A talk at the annual All USA Meeting (AUM), held on 20–24 July 2001 in Redwood City, California
From the account by August Timmermans in “Collaboration (2001)”:
“Alok Pandey, the third speaker who spoke on “Evolution,” is such a colourful person. For him, the yoga means union with the Mother and her force. It is surrender. Life is lifted up by her force and inspiration, and becomes transformed. His speech was colourful and contained a great sense of freedom in expression while being infused with a healthy sense of humour. Off-lecture, he is as fascinating, being true to his own words. As is typical for Indians, speaking without reading from a paper came naturally to him.”
We touch upon some aspects of celebrating Sri Aurobindo’s Sesquicentenary.
This is a re-post from April 2018 – now with a beautifully made Auroville WIKI page with a full transcript and supplementary materials. This...