It is a common feeling – and I would dare say almost a fact now– that when you decide to open up to Auroville and embrace the challenge of living here, you become very busy. Not only with outer work, but also with active inner work. This is not only the case for Aurovilians and Newcomers, but everyone who decides to be part of this unique experiment, including official and unofficial volunteers.
I’ve taken a few volunteer jobs in my life in different countries. A couple of years ago I volunteered for a month in a small spiritual community in Portugal. I wasn’t paid for my work, but housing and food was provided along with free access to all the activities of the project, the main purpose of which was to wake up from the illusion of the ego. In that sense it was similar to Auroville’s aspiration of human unity, but on a much smaller and simple scale: we were no more than 20 people, all volunteers in a project founded and host by a couple.
We would have meditations together every da...
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