This PPT documents the universal tools which we often use in our work at the New Economy Lab
- Transformational Results Chain (Monica Sharma)
- The 12 universal qualities
- The four fundamental fields of the society
1. Life or Environment
2. Power or Systems and Organisations
3. Wealth or Resources for the full development, growth and expression in life of individuals
4. Utility or Work as Karmayoga/Contribution
2. The Auroville Charter
Auroville belongs to nobody in particular.
Auroville belongs to humanity as a whole. But,
to live in Auroville, one must be a willing servitor
of the divine consciousness.
Auroville will be the place of an unending
education, of constant progress, and a youth
that never ages.
Auroville wants to be the bridge between the
past and the future. Taking advantage of all
3. A Dream
There should be somewhere on earth a place
which no nation could claim as its own, where
all human beings of goodwill who have a
sincere aspiration could live freely as citizens of
the world and obey one single authority, that of
the supreme Truth; a place of peace, concord
and harmony where all the fighting instincts of
man would be used exclusively to conquer the
causes of his sufferings and miseries, to
surmount his weaknesses and ignorance, to
triumph over his limitations and incapacities; a
place where the needs of the spirit and the
4. To be a True Aurovilian
1. The first necessity is the inner discovery in
order to know what one truly is behind social,
moral, cultural, racial and hereditary
appearances.
At the centre there is a being free, vast and
knowing, who awaits our discovery and who
ought to become the active centre of our being
and our life in Auroville. ...
6. The central circle represents the
Divine Consciousness.
The four petals represent the four powers of the
Mother: Wisdom, Strength, Harmony and Perfection.
The twelve petals represent the twelve powers of the
Mother manifested for Her work.
8. Sincerity, Humility, Gratitude, Perseverance,
Aspiration, Receptivity, Progress, Courage
“The first eight concern the attitude towards the Divine,...”
10. Essentially (in general principle) the 12 powers
are the vibrations that are necessary for the
complete manifestation.
Sri Aurobindo
...It is the symbol of manifestation, double
perfection, in essence and in manifestation, in
the creation.
The Mother
11. Aspiration
The past is rebuilding itself – New building blocks
are needed
Change the Patterns and the Fractals Will Shift
12. Emergence Stewardship for
Sustainable Change
...to unleash the power of effective creativity,
enable the manifestation of full potential. To
learn to recognize the invisible, multiple patterns
and systems that shape societal and planetary
situations and actions; to distinguish, design
and deliver actions sourced from self-
awareness and empathy; manifest sustainable
and equitable change, creating new patterns as
we solve problems.
13. Emergence Stewardship for
Sustainable Change
Embodying Values – Practicing Distinction
Designing to make a difference
Practicing New Processes – Be in Action
14. These qualities and tools show us how to work from
unity, in a supportive and inclusive way, where polarity
becomes a creative force that enriches and enhances the
outcome.
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15. The Matrimandir Matrix
Matrix - Merriam-Webster definition: something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form
16. Matrimandir and the Park of Unity
The names of the Gardens are: Existence, Consciousness, Bliss, Light, Life,
Power, Wealth, Utility, Progress, Youth, Harmony and Perfection.
They are also described as representing 12 Powers, manifested vibrations that
are necessary for the complete manifestation and 12 Planes of manifestation.
It must be a thing of great beauty, of such beauty that when people
come they will say “Ah this is it”… It must be an expression of
that consciousness which we are trying to bring down.
The
Mother
17.
18. Garden of Life
Power of Consciousness: All the powers of controlling and
governing the lower movements of inconscient nature
– Goodness
Garden of Power
Aesthetic Power: Beauty is a great power
– Generosity
Garden of Wealth
Wealth: True wealth is the wealth that one offers to the
Divine
– Equality
Garden of Utility
Usefulness of the New creation /Usefulness of Auroville: A
creation which aims at teaching men to surpass themselves
– Peace
19. Flowers and Their Messages
Knowledge
Is conversant with all sides of a question, whatever it may be.
20. Together we can be co-creators and allow this Grace and
Intelligence to express itself through us.
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22. Transformation Throughout The Results Chain
InputInput OutputOutput OutcomeOutcome ImpactImpact
• Experts
• Equipment
• Funds
• People
trained
• Studies
completed
• Income increased
• Jobs created
• & availed
Wellbeing of
people
Monica Sharma
Transformational Manager
Transforms Routine Activity
& tasks
Transformational Leader
Makes Principled Strategic
system shifts
Transformational Steward
Paradigm Shifter: Sustainable
& Just, Equitable
S o u r c i n g my & our w i s d o m
DesigningDesigning
ImplementingImplementing
23. “Truth of thought creates truth of vision and truth
of vision forms in us truth of being, and out of
truth of being (satyam) flows naturally truth of
emotion, will and action.”
Secret of the Veda, Sri Aurobindo