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a place where the needs of the spirit and the is indispensable in order to execute it; that is
concern for progress would take precedence why I call it a dream.
over the satisfaction of desires and passions, the
search for pleasure and material enjoyment. In And yet this dream is in the course of becoming
this place, children would be able to grow and a reality; that is what we are striving for in Sri
develop integrally without losing contact with Aurobindo’s Ashram, on a very small scale, in
their souls; education would be given not for proportion to our limited means. The realisation
passing examinations or obtaining certificates is certainly far from perfect, but it is progressive;
and posts but to enrich existing faculties and little by little we are advancing towards our goal
bring forth new ones. In this place, titles and which we hope we may one day be able to present
positions would be replaced by opportunities to to the world as a practical and effective way to
serve and organise; the bodily needs of each one emerge from the present chaos, to be born into a
would be equally provided for, and intellectual, new life that is more harmonious and true (1).”
moral and spiritual superiority would be
expressed in the general organisation not by an
increase in the pleasures and powers of life but
by increased duties and responsibilities. Beauty
in all its artistic forms, painting, sculpture,
music, literature, would be equally accessible to
all; the ability to share in the joy it brings would
be limited only by the capacities of each one
and not by social or financial position. For in
this ideal place money would no longer be the
sovereign lord; individual worth would have
a far greater importance than that of material
wealth and social standing. There, work would Matrix of the New Society
not be a way to earn one’s living but a way to
express oneself and to develop one’s capacities This dream contains the blueprint of the
and possibilities while being of service to the spiritualised society of the future. It had
community as a whole, which, for its own part, started turning into a reality, an infant
would provide for each individual’s subsistence reality when the Supramental Consciousness
th
and sphere of action. In short, it would be a place manifested on 29 February, 1956. The
where human relationships, which are normally infant had to be now fed on the right kind
based almost exclusively on competition and of nourishment. Sri Aurobindo Society,
strife, would be replaced by relationships of Auroville and other branches began to grow
emulation in doing well, of collaboration and to provide the right kind of atmosphere for
real brotherhood. this new humanity, yet in its infancy, to grow
and evolve under the pressure of the New
The earth is certainly not ready to realise such Consciousness. It is natural that the impact
an ideal, for mankind does not yet possess of the New Consciousness is bound to draw
sufficient knowledge to understand and adopt more and more human beings, not only in
neither does it posess the conscious force that terms of numbers but also in terms of types

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