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About The Matrimandir and I – Web series
In this series we interview Aurovilliens about their personal experiences with the Matrimandir in Auroville.
This Web series is a human experiment, looking into how the aurovilliens relate to the soul of Auroville – the Matrimandir. Hoping that this is the common ground for human unity. The dream would be to interview all citizens of Auroville.
At the very centre of Auroville one finds the ‘soul of the city’, the Matrimandir.
The name ‘Matrimandir’ literally means ‘Temple of the Mother’. According to Sri Aurobindo, the ‘Mother’ concept stands for the great evolutionary, conscious and intelligent principle of Life, the Universal Mother, – which seeks to help humanity move beyond its present limitations into the next stage of its evolutionary adventure, the supramental consciousness.
The Matrimandir can be viewed as a large golden sphere which seems to be emerging out of the earth, symbolising the birth of a new consciousness. Situated in a large open area called ‘Peace’, from where the future township will radiate outwards. Since the past 50 years, Matrimandir’s slow and steady progress towards completion has been followed by many. The atmosphere is quiet and charged, and the area beautiful.
The Matrimandir is in the midst of a garden divided into 12 individually named parks such as “Harmony”, “Bliss”, Perfection”, Progress”, “Consciousness”, etc., each with their variety of flowers, shrubs and trees. The Mother envisaged the Matrimandir as the “symbol of the Divine’s answer to man’s aspiration for perfection” and as “the central cohesive force” for the growth of Auroville.
Auroville is a universal town where men and women of all countries can live in peace and progressive harmony above all creeds, all politics and all nationalities.
The purpose of Auroville is to realise universal human unity.
Disclaimer:
This video series does not represent the voice of the Auroville community as a whole, or the filmmakers, but individual personal voices from the Auroville Citizens, including all perspectives.
What is Auroville?
Auroville is a universal township in the making for a population of up to 50,000 people from around the world. Aspects of Auroville can be found in other projects and communities around the world, but Auroville is the world’s first and only internationally recognised experiment in human unity, also concerned with – and practically researching into – the future cultural, environmental, social and spiritual needs of mankind.
How did Auroville begin?
The concept of Auroville – an ideal township devoted to an experiment in human unity – came to the Mother as early as the 1930s. In the mid 1960s the concept was developed and put before the Govt. of India, who gave their backing and took it to the General Assembly of UNESCO. In 1966 UNESCO passed a unanimous resolution commending it as a project of importance to the future of humanity, thereby giving their full encouragement.
Why Auroville?
The purpose of Auroville is to realise human unity – in diversity. Today Auroville is recognised as the first and only internationally endorsed ongoing experiment in human unity and transformation of consciousness, also concerned with – and practically researching into – sustainable living and the future cultural, environmental, social and spiritual needs of mankind.
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How it’s made – all questions we ask are…
How and when did you first hear about the Matrimandir? What has been your involvement?
What does Matrimandir mean to you?
How Important is the Matrimandir to Auroville?
What do you feel when you visit Matrimandir?
What do you do when you go there?
What Memories / Stories about Matrimandir?
What have you learned from Matrimandir?
Where is your favorite place at Matrimandir?
What is your dream for the Matrimandir?
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