When I meditated inside the Matrimandir, Auroville, I didn’t find that type of meditation experience that I find in the Ashram Samadhi or other Sri Aurobindo Centre Samadhi, where I could feel/experience the direct presence of the Mother and Sri Aurobindo.
Certainly, there is a difference. The Samadhi is the personal presence of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother. It is also located in the premises where Sri Aurobindo and The Mother did their tapasya. So it is an extremely charged place with the vibrations of the two Avatars.
Auroville is an occult manifestation of certain spiritual vibrations of the Divine Mother. It is a place of higher consciousness. Obviously, nothing can replace the direct personal touch of the Divine Mother that one gets at the Samadhi and, to an extent, at the Centres. Though in centres, an additional factor of faith is required to activate this presence, which at the Samadhi is naturally, easily, spontaneously felt and acts.
Affectionately,
Alok Da
