Joy of No Possession & Service of Truth | Divyanshi & Sanjana | Auroville Convivial LIVE '26 - DAY 7

Описание: The Joy of No Possession: Experiments in Collective & What Does It Mean to Live in a City in Service of Truth?
3.30 - 4.30 PM (IST)

Divyanshi Chugh
Bio: Divyanshi Chugh works in the field of integral education, inner development, and conscious organisational design from Auroville, drawing inspiration from the vision of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother. She is the Co-Founder and CEO of Purnam, which offers multiple levels of membership dedicated to self-discovery (sankalpa), inner transformation (sadhana), and meaningful contribution to the world (swadharma). She has designed and facilitated 60+ transformative courses, is the originator of Savitri Painting, a non-verbal method designed for inner discovery, and is especially committed to the realisation of Sri Aurobindo’s vision of India’s spiritual gift to the world and the conscious evolution of the individual and society.

Abstract: Taking up the Auroville Charter’s assertion that “Auroville belongs to nobody in particular” and the call to find “the joy of no possession,” this reflection emerges from lived experiments in individual and collective yoga. It explores Auroville’s ongoing attempts—an d struggles—to embody these ideals in daily life, organisation, and governance. Just as human beings can operate at different levels of love and giving, so too can organisations and collectives. Drawing an analogy with the individual being—where mind, emotions, vitality, and body align around the soul—the talk inquires into what it might mean for a collective to evolve in consciousness. How do we move from social consciousness to spiritual consciousness in shaping our institutions, relationships, and shared responsibilities in a wounded world?

Sanjana Reddy
Bio: After a few years working in the media industry, Sanjana's search for truth in the world gradually led her inward. Through Purnam Centre of Integrality’s courses she found a deep clarity in the vision of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother, and a deeper alignment in the vision of Auroville. She now works full-time with Purnam, supporting communications and outreach, with the aspiration to contribute to India’s spiritual gift to the world.

Abstract: At the heart of Auroville stands a banyan tree, around which are inscribed the words “La cité au service de la Vérité”- The City in Service of Truth - placed beside the Matrimandir, a living reminder that Truth, as envisioned here, is not an idea or ideology, but a consciousness to be contacted and lived. Drawing from the Auroville Dream and Charter, and from lived experience as a citizen, this talk explores what it means today to orient both inner and collective life toward Truth without dogma or rigidity. In a time of ecological and social crisis, Auroville proposes that truth-consciousness is not a luxury, but a necessity.
The reflection opens an inquiry into Truth as lived inner alignment and not an external authority, and citizenship as a lived participation in conscious evolution.

Auroville Convivial: Live Talks is a week-long international gathering during Auroville Week (21–28 February 2026). It is conceived as an invitation to step into a shared, live space to speak about and around Auroville. Together, we seek to reopen dialogue on how this ongoing experiment engages with the wounds of the world, as well as its own lived successes, setbacks, and unfolding possibilities to reflect the prismatic nature of Auroville.