The impressive Mediation Centre at Auroville - if you look closely you may notice a man standing at the entrance looking up. Last I wrote was after my visit to the Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry. The routine over the past 10 days has been - to be on the bus the each morning at 7am, which is a sleep-in for me. I’m usually up at 2.45am to start in Sydney. Boarding the bus at 7am has meant sleeping in until 3.30am to manage a yoga practice, mediation, swim, pack, breakfast and

Sri Aurobindo was an Indian rebel born in the late 1800’s. He was wanted by the authorities of the time for acting out against British rule. He was eventually captured and while imprisoned for several years he had a spiritual experience which led to him reaching heightened states of awareness. On his release he formed an ashram in the city of Pondicherry. His home became a refuge to those who needed it. He wrote hundreds of books and gave discourse daily until his passing in

I wonder what the world would be like if it was one big ashram? No reason to complain about things that go wrong cause "that's the way it's meant to be". No reason to have a temper tantrum, show anger or distrust because everything would be satvic, harmonious and bliss full. This is how the past four ashrams have felt. Like a cave within a world where everyone in that cave is Om Shanti Shanti. The pure Shangri-La on earth. In all of the ashrams we have had westerners give us