{"id":2959,"date":"2021-03-25T11:21:46","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T06:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adventure.auroville.com\/?p=2959"},"modified":"2022-05-06T12:58:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T08:28:43","slug":"moving-away-to-come-closer-aditi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adventure.auroville.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/25\/moving-away-to-come-closer-aditi\/","title":{"rendered":"Moving Away to Come Closer: Aditi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It was clear that I needed to go through the process of leaving to see if and how my path would lead me back.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was born in Pondicherry, in the Cluny hospital, in 1988. My mother grew up in the Ashram, and my father is German. He came here in the 1970s already and lived here for quite a while. My mother joined later. My first years, until I was 6, were spent in Udayan, it\u2019s near Adishakti. At that time it seemed far away to go to Kindergarten and school, so we lived quite secluded for a while. I remember I enjoyed school, but it was difficult for me in the beginning because I am more quiet by nature. It was hard to make friends and find people to relate to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I was growing up, Auroville, its purpose, was very big in our house. My mother came from the Ashram and her dedication to the ideals is very strong. I grew up with a lot of Mother and Sri Aurobindo \u2013 my mother would talk about what they said, their philosophy. I saw this devotional aspect in her. But for me to start relating more consciously, that was maybe from 16 onwards. You often hear Auroville kids saying: \u2018I can\u2019t hear anymore Mother said this, Mother said that.\u2019 I had that too, but I also wanted to understand more for myself what Mother and Sri Aurobindo were about, what they were saying. We actually had an Auroville philosophy class at the time, which really helped. I felt already a real inner resonance back then, a sense of, this feels true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I was on a path of needing to leave the community. I really wanted to go to university, and I also wanted to go because for me, to experience more and explore. If you grow up in a little village, it\u2019s like anywhere \u2013 you need to go out at some point, see more of the world. And it was clear that I needed to go through the process of leaving to then see if and how my path would lead me back.I wanted to experience that process for myself, to get a different perspective on Auroville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n