Aurovillage 32
The ship is sinking very fast now. As I've said a couple of times already: everything the Aurovillagers say or do is now revealing their...
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- Apr 25, 2022
- 1 min
The Cat In The Bag - 20
Our windmill taught us many lessons, very unexpectedly. I am really grateful to Mother for that. And I believe that Mother has a lot of...
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- Apr 25, 2022
- 2 min
The Cat In The Bag - 19
It was Friday, and Günther agreed to wait until Monday. Sunday I jumped on my cycle and rode to Matrimandir. There I told my whole story...
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- Apr 24, 2022
- 13 min
Aurovillage 31 B
In their urge to get rid of the heretics and defectors, the Aurovillagers are suddenly spending time and money on sleek little videos to...
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- Apr 24, 2022
- 2 min
The Cat In The Bag - 18
But still the issues with the windmill weren't over. The thing turned out to be an enigma. This time it was the cylinder that wanted...
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- Apr 23, 2022
- 6 min
Aurovillage 31 A
So the four members of the Working Committee who are not aligned with the strict cult doctrine are being vilified and witch-hunted at the...
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- Apr 23, 2022
- 2 min
The Cat In The Bag - 17
Every drop of water counted. Especially in the hot months, or when you had just planted fruit trees. Very soon Günther started to...
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- Apr 23, 2022
- 1 min
The Cat In The Bag - 16
But there was one problem with our windmill that was not related to how well or badly we “navigated” the windmill. The defect that was...
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- Apr 22, 2022
- 1 min
The Cat In The Bag - 15
We learned to observe the wind attentively. Feel the difference in winds and their directions. We had no radio, no weather forecast, we...
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- Apr 22, 2022
- 1 min
The Cat In The Bag - 14
We learned the hard way. The cyclone had done a lot of damage to our windmill. It took days to repair it, especially the wings. It was a...
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- Apr 21, 2022
- 1 min
The Cat In The Bag - 13
We had built a “Cretan style” windmill. With the help of Aurovilians who had the know-how to use these windmills to pump water from a...
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- Apr 21, 2022
- 1 min
The Cat In The Bag - 12
The same blind religious nonsense was said about Matrimandir. That was the Soul of Auroville, and when it would be finished, which needed...
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- Apr 20, 2022
- 1 min
The Cat In The Bag - 11
Günther was so scared of Jacques, that whenever there was conflict, he would hide in bed. I had the advantage that Jacques was soft with...
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- Apr 20, 2022
- 1 min
The Cat In The Bag - 10
We had no clue how to build a place from scratch. We did get help from the old-timers, the pioneers, in that sense it went quite ok. Only...
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- Apr 19, 2022
- 1 min
The Cat In The Bag - 9
Still the weekly shopping trip remained a really heave task. After some evaluation I understood that something was missing. I was lacking...
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- Apr 19, 2022
- 1 min
The Cat In The Bag - 8
You know, going back and forth to Pondy every week was a tough job. I came back exhausted and sweaty, sand all over my skin, T-shirt...
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- Apr 18, 2022
- 1 min
The Cat In The Bag - 7
Because we were “officially” part of the “community” of Pleasure, our purchases needed to come through Pleasure. You see, there was a...
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- Apr 18, 2022
- 1 min
The Cat In The Bag - 6
Behind that hut was a beautiful little statue of Ganesh, made of some sort of granite. One day I sat down in front of the statue and...
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- Apr 17, 2022
- 1 min
The Cat In The Bag - 5
Eventually, Frankie of Pleasure would give us a small space to build something. The first days we slept upstairs in a small hut....
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- Apr 17, 2022
- 1 min
The Cat In The Bag - 4
Cynthia was also a pariah in Auroville. She would get it left and right from the brutal Aurovilians. She went back to Canada later,...
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