Blessed are those

"We have another plan"

On Dmitrii Sergeevich von Mohrenschildt

-Boris

"To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor ever to found a school, but also to love wisdom as to live, according to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity and trust" (Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862).

In February 1958 Dmitrii Sergeevich von Mohrenschildt arrived in Sri Aurobindo Ashram for the first time. The Mother looked into him with divine love and he understood that his way was the way of Integral Yoga. Dmitrii wanted to ask Her about his nearest future: what's the best: to live in the Ashram or return to America? He didn't ask, but She answered: "The Power is everywhere, it is possible to move to perfection in any place of the Planet."

Dmitrii returned to the USA, but visited the Ashram again and again. Once he met Mother and told Her: "Sweet Mother, I have a plan how to attract to the Ashram especially significant

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people." She was with Montgomery, the leader of American devotees of Integral Yoga, and answered: " We have another plan: to create the city of the Future."

Since 1976, Dmitrii lived in the Ashram. He was born on 11 April 1902. In numerology his number is nine. Auroville was founded on 28 February 1968 and its number is nine too. I knew that the meaning of the number nine is "intelligence."

Dmitrii passed away on 9 June 2002 at the age of one hundred. He was a professor of History and Comparative Literature, and translator of Sri Aurobindo and Mother. Dmitrii was also a philosopher and guru, a true friend of Auroville. For me he was Socrates and I can invoke Plato's words: "I thank God that I was born in the age of Socrates."

Courtesy: News and Notes, Auroville,

Issue Dt. 24th February 2007

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