Mirror of Tomorrow :: A Letter to the Mother from Kittu Reddy
and her Answer Permanent
Link The Mother Answers
All studies or at least the greater part of studies
consists in studying the past with the hope that this would make one understand
better the present. But if one wants to avoid the danger that the students
would get stuck to the past and refuse to see the future, one must take great care
to explain to them that all that has happened in the past had the aim of
preparing all that is happening now and all that is happening now is preparing
the road to the future which is really the most important thing for which we
have to prepare ourselves. It is by cultivating intuition that one prepares to
live for the future.
Most educated people, he said, can agree on the
basic scientific story of evolution… If we trace our genealogy back far enough,
we come to the beginning of the universe itself. Everything that exists now was
implied in the initial moment of creation. All of it enfolded.
THE NATURE
OF MONEY AND WEALTH-CREATION M. S. Srinivasan
The approach of the article to the enquiry is
predominantly intuitive but without ignoring the need for rational vigour. This author believes that intuitive approach to research methodology has to be recognised by the academic and research community in India
In short, the spirit of what Sri Aurobindo termed
“economic barbarism” still seems to seriously afflict modern society. ... All
this is not to suggest that we should – even if we could, which is impossible –
go back to the past forms of ancient Indian culture. That will be an unnatural
imposition on the present time spirit. Rather, we should do as Sri Aurobindo
suggested, “You need not come back to the old forms, but you can retain the
spirit which might create its own new forms,…”11 We call upon all our brothers
and sisters, the world over, to make a start in this direction in their own way.
Do not mind the stupidity of others, mind your own.
— The Mother.
In response to the recent dharnas, the ensuing press
conference, newspaper reports, and general agitations against the trust board
of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, some inmates of the Ashram approached senior
members to get their feedback. The following Declaration of Solidarity was
presented to them and signatures were collected. The response was
overwhelmingly positive, refuting the claim that many, if not most, senior
members are in favour of the agitations. Many of us who read the Declaration
later, felt that it should be made available to a larger audience in a way that
would make it possible for them to lend their support as well.
After all, are those involved in the court cases and
agitations against the Trust representative of the wider community of followers
of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother? We believe the answer is no. Now is a good
time to raise our voices and state this clearly, lest our silence be misinterpreted.
This site is a modest attempt to give a chance to followers all over the world
to express this sentiment.
We have reproduced the Declaration here, as it was
presented to the senior members. If any of you feel like extending your support
to the Trust board, please check the box and fill the form at the end of this
page. www.ashramite.com
This website is a result of the effort of a few
former students of SAICE and devotees of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, to
give a voice to all of you who have either stayed away or have remained silent
observers during the past leading up to the present situation affecting our
Ashram. Neither the Ashram Trustees nor those who have drafted and circulated
the Declaration were instrumental in creating this site. If you have any
concerns about your privacy, please contact
us.
Sri Aurobindo has shown that the truth does not
lie in running away from earthly life but in remaining in it, ... Sri
Aurobindo always loved deeply his Motherland.
In principle we have
the key given by the Mother and Sri Aurobindo. The new power cannot work
in order to perpetuate the present humanity, the human in us …
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