The Spirit of Auroville

Meanwhile I received a letter from an American living in Auroville, Roger Toll, saying:

Dear Huta,

We must find the Truth of this Sanctuary of Truth, how greatly we must give up our egos, burn them in the fire of Mother's love—how far we who are here have to go, how greatly we must strive for the new world, never to be contented in this terrible lack of love and a mixture of so many contending parts of our being. It would seem so simple—seems so very simple in words—Let the psychic come to the front, let the aspiration for the Divine be all—yet what a task, a massive task.

Auroville is going through a very difficult and critical period now, and I can only pray that the Mother be with us at every moment and that She guide all our moments.

The Matrimandir article—is there any chance of our publishing it in Sri Aurobindo's Action? It would be very valuable to us all.

I am preparing a presentation of the Matrimandir I would like to show to you. Perhaps it will be finished in one week.

With my kindest affection

Yours in the Mother

Roger

Shyamsunder took an interest in my work and informed me that he would get my booklet printed in Auropress, Auroville. Several people had suggested that since the booklet concerned the Matrimandir, it should be printed in Auroville itself. So the brochure Matrimandir—the Mother's Truth and Love was printed at Auropress. Barun Tagore was in charge of it in those days.

I sent the manuscript to Pourna Prema, the Mother's grand-daughter, because I wanted to know whether the Mother had disclosed to her anything new or similar in this regard.