Huta's letter to The Mother in 1965 inspired the creation of Matrimandir; it was to Huta that The Mother first explained Her concept of Auroville's town-plan.
The Mother : Contact Auroville
Huta had a strong connection with Auroville – a letter of hers to the Mother in 1965 inspired the creation of Matrimandir, the Mother’s Shrine; and it was to Huta that the Mother first explained, with sketches, her concept for the town-plan of Auroville. In 1966 Huta produced the painting which the Mother named ‘The Spirit of Auroville.’ All this is told in her books 'Matrimandir the Mother’s Truth and Love' and 'The Spirit of Auroville'.
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About Beauty, the Mother has written:
In the physical world, of all things it is beauty that expresses best the Divine.
The physical world is the world of form and the perfection of form is beauty. Beauty interprets, expresses, manifests the Eternal. Its role is to put all manifested nature in contrast with the Eternal through the perfection of form, through harmony and a sense of the Ideal which uplifts and leads towards something higher.
The Mother wrote in her Prayers and Meditations on January 29, 1917:
In the world of forms a violation of Beauty is as great a fault as a violation of Truth in the world of ideas. For Beauty is the worship Nature offers to the supreme Master of the universe; Beauty is the divine language in forms. And a consciousness of the Divine which is not translated externally by an under-standing and expression of Beauty would be an incomplete consciousness.
But true Beauty is as difficult to discover, to understand and above all to live as any other expression of the Divine; this discovery and expression exacts as much impersonality and renunciation of egoism as that of Truth or Bliss. Pure Beauty is universal and one must be universal to see and recognise it....
The Mother, Prayers and Meditations: January 29, 1917
The twelve attributes corresponding to the twelve gardens round the Matrimandi were named by the Mother as follows:
Existence, Consciousness, Bliss, Light, Life, Power Wealth, Utility, Progress, Youth, Harmony, Perfection.
Each garden is represented by a different Hibiscus flower, bearing the inner significance as named by the Mother, and according to the particular garden, as follows:
Existence:
Psychic Power in Existence: Manifold, imperious, irresistible in its comprehensive sweetness.
Consciousness:
Consciousness One with the Divine Consciousness: Smiling and happy, it no longer knows any shadows.
Supramental consciousness:
Gloriously awake and powerful—luminous, sure of itself and infallible in its movements!
The Mother, Words of the Mother - III: The Supramental Manifestation upon Earth
Bliss:
Ananda: Calm, tranquil, equal, smiling and very gentle in its truly simple austerity.
Ananda in the physical: It is welcome even if it manifests rarely.
The Mother, Words of the Mother - II: The Body (the Physical)
Light:
Light of Purified Power; Of irresistible simplicity in its power, solely consecrated to the Divine.
Life:
Conversion of the Aim of Life from the Ego to the Divine: Instead of seeking one's own satisfaction, to have the service of the Divine as the aim of life.
The Mother, Words of the Mother - II: The True Aim of Life
Power:
Power in the Service of the Future: Without haste, but sure of its success.
Wealth:
Wealth: True wealth is that which one offers to the Divine.
The Mother, Words of the Mother - III: Wealth and Economics
Utility:
Usefulness of the New Creation: A Creation which aims at teaching men to surpass themselves.
The Mother, Words of the Mother - III: The New Creation
Progress:
Power of Progress: Progress is the sign of the Divine influence in Creation.
The Mother, Words of the Mother - III: Progress
Here are some more words from the Mother about Progress:
Progress: The reason why we are on earth.
The true progress is to come always closer to the Divine.
Youth:
Eternal Youth: A gift that the Divine gives us when we unite ourselves with Him.
The Mother, Words of the Mother - III: Immortality
The Mother's words are relevant here:
To know how to be reborn into a new life at every moment is the secret of eternal youth.
The Mother, On Education: Students
Harmony:
Harmony: Let us strive that the day may come when this will be the means and the goal.
The Mother, Words of the Mother - II: Harmony
Integral Harmony: Harmony between things, harmony between persons, harmony of circumstances and above all, harmony of all aspirations directed towards the Supreme Truth.
Power of Harmony: Simple, noble, dignified, powerful and charming.
Perfection:
Psychological Perfection: here is not one psychological perfection but five. They are: sincerity, faith, devotion, aspiration and surrender.
The Mother told Richard and Annie, his first wife, on December 18, 1969, that she wanted the first design to begin around the Banyan Tree, which is to be the Garden of Unity. She said:
I have chosen all the flowers.
As for the central garden, which we had once spoken of as "the Garden of Love", the Mother asked for it to be called simply "the Matrimandir Garden" and not "Love". For she said:
I dislike this word [Love], for man has turned it into something grotesque; I am speaking of the principle of Divine Love. But that has changed: it will be the Matrimandir Gardens.
The Mother, Words of the Mother - I: Early Talks
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