Ahhh, Auroville!

Ahhh, Auroville! Auroville is a United Nations recognized "International Township." There are about 1,700 people living here, representing 30 different countries of the world. People here have the ideal to work toward "Human Unity". Auroville is based somewhat on the ideas of Indian Philosopher Sri Aurobindo, who was the first to unite the spiritual ideas of the East with evolutionary theories of the West. It seems to be based even more on the spiritual ideals of "The Mother," a french woman who was a close friend of Aurobindo.

Auroville has been visited by the Dalai Lama, the president of India, Ken Wilbur, and many other influential figures of our time. They have reforested hundreds of acres of land here. People do a variety of different things, from yoga, tai chi, dance, meditation, permaculture, alternative energy, new-age architecture, you name it. Auroville hosts the largest solar dish in the world and the largest crystal as well. Call it a cult, call it a sect, call it whatever you want. This place is both amazing and frustrating at the same time. Check out more at: http://www.auroville.org/

Oh, and for those of you who don't know, I lived in Auroville for 4 months in 2003 and it's one of my most favorite places in the world. There is definitely an interesting progressive energy here. At any rate, we arrived just in time for Earth Day 2007!! Yay Earth Day! Perhaps the most important yet most under celebrated day of the year. Earth Day for us entailed face painting, seed jewelry making, choir listening, electric car and bike watching and a comical "end of the world" play in the evening. A great way to spend the day on Earth Day. Looks like we'll be here for about 10 days before heading deeper into the south. Deeper into ancient India to explore the Dravidian temples of Tamil Nadu... Tags: auroville, chennai, hampi, kanartaka Posted on Apr. 23rd, 2007 at 05:20 am Link Leave a comment Add to Memories Tell a Friend