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Issue No: 303, October 2014

An amazing worthwhile place

Leaving Auroville was not easy, but important to me personally. I wanted to leave not only for university-level studying but also for my own personal development. I felt like I needed to distance myself from the happenings in Auroville to properly learn to appreciate it better. It was also important to me to experience leaving and finally returning through my own process and out of my own volition. It seemed essential to enable a smoother transition into adulthood. There are many reasons for me to come back to Auroville. Auroville is both my actual and my true home where I feel free and can find expression. My roots go deep and I can feel their presence even when I am abroad. Then there is, of course, the factor of Auroville being this amazing experiment in inner and outer consciousness that I want to be a part of. But I am not actually in Auroville right now. There are several reasons for this. Firstly, I have not completed my university education. Beyond that, howeve...
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Issue No. 303, October 2014

  • Editorial
  • I love Auroville because ...
  • Leaving Auroville to be part of it
  • Why am I in Auroville?
  • Between Auroville and the West
  • Auroville is not better than anywhere else
  • I really miss Auroville
  • Strengthening the link between Auroville and the world
  • Why I chose to come back to Auroville
  • Auroville changes people ...
  • An amazing worthwhile place
  • A question of equality
  • Art Break Day 2014: India!
  • Creative Expressions from Auroville
  • Transforming lives
  • Kireetbhai, a lover of Auroville (Passing)
  • The Auroville website: a new way of communicating
  • In memoriam Dr. Kireet Joshi (Passing)
  • World Bamboo Day in Auroville

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