Blogs from Auroville, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia - page 5

So here I am, at Sadhana Forest. This is my third day here and I couldn't be happier. In such a short space of time I've met some amazing people who I'm already learning a lot from. To top it off my surroundings are perfect. We each have small huts to live in which are simple but that's all that's needed. I thought I'd have a hard time adjusting to live without my comfortable king size, but I've had the best nights sleep than I've had for a long time here. Everything is so open and shared. You wake up to the sun and sounds of many little creatures, it's a lovely environment to wake up to. There is the main hut, which is HUGE, where we eat, relax, talk, sing, dance, hold eco-film nights, have ... read more

So there will not be an official part 2 to Sadhana Forest Part 1... for laziness or change of path, I am not sure but let us move on together. As of now it has been over a month since I stepped into the Sadhana Forest. It is a uniquely special place and an incredible opportunity for learning ad growth, but eventually time grabs your wrist and pulls harder than your grip on the present. It took a bike wreck to add the final effort, but I have left, and instead of sadness or regret i feel completely free again, which is probably what I needed most. .... I will begin with the bike wreck. One afternoon, in an attempt to fill our hot and endless afternoons, a large group of us decided to got ... read more

Hello, my first blog to share my travel to Auroville. An utopic city, born from the idea of the Mother, after the death of sri Aurobindo; utopic because of the difficulties with Indian burocracy and for the idea to create a community of peaple from all arund the world. Auroville ist 2 hours from Chennai, and far away from "normal" India! I slept by Monica, an italian friend who teaches Yoga in Auroville , a beautiful house in the middle of the forest. A paradise, where you can find organic food, energized water and conscious products and producers!!! The most stron experience was to meditate inside the matrimandir, a bid Golf Ball (!!!) in the mjiddle of a beautiful garden; inside everything is on marble and the maditation hall it´s dark with a small ray of ... read more

Spent a few days in Auroville, an International, intentional community founded in 1968. "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 purpose of Auroville is to realize human unity" runs the first public message of the founder of Auroville, Mirra Alfassa or 'the Mother' To be honest it didn't eave that much of an impression on me because you can't really get to know a place like that in a few days - especially Auroville - it feels quite hard to penetrate. From initial glances it's kind of hard to tell how it differs from an Indian village - and indeed there are lots of Tamil villages living along side Aurvillians. In ... read more

LAURIE We realised that the heat was causing us and particularly Kym to be a bit dehydrated even though we were drinking lots of water. So Kym was very impressed when Margaret who lives in Cambodia said Coke was very good for oral rehydation in tropical area. It has lots of minerals and sugars. So Kym is very happy to insist every day to have his medicinal Coke, a whole 2 litres of it. Pitchandikulim is part of Auroville. Now Auroville is a strange place. Established by The Mother, a devotee of Sri Aurobinda in 1968, "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 purpose of Auroville is to realise human unity" ... read more