The Spirit of Auroville

After all Roger Anger did not resign!

I wrote him the following letter on 1.10.74:

Dear Roger,

From many people I have heard of your displeasure regarding my booklet "Matrimandir—The Mother's Truth and Love".

I have kept quiet so far over the various unfriendly remarks made about me. Now I feel that I must clear certain points so that you may not remain any more under a wrong impression.

In November 1972 when Shyamsunder asked me whether I had any in-formation from the Mother about the Matrimandir and Auroville, I said that I had, but that I would not give anything until I had asked the Mother.

So I asked the Mother and instantly she said "Yes". Not only that, but she said that I should not give the originals of her letters but should make copies and give them.

Afterwards I prepared the file. It was blessed by the Mother and then it was given to Shyamsunder. At that time I never thought of publishing the matter, because the Mother was there to deal with and finalise everything.

Also it is understood that the Mother was not a fool to have consented to my giving the file to Shyamsunder. Otherwise she would have told me that it was not necessary since she had explained to you everything and that you were carrying out her wishes. But she felt the need to reveal directly to humanity her Supreme Dream. And she did it.

Since the Mother gave her blessings and since all the letters were written to me, I had every right to publish the booklet without anybody's permission, guidance and support. Nobody except the Divine Mother can ever use me as their instrument.

So once and for all, please remove from your mind the idea that some people have used me as their instrument. For I am not involved in the management, I am independent.

I have been working with the Mother for the last 18 years and have had her direct guidance in every way. If I may not have grasped the whole truth, I have absorbed a little by her Grace. And while publishing the booklet I knew exactly what I was doing, and that what I did was right. I do not regret anything, my conscience is clear.

Everything has its own time, everything happens in its own time. When the time came, the booklet was printed. Almost everything has been taken from the file which the Mother had approved and blessed.

We cannot regard the Mother's Truth and Vision as something "Past and old and outdated"!

Many people have appreciated the booklet. I am sorry you could not appreciate it.

Now the second point is: You have told a number of people that it was I who grabbed the guardianship of the Matrimandir from the Mother and that I was obsessed by my future house near the Matrimandir.

I think that the Mother's letters regarding my guardianship are sufficient proof that it was totally her idea and part of her truth-vision. So I have nothing more to say regarding it. But surely I cannot be said to be obsessed with the prospect of any material possession. I have been brought up in a well-to-do family. The Mother had given me both materially and spiritually. I have entirely left this matter of the guardianship to the Supreme. For She knows best.

But this is certain, that whoever disobeys the Mother's Will has to face the spiritual consequences sooner or later.

Some respectable and reliable people, to whom you had spoken, have told me that you have agreed to have the lotus built around the Urn. I was very happy to hear this news, and I am sure you will stick to your word.

The means to restore the Urn to the form of a lotus which the Mother had originally planned have to be studied and a concrete project submitted to you.

The Amphitheatre was not the Mother's idea and wish. She wanted the Matrimandir to be a completely silent zone. And where there is now the Amphitheatre, the Mother wanted a pool. So the pool should be made.

I am told that you have also agreed to have the gardens made around the Matrimandir. I am really glad to learn this.

With best wishes always

Yours sincerely

Huta