Heaven on Earth.

in #heaven6 years ago

If I tell you that there is a city where people live without money, politics and religion, would you believe me? It sounds like a fairytale.

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In fact, there is a city like that. It is called Auroville. It is located mostly in the state of Tamil Nadu, India with some parts in the Union Territory of Puducherry in South India. The city was founded in 1968 by Mirra Alfassa. She is more known there as "The Mother". Mirra said in her first public message in 1965:

Auroville wants to be a universal town where men and women of all countries are able to live in peace and progressive harmony, above all creeds, all politics and all nationalities. The purpose of Auroville is to realize human unity.
— Mirra Alfassa

Great idea Mirra. The depressing thing is that the township was originally intended to house 50,000 residents but in 40 years from initiating only 2,487 went to live there. I don't understand why. They live by a system of exchanges. Because they don't have money, people are exchanging stuff with one another. Like the good old days. Nowadays it looks strange for a city to operate this way. But it may be better than the current system.

All of the foods they eat are organic. The whole city is sustained by multi-cropping fields, countless fruit trees that are spread across fifteen farms, having a total area of 160 hectares. I don't know what more would you want. But there is more. The whole city is powered by renewable energy. One of their goals is clean environment so everything is being recycled and not wasted. It is an eco-city. The buildings are futuristic with an experimental architecture. They are constantly changing and upgrading.

In the middle of the town, there is a golden metallic sphere called the Matrimandir. As the Mother has stated the sphere is a symbol of:

"a symbol of the Divine's answer to man's aspiration for perfection".

As said in Wikipedia the Matrimandir:

Matrimandir is equipped with a solar power plant and is surrounded by manicured gardens. When there is no sun or after the sunset, the sunray on the globe is replaced by a beam from a solar-powered light.

And it looks pretty amazing I must say.

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Finally, I will leave you with the idea of the city explained by Mirra Alfassa aka "The Mother"

“There should be a place on Earth that no nation could claim as their own; where all human beings of good will who have a sincere aspiration could live freely as citizens of the world, obeying one single authority, that of the supreme truth. A place of peace, concord and harmony where all the fighting instinct in man were used exclusively to overcome the cause of their sufferings and miseries, to overcome their weaknesses and ignorance, and to triumph over their limitations and disabilities. A place where the needs of the spirit and interest of progress precedence over the satisfaction of desires and passions or the pursuit of pleasure and material enjoyment

I am out of words. I am seriously thinking of becoming a citizen of Auroville. I don't know how there are only 2,487 people living there. And most of them are adults. Yeah, people call it an experimental city, but is it really an experiment? Because back in the days there was no money. We are just repeating ourselves. We can learn a lot about how these people live. They are peace lovers and non-greedy. They are caring for the environment. I don't know what more to say than: This is a paradise on Earth. God Bless.

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Wow very interesting post. I would move their in a nanosecond.

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