Auroville: A Test Run for the Future | Anu Majumdar | TEDxChennai

[@yolandedechauny8565]

I would like to go. Living on a highier level of consciousness and building a place where everyone lives harmoniously and builds the same dream is very powerful.

[@bodlibrary2606]

Thank you, Anu! (Thank you, Mother. Thank you Michael, Maude, Medhananda, & also that young master Majumdar who tried to teach us Bengali in Missouri, a year before we arrived in Pondicherry, 1967, in time for Auroville's dedication the next February....

[@juttavanmal7687]

Please share more of your story since 1967. It seems to be a life testimonial?!

[@jingu1550]

I am born and raised in Bhutan and I think it's very crucial for me to visit Auroville. I have been to Tamil nadu for four consecutive years but never heard of such place. I would like to learn more by visiting it sooner. Please do drop me the travelling tips. I can already fill the excitement in my spine. thank you.

[@nycok6411]

You don't need to be there physically. You can meditate anyplace.

[@matildemir4185]

Come come..

[@jingu1550]

@@matildemir4185 I visited already.

[@eliotrobinson7668]

tamil nadu - all the sadhu - sri ramana ashram and explore temple around in tiruvannamalai

[@rajanmoses]

@@jingu1550 how was your experience

[@rajendarmenen3672]

Long way to go. Have been visiting and living there for some 40 years...unless the human consciousness changes, nothing will change.

[@maipad3186]

Change can only come... when the enlightened pass on the light... without expectation But the ego of the enlightened wants to hold onto the flame for themselves in my experience

[@bjasmine]

What are the primary challenges?

[@juttavanmal7687]

So the question arises what is the sharp golden key to self-realization. The eternal living Masters of the Himalaya once & still are teaching this Mastery. See the New Gospel of Mahavatar Babaji in his own words. Very interesting. As well as the book, the Holy Science by Sri Yukteswar Giri. There are certain simple tools to realization, my Dear friends. Wishing all so well! I am an Auro-Villian also I never have lived there physically. In Realizing this, we all are able to contribute worldwide to this same transformation, by clear consciousness!

[@richardthamilarasu3740]

Because there is so much of corruption and politicking thst has killed it

[@manumaman3339]

No Inner changes or so called spiritual transformation took place in Aurovillians...!?

[@jagadishchowdhuri]

I being follower of SRI Aurobindo @Mother as well, like to be part of my elderly future life with creeds in Auroville a city of dawn to enhance my inner consciousness with entire devotion to divine. I seek your co operation seriously. i have gone through your valuable lectures which also encouraging

[@sl5154]

This city seems so revolutionary and amazing! I wish my country had it.

[@SecretYogaSutra]

Yes

[@camyh6180]

You can start that city with your home :) on the permaculture level for example

[@sannaankumar1]

Which country is your country?

[@kaid7721]

What Auroville needs is engineers. Focusing on self sustaining technologies that can provide food and energy for everyone with minimal manual labor. To free up people to pursue higher goals. Similar to the ideas of Jacque Fresco's Venus project but Aurovilles own twist.

[@kassandralombard]

my ideas exactly

[@miralovelovos]

Every human is capable of engineering.

[@AN-gl3jx]

Keeping it simple is why it works

[@maipad3186]

The idea here...I think its to lower the goals... raise consciousness.. and connect with nature and community... and physical labour does that... also gives fulfilment... compared to hitting the gym... all this is just IMO... ...thoughts?

[@toryalaihart1882]

The Center For Scientific Research (CSR) has been a long standing innovative force in technology within Auroville -- from building mechanical wind pumps, to assembling solar modules and even making computer chips. While I haven't kept abreast of their activities for many years, I can only imagine that in the past 15 years since I last collaborated with them, that they've accomplished much more!

[@sanketdas6112]

I had been there for a visit, spent around half a day, it was calm and green place. Must visit for a different experience!

[@benimadhavmohanty7426]

one of the best talks on Auroville

[@viralmedia5435]

Seen today

[@juttavanmal7687]

Would be lovely to spread more best talks on Auroville for all of the world citizens.

[@bene4tr]

Mindfulness can be practiced without a mandir or a temple or a church. At the same time man is a creature of habit, he is ritualistic, he gives meaning to objects, he is prone to deify everything and even himself. It is all in the mind. As a social being, he lives among other human beings, he has material needs but he does not live on bread alone, he has aspirations, he has a soul, nothing but the Divine can satisfy him completely. The way is unique, each one must journey alone, at times with another, but no other human being can fulfil his thirst for the Infinite.

[@angelalarma9905]

Well said.

[@MrHemanth.]

This place is a resort, it's like all usual tourists place. But with concept of humanity 🙄 it's truly a good strategy

[@MrHemanth.]

I did already ! so the comments was

[@lulassong6524]

NO TOURISM

[@aryas7833]

It'sa kind of tourist spot that attracts ppl who in search of the divine consciousness or some spiritual inner connections

[@the_pk]

One should visit Auroville with least expectations. He will experience Auroville in a better way.

[@YaGladshev]

Really love this idea and this people! This City is a existing miracle!)

[@juttavanmal7687]

It is more then a miracle it is a lived and cherrished reality, my Dear!

[@AnanyaAfreen]

Beautifully explained 🙏🏽

[@padmalakshmi9836]

Ananya Afreen u look beautiful

[@jayho4775]

I would like to live in Auroville. I’m sick of the typical system in the current society. May I know the way for me to join this experimental city?

[@bettyfourage8204]

The first thing is to come and visit, and volunteer so you can havr a better knowledge of \hat is happening here 😊

[@juttavanmal7687]

Go for it! Find out for yourself! Step by step! As Auroville starts within you! Meditate connect with the good lifeforce and you will experience the change.

[@citizenhenriborno4723]

Ken Wilbet Books At Auroville. We Need A Charity For It.

[@alxpanti]

an inspiring idea.. love this

[@sarvagyapandey3514]

Yes. Let's create a world inclined more towards responsibility that towards religion.

[@mithilasunil6214]

How is this not a wider plan implemented everywhere else?? The govt could undertake many experimental projects like this

[@tishsmiddy71]

Government doesn't care about the people only $$$ They seem to care about the people we Govern as so ! Everyone has a purpose and duty to contribute!I bet and they do for a goal

[@maipad3186]

Because we want unobtanium that's under the hometree

[@rasikaraidas2564]

Auroville is presently under investigation by India's CBI - massive corruption - whats actually going on inside the management, where is all this public money going??? - You either Aurovillian or Aurovillain

[@saiumashiva6388]

Well said very well said and thank you for making this awareness.., today's India needs to awaken to this ,,, the making of golden India BACK again as "sone ki chidiya" 🙏🙏 but mam one small thing strikes me is the main message that comes via Auroville is the ONENESS.. but when I meet Tamil people who are residing nearest to Auroville have not yet received the essence of Saint Aurobindo.. they are so stubborn to say that before beginning any conversation with anyone, people from non Tamilians are "mam either English or Tamid"... & I go mumm ... To explain why...why do you say this irrational stubbornness..!!! what is your nationality.. aren't you Indian.. if yes what is the national language.. it's Hindi neither Hindi nor Tamid..(l as d Tamil).. I am a bengali by my region.. I am Tinabanerjee as I am known as.. but I never force these CONDITIONS on others to communicate.. isn't it that Unconditional love had no LANGUAGE.. & rather LOVE is the only international language reciprocated and understood by all from Humans to animals,birds n all even plants too.. I wish this basic heart opening may start from REMOVING this block of loving more people n not creating language as a barrier.. 😐😊🙏☯️

[@umesh4040]

Auroville is in the juristriction of Villupuram district, Tamil Nadu. I heard Auroville's certain section discrimate against the native tamils.

[@PrakashA04]

Aurovile setup in Tamilnadu at vilupuram district near to pondycheri this land was got by tamilnadu government at free of cost. They promised to delivery of improvement of tamilnadu but it works some one else..

[@rasikaraidas2564]

And to this day they are screwing the villagers that own land within their zone. Bullying and sabotage is their style

[@lulassong6524]

@@rasikaraidas2564 You need to expand on that- it's impossible to get the truth from mainstream News here in Europe. Will you please tell us here? Thank you. (no bad language please)🙂

[@MwapeM]

I really need to visit Auroville, so that I can learn on how I may be able to implement this in Zambia, if you have tips let me know!

[@Heavenisaplaceonearth6o6]

I will create villas based in this system and Venus project in Africa countries in near future.. Be attend cause you will know when the project starts..

[@juttavanmal7687]

By your intention and spirit, you are able to tune in the world wide spirit of Auroville, I am sure you are able to do so, and while this happens you will be inspired, most humble in the right direction, and create with others at your Zambia, that which will be the same living foundation stone for humanity! Just start and talk and walk about it! You will see it will manifest. Take time to write about your personal experience in Zambia. Involve others with your thoughts, concepts so far have all people in your mind and heart, where you live & it will grow and flourish, my Dear!

[@deniseward002]

It's a pity it didn't think past itself. I agree it should remain a minorpolis but it should have a structure in place in taking some of the people from that center to spawn another center. And this can be done by putting in its charter at the beginning what size they want to limit the city to. A structure of succession has not been thought of by the looks of it. Maybe they should start!

[@AltairdeAlmeida1111]

Denise Ward They do have a limit of 50K which Anu mentions There are plans to have satellites in other places in the world

[@subhashchandna5235]

There are many independent places in the world who are involved in spirituality. Auroville has and had lots of problems. Concept and reality is not the same!

[@deniseward002]

@@AltairdeAlmeida1111 Oh good to know. The problem with Auroville as with every other "alternative" is that they still use money. This makes absolutely no sense at all and I'd love to know how they justify it. Having an alternative lifestyle in all ways except what matters. It's almost funny. It's kind of looking after oneself because it does not change much in the world. If the people running it die or give up for whatever reason, that's the end of that. Because the system is the endemic problem. But seems not even "enlightened" people are able to see this. The way to succeed is to barter in another currency (not crypto) for anything that can be exchanged that way. There are many, many opportunities. They may not be able to pay their empire bills but all sorts of skills can be at least partially paid for in another currency. But they still don't think outside of that box.

[@lulassong6524]

@@deniseward002 You're not attentive Denise. They do NOT use money.

[@jokiep65]

@@deniseward002 what are YOU doing in the meantime to better our world?

[@pragyaphukon5308]

I would love to be a part of this wonderful place ....

[@bliston78]

My goodness I would love to be a part of this.... such a hard life change or risk to do that though.

[@juttavanmal7687]

When you love to be a part of it! Be a part of it! It is smooth to change life in the right direction, my Dear! The real risk is to stay in your condition now. Wishing you & all so well! Keep that wish up in your heart and soul and you will see & experience that your and other people's lives will & are changing. By your wish Auroville is already within you, you only have to un-dust it!

[@gaganashreebr]

I am really grateful to be Indian first mohenjo daro and second auroville one has changed india and the another will change the world for sure really proud of auroville if I would have money like Jeff Bezos I would have served to build the auroville hoping to live here all my life

[@lulassong6524]

The idea is to spread similar communities in every country.

[@gaganashreebr]

@@lulassong6524 first of all we indians believe in unity and we are not terrorists to forcefully spread our culture

[@lulassong6524]

@@gaganashreebr Terrorists? What kind of thinking is that? You need to learn A LOT!

[@gaganashreebr]

@@lulassong6524 oh do you think this world doesn't have any terrorists who kill people I think you should need to learn more

[@gaganashreebr]

@@lulassong6524 It will apply for terrorism not other read with your third eye not with your two physical eyes dear

[@jianghaoyoutube5017]

I live in Auroville

[@nycok6411]

What you doing there?

[@lulassong6524]

WHERE is Auroville, exactly? Geography and climate, and general geopolitical situation is lacking. A recent Auroville video showed brutality from the outside. Please clarify.

[@jianghaoyoutube5017]

@@lulassong6524 Auroville is situated in South India, close to Pondicherry. It is tropical weather and warm most of the time.

[@abhilashpanda2108]

Beautiful.

[@LITTLEMUSTANGFILLY]

This is ssssooooo cool

[@leonardomiranda422]

Beautiful!

[@tishsmiddy71]

Thank you 💘

[@tishsmiddy71]

May your New Vision come together ❤ !!! 💋

[@themist5486]

"Unlearn or Unwinding Cultural baggage, moral, religious... Blah blah.... And then a few seconds after she told mother draw 4zones. The first one in that was cultural! And they fill their mind & others mind with Aurobindo ideas!!!!! Plz meet the seniors of that community & just observe....are they fully satisfied? With inner peace? Fully in bliss? Most of then secretively adore Indian pooja,temple,devi ,Ishwara concepts... But city has banned it! If you have any love for Maheshwara or Krishna or Devi ,better don't go there to settle down, u can just visit. Religious values are not set to entangle a life, but to release it to the Highest, the Absolute!

[@UnderscoreZeroLP]

Religion is organised spirituality, and when you create institutions and hierarchies for something, immediately comes baggage. Spirituality should be universal, like how science should be universal. There should be no need for symbols and icons and worship. There should only be pure, rational empiricism.

[@themist5556]

@@UnderscoreZeroLP Namasthe! Have u attained Mukthi(liberation) already by non symbol method? Its easy to preach, but sadhana or spiritual practice is firstly dealing with the mind, for that its not a universal method adopted but every single one has to try their own way. And spirituality is not universal&it don't need anybody to make it universal. if you are lucky enough to do a continuous matching spiritual practice it will make 'YOU' universal, or you see or experience glimpses of universality & celestial presence! We don't need to leave symbols or idles....in the growing process it leaves of its own. Or you grow above that! Its a life of wonders & surprises all the time.....!!!!! I wish you all the best if you have started your Sadhana...! Aum! Aum!

[@pradeeprajv79]

Show me a way to join this wonderful place

[@kaiwalyaapte3979]

I want to do my Architecture Internship In Auroville...what is the procedure for that?

[@juttavanmal7687]

You may write to them, mail to the board of administration, find via facebook people who live there. Hold video chats, and get yourself after C19 into a plan and be there! Find out who is living there as an architect. Or write your own program for field-study and ask your university to do so to accept your field-study wish in Auroville! Wishing you so well!

[@narayanaswaminani7119]

Amma I have panned to visit Auroville on Sunday 8th of jan. Can i have an opportunity to share a little time..... 😊🙏

[@saniyasaraogi3824]

❤️❤️

[@andreirlinger1966]

Anu est tombée dans la panneau des TED. Mère a été formelle : pas de publicité concernant Auroville. Les TED avec un ticket d'entré de 200 euros pour assister au spectacle, sont tout sauf un moteur d'évolution pour l'humanité. Depuis 32 années d'existence, ces pseudo conférences n'ont pas fait évoluer l'humanité d' un iota. Parler d'Auroville comme une réussite sur le plan écologique, architectural, sociétal relègue au second plan le vrai but, le seul but : permettre aux êtres de vivre dans un environnement idéal pour la mise en pratique de la charte d'Auroville rédigée par Mère. Et de cela, il n'a pas été question...

[@lulassong6524]

Rien à voir avec la religion ou la politique. Ces idées -surtout éducatifs- sont toujours existées, même en Europe: École Freinet en France, Montessori en Italie, Progressive School, UK. Je les ai fréquentés. Tu payes rien pour TED, comme en cet moment, didons! Le fric des billets c'est pour aider le projet: comme acheter des pompes d'eau par exemple et encourager les mecs riches à faire aussi des donations. C'est tout à fait normale, non?🙂

[@venkatakrishnans1672]

Thank you, Anu!

[@darushmike9083]

Don't build any holy place then you can have beautiful natural beauty of life

[@rrats-bbew3132]

13:25-13:28 why did that sound sooo weird!?

[@SecretYogaSutra]

Love it.

[@ingridruiz-meijer6089]

Miss the BEAUTIFUL souls of animals on 4 legs.....

[@halcyon5zippo]

My boyfriend and I want this.

[@Pl4sm0]

Buddha, one of the wisest of the sons of Asia. His real name was Gautama, but he was called Buddha because Buddha means the Awakened One. The man who wakes up now, in what sense was he awake ? He was awake in the sense that he was completely all here. After all we say about a person who is nuts, he's not all here. He's not all there ,but our whole culture, our all civilization, insofar as it is involved with time and living only for a future ,is nuts. It's not all here. We are not awake. We are not completely alive now. And consequently, we are so hungry and so greedy because everything seems tasteless. We are living for an abstraction which has not yet come to be, and we don't know what it really is. We are living in a materialist dimension based on money, greed and power instead co-operation, unity and equality a dimension that will connect us with the universe, nature and spirit, with THE ALL, instead a dimension that connects capitalism into machines that shield our connections to THE ALL. Free your mind from the pipe dreams of modern society, don't chase prosperity and wealthiness to climb at the top of the pyramid find the humble point and stay there, and if you don't, use it to contribute and not to fulfill your materialism dreams. We can't change the world with a jungle of different thoughts dispersed in a digital network, but we can with unified waves of thoughts that will wash out the current ones. Co-operation, unity and equality will be key to awaken us, our ancestors were doing it already a long long time ago, they left us clues but we are not awake enough to understand it.

[@treasure2behold282]

This looks like a large modern commune. As long as it doesn't turn into a cult it will be successful.

[@michaelsilverwise302]

I wonder, will the goal of 50,000 ever be realized?

[@indranidasgupta1511]

The talk is not very engaging!! To spread the word to common man some humor is needed.. it's sounds like classroom lecture!

[@lulassong6524]

I agree with you, far too formal. The lady was very insecure. Professional public speakers are ESSENTIAL.

[@lunthuak2114]

in reality Humans dont need Auroville, Auroville need humans.

[@lulassong6524]

Le Corbusier, French architect.

[@citizenhenriborno4723]

Do not monetized this video, obviously Tnx

[@citizenhenriborno4723]

- Theosophical Chennai

[@kamalshiware2634]

Local Presion only employee, not aa employers

[@silvaterese6052]

Nice talking.

[@illusionyx907]

Alas, many locals do money for its greedy on name of Auroville...a lot of personal plots of lands inside of Master Plan landlords keep or they sell to Auroville on speculative astronomical prices or they create here its own hotels and cafes with label "Auro" - completely out of Mother and Sri Aurobindo dream.... Not at all so good and nice if one can see on site with first look, a lot difficulties and troubles inside this Idea.... spirituality is a good business in India for westerns since Beatles time....

[@shnolfy]

Define "local"

[@kamalshiware2634]

But Aurovile do not give local Presion business

[@samuelchamel2951]

“And solar” 😂

[@laurencevanhelsuwe3052]

Auroville, for all its lofty and wonderful ideals, will be reduced to a historical blip as a result of climate change. One of Auroville's Achilles' heels is that it spends too much time dreaming, and not enough time looking at and studying reality around it. The unyielding reality around Auroville is going to be its downfall within the next decade or two. Climate change will make large parts of India uninhabitable.. and any areas trying to be havens of peace and self-sustainability, like Auroville, will not survive the destructive pressures coming from their surroundings desperate to cling on to life.

[@maipad3186]

That's a problem for the whole world... not limited to auroville...

[@rasikaraidas2564]

Point still is that Auroville is trying to bring about change, but then they are mostly in La-La land like rest of the planet. So where the difference. Its a money trap.

[@elonximperator892]

Poor explanation of great place

[@ingridruiz-meijer6089]

Animals on for legs ??????? RIGHTS

[@arjunaahangama4261]

Is this anarchist dream?

[@lulassong6524]

Pretty close, which implies self government. Based on common sense, I may add.

[@atthehops]

Is Auroville a cult?

[@AbhishekDasP]

Yes. One which glorifies pseudoscience.

[@jinfin221]

@@AbhishekDasP Like?

[@AbhishekDasP]

@@jinfin221 Organic farming to start with

[@AbhishekDasP]

@@jinfin221 Then there is spirituality at the helm of it all

[@jinfin221]

@@AbhishekDasP Ok

[@lovetolearn881]

Read the website with the warnings. Can't even safely ride a scooter with a backpack there. Sounds like a Fail to me. Too bad.

[@jinfin221]

Nightmare for introverts

[@samanthularajeswararao9329]

Why?

[@discernor]

It's a cult

[@CrazyWorld89234]

New ways to sell overpriced resorts...

[@pretoriaweb3658]

😂😂😂😂Higher level of consciousness is a joke. When you don't understand normal world then how you gonna understand higher consciousness. First come out of materialistic mindset stop supporting companies and brands and focus on personal life then you don't even need concept like Oroville.