Auroville
There is a place in the living world, somewhere…. A world, which does not shy away from exposing itself to a chaos. A world that chooses to separate itself from the current impromptu of a discordant product. Shining like a beautiful diamond. so priceless and better left undiscovered. It represents a microcosm that people overlook…even when it passes you by. Maybe it’s a dread, apprehension of experimenting to a mute observer because it may seem too perfect an existence...that’s far less mechanical. So feeble that it might fade off like an impossible dream even before one can appreciate its worth.
Its not utopia, its right there. where one can reach. It does not refuse anyone on the basis of caste, race or sex. Man forms just another of nature’s marvel residing in its sacred splendor coexisting in an environment that is inhabited by other species as well.
It does not ask you to go back in time to lead a life that may be any different from the one you are leading now. It’s for a progressive human society to co-exist in social harmony.
There may have been a past resemblance or close to resembling a subset of the above scenario and in present terms may seem an impossible task. But the future certainly belongs to a society that’s going to be one where one redefines ego objectively in its opposite sense. As a quality that a human uses to connect with himself in all its positive sense to connect with himself. Listen to what may be a voice of himself which speaks to him and by weighing out the pros and cons of the issue acts as a enabler in determining the appropriateness of the action he has to take for a situation he is facing.
How does one define appropriateness? Would it not be an appropriate thing to let a hungry boy to get away with stealing a piece of bread from your shop? Would it be appropriate to be apathetic towards a forlorn mother trying to support a starving baby with her long thin slender hands?
The beauty of such a world is to not to face such a situation. With every human understanding the value of one’s life and not getting lost along the way. Realizing one’s worth and leading his/her life making oneself useful to the society.
Where there does not exist a concept of money. And apart from nurturing and honing one’s skill, one also finds time to help and serve others. And others refer to the society in general…and any service meted out to an individual by another is considered as service to the society as a whole.
One can have time for learning, working and leisure.
Where everything is referenced as an art and education is treated more as an art form. And like the art of science, or the art of industry. And this art is a mode of learning that’s tried and tested with the best method used to appropriate the cause. The definition of “best” is circumstantial since the society is progressive. Education is more like an interaction with maximum inputs from a higher intellectual. And a higher intellectual could be one who just happens to know more about the art either through experience or experimentation. And this does not give a special ground for the higher intellectual to exhibit his/her superiority but is merely a method to spread what is not known to the class. Also, an open mind is kept to incorporate changes if may be required. It may
be a class room or a one to one correspondence. And a quality is not given special importance may it be of a physical kind or may it be knowledge.
This is utopia aka Auroville about 10 kms north of Pondicherry.
posted by Harish @ 11:46 PM
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