Auroville - India

Mirra Alfassa or 'The Mother' founded the 'City of Dawn' in Viluppuram in 1968. Her work within the experimental township has promoted a harmonious lifestyle to all who live there.

The Auroville township in South India is now home to 2,000 people from all over the world. "I am on the verge of a new perception of life, as if certain parts of the consciousness were mutating from the caterpillar state to the butterfly state..." says Alfassa. The purpose was to realise human unity and it is today recognised as the first and only internationally endorsed experiment that is still ongoing in this field.

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[ziggistar]

I think as a concept its simply amazing....we all want that place...btw its called evolution....

[gearlockT]

@myownservant There is some real good info here and all you can say is "Hippies". What is your definition of a hippie, just anyone who cares about things?

[frankthinnes]

I like what the dutch guy says. And what the local people say: everyone is developing for them selves. That's the impression that I got from this documentary: Auroville is a huge ego-trip in disguise.

[JuliaB1955]

@ziggistar You might be interested in searching "Findhorn" and wwwDOTcohousingDOTorg. Not a new concept at all, and it can take many forms.

[Yamina369]

Very interesting documentary, thank you! Auroville is an experience "in vivo" of what living as a community truly involves, with its good and bad... I believe that it is possible and these people are "playing" and LEARNING through their mistakes, so I think it is a very positive thing that such a place exists!

[EasternMerchant]

is Auroville open to newcomers? Sometimes I learn that once a community reaches a certain number, they are closed off to newcomers.

[sulphites01]

People do not own the land, the land owns the people.

[gday1111111]

I turned off once he started playing Beethoven to his water fountains. Please.

[FortPiment]

Only the good concepts... you really have the idealistic view on your country, right? No, everything isn't pretty in India, Auroville isn't a colony for people to invade India.

There is corruption in India, poverty, intolerance, as it is anywhere in the world.

[FortPiment]

@ravving

Come on. There is more Indian emigrants than there are people in Auroville. Who doesn't know about Israel and Palestine, anyway? I just think you're being paranoid for no reason.

[ravving]

@FortPiment today it is not so,but tomorrow it may,i hope ur aware of israel palestine conflict