On an idyllic late afternoon outside the Visitors Center a small group convened to share in an appreciation of poetry. Around a round table we sat, serenaded by musicians in the cool shade of trees as the day drew toward dusk. Anandi, Jill, Roger, and Celestine shared their own poems while others recited favorites from Sri Aurobindo, Borges and more. Hear beautifully diverse voices express, in their own words and others', impressions and reflections inspired by Auroville, music, love, aspiration, unity and the soil underfoot. Read more

Dr. Don Hanlon Johnson encountered various methods of deepening body experience and changing body structure-Feldenkrais, F.M. Alexander, Rolfing, Sensory Awareness, Orgononomy, Authentic Movement, Middendorf Breath Work, Rosen Work, Continuum, Body-Mind Centering, Osteopathy, and a host of others. In today's afternoon session of the workshop organized in Auroville, he explores with the participants breathing techniques and the feelings and fears connected with this very important part of our daily life.

Professor Dr. Don Hanlon Johnson is in Auroville. Today was the first day of a two days workshop about the role that body practices play in the spiritual transformation of the individual. The participants explored how be consciously aware in the physical body. Followed by a discussion on how physical touch can heal the physical body and also emotional scars of the past. Professor Johnson is the founder of the Somatics Program, the first of its kind, established in 1983. Read more

Dr. Anand Kumar, from The All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi is talking about love. Dr. Kumar says that there are scientific researches about love and way to measure it (with advanced tools) on the physiological level. In the past Plato was trying to define love with mathematical formulas. Now brain scan (funcional IMR) is defining the part of brain involved in this very important sentiment. For sure love it's the most powerful driving force of the human being . Listen to Dr. Anand & download the presentation clicking here. Read more

Dr. Christopher Macann, re-traces the journey to the Vedas. He is a European philosopher, with original work that carries the inspiration from Sri Aurobindo. Christopher Macann was born in India to a diplomatic family, educated at an English boarding school and trained in philosophy at Oxford University. Since completing his doctorate at the Sorbonne in Paris, he taught philosophy at several Universities in the USA, spent two years in Heidelberg on a Humboldt Foundation research fellowship, and lectured extensively in the UK and France. Read more

We're featuring the Mother's voice reading the Charter in in French, broadcasted on 28th of February 1968, announcing to a whole India that new community was born. At that occasion the Mother was sitting in her room in Ashram, and the All India Radio broadcasted her words to the Matrimandir Amphitheater where the inauguration ceremony was in the process. The Mother's voice was at the same time broadcasted all over the India, and that was the birth of All India Radio. Marc Vella offers concert on 26.2. around 6pm at Matrimandir Amphitheater. Read more

This play in 5 Acts is located in Syria of the playwright’s imagination. Rodogune, the Parthian Princess captured by Syria and made attendant of queen Cleopatra. Antiochus and Timocles, the sons of Cleopatra by her first husband, have been brought up in Egypt. At the death of Cleopatra’s second husband, they return to Syria. The selfish queen mistakes fulsome flattery for real love and rejects Antiochus. He revolts to claim the throne of Syria; and both Rodogune and Antiochus who are mutually attracted by love, join together in this venture.... Read more

Bahman A. K. Shirazi is former director of graduate studies at California Institute of Integral Studies(CIIS). He has been actively affiliated with that organisation since 1983. His doctoral dissertation, "Self in Integral Psychology" was the first of its kind in the field of integral psychology. He came to share with us part of his personal background ,in his quest for joy and happiness , and mainly spoke about integral consciousness and the history and organisation of of the CIIS. Read more

Featured is an interview with Canadians Nick and Hillary, working for their Master's degree in Urban Planning; they've chosen to focus on the Crown area and will present a proposal to the community. The idea is to create spaces for social interaction at the hub of the crown. AurovilleRadio, 8 yeas old is fund-raising in order to continue, to maintain this service. Go to www.aurovilleradio/support for complete information on just how to contribute. Read more

With a present shortfall of nearly 50 cm. below the average annual rainfall, Auroville and its bioregion desperately need more rain and soon, if the aquifers are to be topped up, providing adequate water for next year. In these circumstances are we powerless? Aurovilian Tim thinks not. Tim points out that we have the powers of prayer and visualisation available to us, and that now seems the time to use them. How to do this: daily ask for, pray for and/or visualise rain falling. There's nothing to lose; perhaps Lord Varuna will acquiesce. Read more

Today's feaure is an excerpt from Chinese healer Master Xiao who recently visited Auroville and demonstrated a technique that is said to heal just about anything and everything; a do-it-yourself method involving an elongated stretch plus slapping yourself, with your hands, and I do mean some hard slapping! One could say beating in fact! Basically on inner elbows, around knees, ankles, feet plus anyplace else that gives pain.At a demonstration in Pitanga Hall, some in the audience volunteered themselves and did experience pain relief. Read more

Tamil Aurovilian Karthik shares about his life; his background, his education, his work and, his hopes and plans for the future. Residents' Assembly Service presents the next Collective Priorities and Values Action Meeting featuring Affordable Housing, Entry, Participatory Planning, Economy, Violence in Auroville and Disobedience of Decisions: a chance to participate, to become involved, to be part of the changes and the growth of this City the Earth Needs. Read more

Andrea Camerini e Laura di Nitto sono stati ospiti ad AurovilleRadio. Entrambi sono membri del gruppo musicale italiano "Nuove Tribu Zulu". Conversando con Andrea emergono le motivazioni che hanno portato Andrea e Laura a stabilirsi a Pondicherry dopo varie esperienze musicali nel Nord dell'India. L'amore per la musica, per gli 'altri' e l'interesse per la ricerca interiore sono tra i principali motivi che li hanno fatto decidere di trasferisi a 7000 Km sud/est di Roma. 42 minuti di intervista intervallati dai brani estratti dall'album Banjara! Read more

Today's news offers thoughts from Luigi about the intense Bridging the Polarities Meeting yesterday, where we invited Rishi from the Youth Center to join to voice his concerns. After other community announcements the news features a reading of a Sri Aurobindo-inspired short story submitted by a past Auroville Radio volunteer, VinuKarthick. For the full meeting with B, Luigi and Rishi, already broadcasted, click here: www.aurovilleradio.org/city-life/urban-design/2989-bridging-the-polarities--ecology .

In this phone recording from Dehli from the Auroville Festival - City for Transformation at India International Centre we are featuring Sebastian and Sumeet with some after thoughts on the whole event, or at least the part which is behind us with the many different talks, round tables and discussions. As Sebastian emphasizes Auroville can communicate and should communicate with larger public and this festival has proven the capacity of being proactive in dialog. Sumeet sees a real value in the festival if there is a follow up. Read more

In this late night phone recording we are featuring Suryagandhi's impressions on the Auroville Festival - City for Transformation at India International Centre in New Dehli. As she has pointed out we still got lot to learn, and share. Since she is actively involved in the project of Integral Health, she will be talking on it tomorrow along with Dr.Sumeet Kumar and Dr.Jacques Verre. Suryagandhi, while working at the reception desk for the festival, also noticed that audience is very much interested in interaction on many levels. Read more

The second day of Auroville Festival at India International Centre in Dehli has started with inaugural sessions on the covering theme Auroville City for Transformation,and Aster Patel shares with us some details in this phone recording at the spot. As she mentioned all speakers (Dr. Karan Singh, Smt, Ambika Soni, Dr. Kapila Vatsayayan, Srhi Sili Sorabjee and Mr, Shigeru Aoyagi) spoke of Auroville very warmly. The Auroville Round Table was extremely powerful since participants shared their own experiences in transforming process in AV. Read more

The Auroville Festival - City for Transformation in indian International Centre in New Dehli has finally opened its doors today after many months of careful preparations with welcoming address by Dr. Karan Singh. Bridget, Joss, Jyoti, Wendy and Deepti shares with us first impressions, first feeling of the whole event, which is very special for its size, complexity of addressing talks and round tables, and the largest number of art pieces out of Auroville at the same time. Read more

Which are the signs of human unity in Auroville? "In my third visit to Auroville, I came to prepare the plan for my Master, about public policies under an evolutionary perspective. As Auroville aims at realizing human unity according to Sri Aurobindo’s vision, to me it seemed obvious to consider Auroville the right place to develop my research. Inspired by the question Arjuna asks to Krishna, and here I have to quote freely: when the Divine manifests on the earth, how He walks, how He sits, how He talks?" Read more

How can art and communication can contribute to human unity in Auroville? "For me it was a blessing to come to Auroville and find here planted seeds which are echo for my search. As a musician and multimedia producer I feel an enormous receptivity to art in the city of the future. My joy was even greater when I came to know that the aim of Auroville is to achieve human unity. In this context how art and communication can contribute to it?" Andrea, Nuria and Aryamani interviewed by Sebastian. Read more

Featured is a continuation of dialogue between B and Luigi around city planning: the ideals, the ground floor realities. They touch upon the lake-to-be: Matrimandir Lake and the city centre as well. Also a tribute to our good friend and brother Georges van Vrekhem who left his body in his sleep at home; he was 77, a long-time heart patient. His research and deep understanding of the teachings and vision of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother touched many, creating an opening to their remarkable vision, which goes beyond man. We will dearly miss him. Read more

Our good friend and brother Georges van Vrekhem has quietly left his body; his remains will be buried at Adventure's funeral grounds today at 4.00 pm. Be in peace, Georges, you deserved it..OM ~ Tomorrow at 4.30pm at Unity Pavilion in International Zone we are all invited by RAS to a Collective Priorities & Values Meeting No.5 . On Thursday September 6th, 2012 at 5:00 pm at Multimedia Center in Town Hall the French Pavilion presents a talk on "The States of Consciousness, Tools at the Service of Life" by Dr. Catherine Henry-Plessier . Read more

Featured is number 4 of Luigi and B in their series of dialogues, today to try to focus on the difference between the Master Plan and the Galaxy. This ongoing series offers understanding and insights from two senior Aurovilians, united in their sincerity to see the city grow yet differing in their approaches. Continuation of their dialogue will take place each Tuesday, for the foreseeable future.This discussion in its entirety can be heard as a program, published later today. Read more

After visiting Turkey and Central Europe with workshops on Integral Yoga - workshops Vera and Ashesh talked with us about their recent experiences. For past three years at Savitri Bhavan in International Zone Ashesh is giving lectures - workshops on Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo, and The Mother with Vera assistance. As Ashesh says this is a very enjoyable experience to him because people who attend workshops always come with the attention to learn, and they respond from their depths when they hear The Mother, Sri Aurobindo words Read more

Although Michael Miovic, a psychiatrist and longtime student of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother has spent hours to explore the subject of Yoga, it took a personal experience: to be struck with the chakras (or jewel earth centres) presence. He had a deep experience of the Earth consciousness and the quality of American land which is described as Muladhara chakra. Since then he is amazed by the topic, the revelations of spiritual anatomy of the world. But also aware that for human unity to come we must appreciate and accept the differences. Read more

Michael Miovic gave a lecture and presentation (at Savitri Bhavan) with title - The seven Jewel-Centres of Mother Earth. Sri Aurobindo, in his short essay "The Supreme Mahashakti", mentions the seven Jewel-Centres of Mother Earth which are locked in the hardness, darkness and inertia of the material Inconscience. To restore the Earth Mother to her own divinity and the earth-existence to its native light and bliss, these centres have to be liberated. This is the task of the Suns of the Supermind. What and where are these seven centres? Read more

By RAS we're all invited to a Collective Values & Priorities Meeting No.4 on Monday 20th of August at 4.30 pm at Unity Pavilion with which will focus on the possibility of selling Outlying Lands to generate resources to buy land within the Master Plan Area; and to build new affordable housing to alleviate restrictions to Entry. At Savitri Bhavan, today at 5.30 pm Michael Miovic will give lecture and power point presentation with tittle - The seven Jewel-Centres of Mother Earth. On Saturday at MMC in Town Hall at 10.30 am Garbology 101. Read more

Hans Vas, a singer of Savitri with his guitar had a concert of songs from Savitri lines in front of Sri Aurobindo's statue at Savitri Bhavan on 28th of Jan. Four songs were offered at the concert: the first song, 'At Last from the lines 681-735 of Book1 Canto 4, the second song, 'Only Awile' from the lines 437-494, Book1 Canto 3, the third song, 'I Hail Thee' from the lines 842-926, Book 10 Canto 4, the last song, 'The Chariot' from the lines 325-346, Book 12 Epilogue. Read more

In the upcoming series of events for the Russian Pavilion in International Zone Victor offered Music of the Soul - mantras and sacred songs devoted to the Mother and Sri Aurobindo to Auroville. The musical event was hosted by Pavilion of Tibetan Culture, where its hall offered and intimate, yet very acoustic space for Victor's vibrant and powerful voice, educated in classical opera singing. Mantras and sacred songs sung in that manner gained a new dimension, slightly resembling on church coral singing ... made souls resonate Read more

B explains the significance of the recent publication ‘But It Is Done' in today's interview. 'But It Is Done' is a small but mighty book, composed by Dr. Kireet Joshi, a small volume revealing the reason for the Mother's Agenda as well as the reason for creating Auroville. This volume contains direct quotes of the Mother from the Agenda. It also speaks of the fact that although the Mother's work is done, our collaboration is definitely and obviously very much needed. Read more