimir »

aerovistae wrote: post #31
Barrin92 wrote: post #26

> "Auroville was born on 28 February 1968. Its founder, the Mother, created the Auroville Charter consisting of four main ideas which underpinned her vision for Auroville. When Auroville came into being, All India Radio (AIR) broadcast the Charter, live, in 16 languages. Aurovilians apply the ideas of the Auroville Charter in their daily life, in policy-development, and decisions, big and small. The Charter thus form…

Thought the same thing. The second I saw a reference to someone titled "The Mother", all my "cult!" alarms went off.

I was blessed by The Mother, during one of her US tours. She seemed to be a very sweet old woman.

Re: Welcome to Auroville

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Post by sbmthakur »

Ritsuko_akagi wrote: post #20

Funny I read about this place in r/india a few times and they seem to regard it as a racist hippie colony.

Did they substantiate it with credible links? Otherwise it seems to go well with the sub's usual practice of terming anything Indian as bad.
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