The Living Routes Program is featured in today's news in an interview with Abbey. Abbey has been working with American college students for several seasons, facilitating not only their alternative educational process but also introducing them to the wonders of Auroville. Don't forget there's a talk today at 5 PM at Multimedia Auditorium called 'Research on Beauty: A Perspective on the Life and Work of Roger Anger' presented by Anupama Kundoo, based on her recent book just released in Pune by B.V.Doshi for the Indian Council of Architecture.

Connecting Inner Power with Global Change. An approach to organizations/systems based on fractals and Sri Aurobindo. A talk with audio-visuals in Town Hall Conference Hall, was held on Monday, 16 August. Pravir Malik is a successful business consultant in the US, and he’s also taught in the Ashram School. He presented the work he’s doing with fractals and their assisting with solving organizational and system problems. Check out his website: www.aurosoorya.com, which covers much of what he’s described in his book Connecting Inner Power with Global Change.

Vinu, who has been volunteering in the AurovilleRadio in the months of June and July is leaving back to studies in Anna University, Chennai. Before going back, he shares his experiences here with Andrea, who actually invited him for volunteering in AurovilleRadio. He talks about how the radio experience and the personal experiences here, like meeting people around the world changed him as a person and made him grow rapidly in a very short time. He also talks about his stay in Mitra and meeting young energies around the world, he opens his views about the financial difficulties for an Indian volunteer if he has to pay for his stay and food.

Last year art installation of four students from Last school was used as an example of Free Progress in the book Passage, which was released on Monday 12th of June at Bharat Nivas by Shri Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Human Resource Development. About the book, school and their aims we talked with those students. Amongst others they told us that in the idea of Free Progress, the main thing is progress, and free is just and adjective. They are also very much aware that freedom requires lot of constraint, responsibility, and self motivation because finally the result that you gonna get is the result you will get for yourself, and not for proving something to someone else. Read more

On Monday morning, 12th of July Bharat Nivas was joyfully crowded with many children and Aurovilians for the release of the book Passage made by Auroville teenaged students of Auroville as illustration of their educational growth and development. Shri Kapil Sibal, the Union Minister for Human Resource Development released the book with informal talk about education, and Auroville, which for him encompass within the spirit of the world, the spirit of human beings.. For him a thing of beauty is a joy forever, and the beauty is the discovery of the truth. But the road to discovery is not visible because we need to dwell into the soul and figure out what we are here for. And that's why he sees this particular publication Passage very emotive, because we are truly passengers. Read more

Today's news features an interview with Anne-Marie explaining the on-going work at Town Hall on the making of a road and also an interview with Anadi, one of the Last School students responsible for 'Passage,' a book of an educational journey, an experiment in free progress education, the work of Last School's students. The mostly illustrative book is presented this morning at Bharat Nivas with Shri Kapil Sibal, Minister for Human Resource Development from Delhi among the dignitaries present. A combination of Aurovilians, Newcomers, guests, and enthusiasts from Pondi gathered last night for a pleasant evening above the Solar Kitchen at La Terrace, to watch the final match of the Football World Cup on a large screen, all made possible by Marc assisted by Suresh. Read more

Today's news inform about an evening about “The Birth of Indian Cinema” on Friday, the 9th of July at the Sri Aurobindo Auditorium. The first Indian feature film “Raja Harishchandra”(1913) will be shown, followed by the movie “Harishchandra's Factory”(2008), a fiction about the history of the first Indian movie. Also on the news, an announcement for a Lego Party on Saturday and a preview for the release of the book “Passage” about Free Progress Education on Monday.

On Saturday the 3rd of April in Bharat Nivas dr. Karan Singh had a speech at the occasion of the centenary since Sri Aurobindo arrived to Pondicherry. As the speaker noted Sri Aurobindo teachings provide many answers to many question, for a man to achieve inner peace, for each human being need to realize the oneness in all, and elevate the consciousness of himself.

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Telos model is based on the integral yoga and it has been specially developed for the practical applications of yogic knowledge in the context of evolving life of individuals and organisations. It is a conceptual tool to map and develop different states of evolving consciousness in individuals, organisations, products, services or in any field of work. A form of action can be animated by different states of consciousness, however depending on the quality of the state of consciousness animating it the action and its results undergoes radical change. Therefore to improve an action and its results the underlying states of consciousness has to be developed and refined. Read more

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Living Routes is an US-American program to study abroad, focusing on issues like eco-villages and sustainable practices. The students are coming from the US to explore and practice a sustainable way of living in Auroville for three and half months. While they are here, they are involved in many different activities, such as service learning projects, community living and many more. Here is an interview with Eathan, who is one of the faculty members in the on-going semester. He explains about the program and shares his unique experiences here in Auroville.

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A talk by Sraddhalu Ranade at Savitri Bhavan on Saturday February 20.The Psychic realisation is the first of three realisations aimed at in the Integral Yoga. The psychic being is the evolving representative of the Divine Truth deep within each of us. When it can open and come forward to lead the whole life, it may produce a first transformation of the whole nature, and prepares the way towards the spiritual and supramental realisations.Sraddhalu Ranade has grown up in the Sri Aurobindo Ashram under the guidance of his mentor the late M.P. Pandit, and is a much appreciated speaker on the Integral Yoga worldwide..

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On the 17th of February there was a presentation by Binu Mukherjee, an eminent scientist and a professor, which many people attended. The presentation was about his experiences of being a scientist and a spiritual person at the same time. He discussed how, unlike common feeling, his spiritual attitude complimented with the scientific view of the world. The discussion made its way into thoughts such as how application of mind on science and logic helps on finding the limitations of mind in understanding the nature. Spirituality can lead science to areas that could help life become better by making the world more safe and beautiful to live in. He stated, that since science and spirituality are in essence search for the truth they are similar and can be at some point unified...

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A sense of 'mutation' seizes us. Not as individuals ...  but as a collective of humanity. The changes taking place are not within the 'established order' of things and of  beings.  The 'established order' itself is ceasing to be. An 'otherness' of  'being'  has begun to take its place. Is it a shift of  'dimension' . . .  of 'hemisphere'  that is happening? “All the ages and millennia of human life that have elapsed so far have prepared the advent of this new state, and now the time has come for its concrete and tangible realisation. That is the very essence of  Sri Aurobindo’s teaching...”  The Mother The conference it's broadcast live from SAWCHU.Click here to tisten here in hi quality (aac+). Click here to tisten here in low quality (mp3).

Beautiful, sunny afternoon in January... Town Hall... people started to gather for the official visit of General-Director of UNESCO Mrs. Irina Bokova... "When is she coming, what she will tell us... "were the questions, and temperature seemed all of the sudden started to raise... "She's here!", and first greetings from Tatiana in Bulgarian brought tears on the edge of Mrs. Bokova eyes. Her visions about most important things are so close to what Auroville stands for, and the fact that she came for a visit, which was the first of the kind from the side of UNESCO, clearly express the recognition of Auroville in the world. And when she finally addressed us all... feelings were so intense, it was one of the moments when you can clearly feel conectendess between all of us, and the world...then you know, that even is hard sometimes, Auroville is the place where you have to and want to be....

Madame Irina Bokova graced Auroville today with her visit. This gracious lady of Bulgaria has just been recently appointed as Genereal Director of UNESCO. The Conference Room at Town Hall overflowed with Auroville's residents as they listened to Dr. Aster Patel's welcoming words followed by Kripa: Aurovilian by birth and by choice as she elaborated the ideals of Auroville. Madam Bokova spoke in the same vein, stressing the need worldwide for tolerance and respect for one another, to work harmoniously with science, with technology and nature for the benefit of humanity. And for this, she promises to work tirelessly. Her recognition of Auroville's role toward this goal was appreciated by all. .Click Read More to see more images.Read more

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On Tuesday, December 8th at the Cinema Paradiso Partho gave a presention in Auroville.He exploreed the foundations of integral education and the role of the integral teacher. It also looked at what kind of institutional framework supports the emergence of integral schooling. In the Question & Answe session further implementation of integral education into Auroville’s school system has been explored. For more informations about Partho click Read More.Read more mp3/2009_12_08_presentation_partho_integral_school_paradiso_english_lite.mp3

The Center for Research in the Performing Arts (CRIPA) was planning to build a whole campus complex for performing arts since 2007. It shall be located in the Cultural Zone, in the Kalabhoomi community. Now the first step has been done: the construction work for the rehearsal hall for dance, music and theatre it's close to be completed. It will be the biggest rehearsal space in Auroville with a large wooden floor of 12 by 40 meters. Here's an interview with the architect Baskar made on the contruction site.Read more.

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On 5ht of December 2004 AurovilleRadio was “born”. In interesting interview with Andrea we overview last five years from its early beginnings to today, and what actually AurovilleRadio is to the  community, and what it is to the other world. Nevertheless the progress of community in whole is  very much related to the level of flux of information, and in Auroville especially that is of the vital point, because the people who live here are form all over the world, are indeed so different, and to live in unity in diversity information need to be shared. Happy birthday!

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Integral Education is a revolutionary concept envisioned by Sri Aurobindo. Sri Aurobindo Ashram School was the first school in India to teach computer science. In tune with this heritage, Auroville has made significant progress in education. An interdisciplinary seminar sponsored by SAIIER allowed all participants to exchange information, ideas and experiences in areas such as Experimental and exploratory approaches to learning and education, Interactive learning, home learning, classroom aids, edutainment, distance learning and more. The following is excerpt from the full length seminar. To listen to the entire presentation pass by the radio for a CD copy or contact us here.

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Group of students from University of Washington from Seattle came to Auroville for a month to explore, as they named it, unique, different and progressive community, the only “living” utopia on our planet right now. We spoke with Andrew and Austin who got in common anthropology, but beside that Andrew is also studying drama, and Austin Spanish. Impressive to this two is that Auroville is able to draw people from all over the world who are willing to make a change within themselves and with one goal wanting to improve conditions of humanity, and they see potentials in environmental impact. But they are more impressed over local Tamil culture because is so much different to where they came from.

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Today is a day for quiet reflection yet at the same time a day for celebration. The Independence of India and not surprisingly the birthday of Sri Aurobindo both fall upon August 15. Sri Aurobindo, at one period in his life actively involved in the fight for independence, retired from that work and took on the greater far-reaching inner work, which has brought us all here. The Amphiteatre at Matrimandir at 5:15 a.m. is the site of the traditional bonfire, accompanied by a reading of Savitri by the Mother accompanied by the music of Sunil. Next at Bharat Nivas at 8:30 the Indian flag will be raised, in a meditational moment of gratitude. There will be a short recitation by the students on “Sri Aurobindo”. Dr. (Mrs.) Kamla Tiwari will be honoured with “ponnadai” in appreciation of her life long achievements in the field of health care. Many Aurovilians will visit Sri Aurobindo's room in the Ashram in Puducherry throughout the day.

Multi-national, multi-lingual nature of Auroville gives its citizen and guests an extraordinary opportunity to study foreign languages and therefore helps to establish mutual understandings between cultures and to build a human unity. Language is the keeper of all learning. One learns the cultural values that unite societies in common understanding through language. A united international society depends upon the pursuit of knowledge that creates dialog and reveals shared values. Those who speak foreign languages are agents to maintain the bonds between the cultures of the languages he or she speaks. In this interview some of Aurovillian agents share how they learn foreign languages and explore the traditions of human existence.

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Arno Stern est le premier praticien d'éducation créatrice, une fonction qu'il a inventée au sortir de la guerre, en 1946, et qu'il continue à exercer. Dans le Closlieu (l'espace qu'il a créé pour cette activité) il a fait une extraordinaire découverte : la Formulation. Le dessin enfantin est dicté par une nécessité organique, et il s'accomplit selon des lois spécifiques qui, seules, permettent de le comprendre. Cette approche simple et profonde de l’expression picturale offre un cadre rassurant et une liberté bénéfique à qui est en difficulté ou non. Elle est compatible avec une pratique artistique mais totalement différente : les traces ne sont pas destinées à la communication et à l’approbation des autres, mais simplement accueillies « en l’état » ! Sandrine, praticienne du jeu de peindre à Auroville depuis quatre ans nous raconte son expérience... Pour télécharger l'interview cliquez ici. Read more

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Jeden Samstag trifft sich der offene Studienkreis der University of Human Unity/UHU im Unity Pavilion. Einer der Initiatoren ist der deutsche Philosophie-Dozent Rudi.  Im November 2006 hat er das Projekt der Universitaet  konkret angestossen, etwas, das hier schon von Anbeginn in der Luft lag, nach den Worten der Mutter sogar einer der Exiztenzgruende fuer Auroville ist. In Auroville Radio spricht Rudi  ueber Idee, erste Schritte und Zukunft von UHU.

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Kailash Jhaveri, from the Ashram has held a talk in the Town Hall Conference Room on last Wednesday. The topics where: a general overview of the work which was done under Mothers guidance for Auroville, especially for the World University for Human Unity and for the Cultural Pavilions in the International Zone. Everyone was welcome, and it was even live broadcasted on this website. This is only an excerpt of the whole talk, if you would like , or come by the radio, and pick up a CD.

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Au départ, docteur en médecine, psychothérapeute jungienne et praticienne en psychologie positive, Catherine HENRY-PLESSIER exerce depuis 30 ans ans avec une seule quête: comprendre l'être humain dans sa globalité, permettre à chacun de révéler ses talents et de devenir des créateurs de valeur globale. Aujourd'hui elle  fait les ponts entre la médecine traditionnelle et les approches subtiles. Elle relie la neurophysiologie, la psychanalyse, l'expansion de conscience, le yoga, Monroe et textes sacrés, philosophie, mathématique, physique quantique... Avec cette longue expérience, elle s'est mise au service de la Vie et dispose d'outils de développement personnel intéressant, d'exploration de la conscience et de toutes les strates de l'inconscient qui permettent d'avancer de plus en plus sur le chemin de l'Eveil. Nous vous proposons d'écouter l'intégralité de la conférence qu'elle a donnée à Auroville le 25 février dernier.

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Pour plus d'information voici son blog:

 http://catherinehenryplessier.typepad.com

2000 Menschen aus über 40 Nationen, Erwachsene und Kinder, leben und arbeiten in Auroville, verbunden durch das spirituelle Streben nach menschlicher Einheit, um “in Frieden und wachsender Harmonie miteinander leben können – jenseits von religiösen Überzeugungen, politischen Einstellungen und nationaler Herkunft." So beschrieb die 'Mutter', Gründerin von Auroville und Weggefährtin von Sri Aurobindo, das Ziel dieses immerwährenden "Laboratoriums der Evolution". Wie funktioniert die Balance zwischen Anspruch und Wirklichkeit im Alltag? Die Sendung fragt Aurovillianer, wie es sich in und mit dem Ideal lebt.

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Frederick wants to go on in his conversation with Serge who left us last July. Often they did not have the same approach to the problems Auroville was facing through the years, but they were (are?) moved by the same aspiration for Human Unity. You can listen to the conversation clicking the logo play. This conversation is part of a mix up program where Frederick talks with two students of journalism Carole and Chloé.

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An interview with Ally, Melissa and Erin - three students of the Living Routes program at the College Guest House. They talk about how long they have been in Auroville, the kind of work they have been doing during their stay here and how popular such programs are in The United States. They also talk about some of the difficulties they have encountered, some of the positive things they have seen and the ideas and memories they will take back home with them.

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Bagha, one of the creators of the Laboratory of Evolution, a Resource and Research Centre entirely focused on researching and documenting all in the world that has to do with Evolution and Human Unity, talks about the possibilities of the new human consciousness. For her the real way to reach a sustainable life begins with a real changing in each human being. Bagha belives that Auroville is a special place to develop the inner being, but she really belives that one can try to reach its own develop everywhere in the world. For more information check www.laboratoryofevolution.net mp3/2008_09_26_radio_program_toward_sustainability_02_bagha_lite.mp3