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... You know Paolo, have you seen him? He's nice. He is nice. As a matter of fact, I have something in this connection. Yesterday I had the visit of Paolo and N., both of them, and Paolo explained to me a sort of inspiration he had about Auroville. I found it very beautiful, very good, and important. So I told him, "You must absolutely tell Mother about it directly." So when could you see Paolo? Will... see R. tomorrow, I can tell him. Paolo is an architect, isn't he? You alone have authority over R. Yes... no, if I tell him, "Do it," he won't say no, but he won't do it!... He has to be convinced .... All that I can do is to tell him that I am aware of the idea, that I fully approve of it and ask him to see Paolo and work it out with him. But I think Paolo has a power of conviction in him... understand that?... Since we want to create "something else," the least we can do is to trust something else. Yes. I'll speak to R. about it tomorrow and I'll ask him to see Paolo. I think that to a certain extent, Paolo can help bring in money, if he is interested. Good. Page 496 So then, build even before it's an islet. ( silence ) For the outside of this sort of temple, ...

... good), but for this construction of the center, I'd like Paolo to do it, and so I'd like Paolo to stay here when R. is gone: let Paolo be here when R. is away, and with Paolo we could do that. Only, I don't want either of them to feel that it's one against the other (!). They must understand that it's to complement each other. I think Paolo will understand. But R. will take it as an encroachment... 1969 about Auroville and the Matrimandir. ) Mother, I told Paolo [the Italian architect] to come, he is waiting outside. Yes.... There is an interesting thing. For a long time I had been feeling something, then we spoke about it the other day, and I SAW... I told R. [Auroville's architect] about it, I asked him to see Paolo, and I also told him that I had seen what should be done. Naturally... his job well. As for the outside... I didn't see the outside; I didn't see it at all, I only saw the inside. I wanted to explain to Paolo once I would have the papers, it would be easier, but since you called him... ( Sujata goes out and comes back with Paolo, who comes in with a garland of pink "Harmony." Mother gives him an orange hibiscus—Auroville's flower—looks at him, and starts speaking: ...

... Because R. told me, "I want to have a big circle; the inside is exactly a semicircle, and the other semicircle would be underground." He told me almost the same words. Because Paolo told him his own idea. Oh, Paolo told him! Oh, that's why... It's like a bud emerging from the earth. Yes, yes, that's the first idea R. told me, almost identically with the same words. And his second idea... united!..." Do you understand? But I am sure that Paolo would be only too happy to get along with R. But you surely understand that if R. has adopted Paolo's idea, it means he admires Paolo's intelligence, otherwise he wouldn't have. So why one side like this and the other side...? We don't want any more of those petty things. But when Paolo showed me this plan, I felt something very beautiful... Mother’s Agenda 1970 January 17, 1970 What did you want to tell me? I had a visit from Paolo and N.... There are two things. But first, there is the plan for this Center—to be precise, of the outside of the Center. The outside, I didn't see anything. There is a sketch by L. I didn't see anything at all, I am open ...

... entirely. He said we should really do that. ( Mother nods her head ) I'll see Paolo this afternoon to give him this plan. Because that's just what I saw. We'll do it in white marble. L. said he would go and get the marble, he knows the place. The whole structure in white marble? Yes, yes. But Paolo told me one tiling which I felt to be correct. He said, We'll build this Center, we'll... point of view, it's amusing. We must keep it very carefully and publish it one day as a document. Yes, that's right. Page 33 Soon afterwards Then I have a letter from Paolo.... I'll see him this afternoon. I told you that I saw the central construction of Auroville.... I have a plan. Would you like to see it?... There are three scrolls there ( Mother unrolls the... this Center should be there until the city is completely built, and afterwards we would see—afterwards we won't feel like removing it! Because a lot of people thought of something "huge." But Paolo says that from an architectural standpoint, it's quite possible to extend the thing from outside without touching what's already built. Oh, yes, it's quite possible. You see, R. asked me, "And ...

... Do you know Paolo?... He makes films. Why wouldn't you do that together?... He is coming back. I feel there's an extraordinary means of work there. Yes. A book reaches but in a still limited way, whereas a film means millions of people reached all at once. So to make a beautiful, a TRUE film... Ah, but this book would make a very good film! You could see that when Paolo comes back,... purpose. Oh, yes, it's an extraordinary means. ( silence ) But you could turn your book into a film? Yes. It requires some work, but it can be done. My idea is through Paolo, but naturally you should... Paolo could give you technical advice, but you should be the one who does it. Yes, certainly, it can be done. I have a feeling that if I speak to him about it, he would do it with ...

... you about it last time), but I have been solicited by Paolo, 2 who is preparing a documentary on the Ashram for television. He asked to take photos of me, a film, and so on. First I said, "I'll talk about it with Mother." But as it wasn't possible lately, yesterday he finally came down on me with his camera, and I let him. He's nice, Paolo, very nice! Yes, but still, showing myself off..... has to have force and simplicity. Yes... that's more interesting. You aren't tired? No, no, Mother! ( Mother runs her hand over Satprem's forehead ) Then it's all right. He's nice, Paolo, he's generous. We have to help him. Now here's something else ( Mother takes a file out of a pile of letters and various other things ). I receive this notebook every two days. Let's see if there's ...

... accepted. And he's going to come: there's a whole group of young Italians who want to come at the end of the year for Sri Aurobindo's yoga, and he'll probably come with them, or else he will come with Paolo if Paolo doesn't mind paying for his travel. My intention is to put him in touch with Dr. S., to let them study that together, and if it works well, I'll ask him to stay on. Because you know that S. now ...

... expresses more than it really knows. India knows more than it really can express. Enough! ( Then Satprem reads out to Mother the article he has written for Italian television. ) It's for Paolo, for Italian television. Maybe you could read it to me.... Does it interest you?... I have entitled it, "The Great Sense." ( Satprem reads ) "This is the time of the Great Sense. ... Wonder growing to become the Wonder manifest upon earth..."? Yes, "the Divine," or "the Wonder." But I always think about the translations—since it's going to be translated.... I don't know. Ask Paolo, have him choose between "the Wonder" and "the Divine." Explain the idea to him. In English, it's certain that Page 227 the Divine is infinitely better than God . 2 Yes, certainly ...

... old papers. She comes across a 1967 file containing her "Instructions in the event of a cataleptic trance": "This body must be left in peace..." etc. Mother gives Vasudha a copy of it. ) Oh, Paolo wants to build a room for me, and there will be cupboards, we'll be able to put away a lot of papers there. All the Auroville things I'll give you. Mother, there's an important problem I'd like ...