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Such being the case, the inner diameter or horizontal axis would
be 23.20m. Whether or not this is the actual diameter of the
constructed temple remains to be seen. Probably only a court order
for the appointment of a commission to measure the inner chamber
would permit the truth to be revealed. Nonetheless, let us take Lohman’s word as fact, given his
position in the team, and reveal some remarkable features of the
Mother’s Vision in that by ‘measuring up’ to her plan we can know the
exact place of the Ignorance as well as the Knowledge in the context of
our evolving world. This then will be the best means to demonstrate the
very special attributes of the Supermind when the formula is made
manifest and operative in the world.
With an actual 23.20m diameter it
is possible to prove, moreover, that
the present Matrimandir is constructed in the image of mortal
man, in orbit of a void, or the ego in place of the soul. The soul as
centre is defined by the Mother’s original plan – the ideal toward
which we evolve. In the meantime we must somehow manage to pass through
this transitional level and emerge intact, bearing the burden of all
that this entails in that we must make this a conscious transition, not a
passage in ignorance as in former times before the full manifestation
of the Supermind.
However, let
it be understood that this is an evolutionary process. All
the players in the field of this emerging cosmos, both light and dark,
or positive and negative, represent the human condition at its present
stage. In this way the cementing of the 23.20m floor diameter is
perfectly as it should be to complete the mosaic; or to determine
irrefutably that the Auroville Matrimandir is a hymn to the old mortal
creation that is on its way to extinction.
The Cult of 23
23.20 will be
recognised in various connected areas as a singular determining factor.
To begin, we see this number reflected in the tilt or axial alignment
of the Earth herself. Presently that axial inclination stands at 23
degrees, 26 minutes, 20 seconds of celestial longitude, almost exactly
the diameter of the Auroville chamber, according to Lohman.
In the
Mother’s chamber her own symbol provides the sense and
purpose of the design; and it is located only in the horizontal
plane of the room. This reveals, among other factors, that the circle
of 12 must provide the answers we seek in the Vision. Further, that
symbol has a fourfold division of the 12 (Twashtri’s Bowl
of the Rig Veda), the four cardinal points or directions which when
translated into our year of twelve months are the Equinoxes and
Solstices.
For those who
need to have some basics of astronomy refreshed in order
to better follow this discussion, the 24-hour day of equal measure (12
of daylight and 12 of night time), are the Equinoxes (March 21/22 and
September 21/22 each year); and the Solstices occur when, due to the
Earth’s axial tilt the day is shortened and the nights lengthened in
the northern hemisphere, until at the 21st December
Solstice, the farthest reaches of the tilt are met and the ‘light’
begins to increase. That is, the days begin to lengthen for the
northern hemisphere. Hence, for as long as we have memory, this special
date has been the most sacred because it marks the beginning of the
legendary Festival of Light in honour of this Earth experience of
increase. Christians later adopted this date into their worship as the
birth of the Christ Child because of its traditional importance. The
Mother herself continued to honour this special period not as Christmas
but openly as the Festival of Light. Astronomically its importance is
revealed in that perihelion occurs during the days of the Festival, the
Earth’s annual closest approach to the Sun.
On this
special Festival hinges the most profound Vedic seeing
because the zodiacal fourth cardinal point of the December Solstice
corresponds to the tenth sign/month, Capricorn. It is the traditional
Cosmic Midday, or the Sun’s highest position in the cosmic and earthly
year – thus casting no shadows. Further on we shall
discuss even more recondite aspects of this Earth alignment.
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