The Spirit of Auroville

I received a nice letter from Gloria and Piero, who were taking a short holiday:

Kodaikanal

9 October. 1987

Dear Huta,

Thank you for your encouragement and the beautiful prayer of Mother —"Grant lastly that its action may be the exact and sincere expression of its proclaimed ideals." I like it very much. You must really know by heart all that Mother has written, to be able to find always the most appropriate word for every circumstance; and really the world and Auroville too, is "falling back always into the same stupidities!"

Yesterday, in a long hearty walk, we have discovered a solitary, wild small lake. It was so beautiful in its natural simplicity surrounded by meadows and young trees, in spite of the fact that it is man-made (it is the catchment area for the water-supply of Kodaikanal Township). We have immediately thought of Mother, and of you and your dream for the Matrimandir garden. What a pity that Roger has not understood the beauty of this kind of solution. If we had started 15 years ago to exacavate for the water, and made bore-wells and planted trees, now there would have been already a magnificent garden.

We will come back on the 15th October. The 13th is the silver anniversary of our marriage and we prefer to be still here in this wonderful nature where one can feel Mother so close, and with our daughter who is here in the school, rather than in Auroville where tension and madness are awaiting us. For Piero, these days of peace were really necessary.

We feel you very close in our aspiration for the truth, with much love and hope in Her Victory.

Gloria

Dear Huta,

Thank you for the letter and your comprehension of the situation in Matrimandir. We enjoy some more days of solitude and nature, enjoying real cascades, without electric pumps hidden behind!

Love

Piero