Realizing the New Creation: Revolution, Evolution, Manifestation

All-USA Meeting (AUM) 2001

Mount Alverno Retreat Center
Redwood City, California
July 20 through July 24, 2001 (Friday afternoon through noon Tuesday)

"What is indispensable in every case is the ardent will for progress, the willing and joyful renunciation of all that hampers the advance: to throw far away from oneself all that prevents one from going forward, and to set out into the unknown with the ardent faith that this is the truth of tomorrow, inevitable, which must necessarily come, which nothing, nobody, no bad will, even that of Nature, can prevent from becoming reality - perhaps of a not too distant future - a reality which is being worked out now and which those who know how to change, how not to be weighed down by old habits, will surely have the good fortune not only to see but to realize." - The Mother's Talks on Sri Aurobindo's The Supramental Manifestation Upon Earth 1957.

Just one sentence by the Mother, so characteristic of the message expressed by herself and Sri Aurobindo, is filled with complex, magnetic proposals that invite us to begin a journey into the future. AUM 2001 will be an opportunity to explore together how the present journey and future promise of Integral Yoga confront and hearten us at the same moment.

Our group exploration will take place through the presentations, activities and the very structure of AUM 2001. The group working on the conference is meeting regularly to assure that in every way possible, the AUM will bring people together in higher consciousness. This will be a participatory, interactive, dynamic meeting where you can deepen connections with others in this yoga. Anticipated presenters include:

Lynda Lester, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Guy Ryckaert, Auroville, India
Alok Pandey, Bangalore, India
Prema Nandakumar, Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, India
Arabinda Basu, Pondicherry, India

Mount Alverno Retreat Center, nestled within San Francisco Bay Area's emerald hills, has twenty-six acres of wooded surroundings, where the climate will be moderate and inviting in July. It is centrally located, about twenty minutes from both the San Francisco and San Jose airports. Children are welcome at AUM 2001; there will be special activities for children as well as accommodations designed for families. Professional child care will be available during the keynote presentations each day (total of three hours a day). We will have exclusive use of Mount Alverno during the four-day meeting.

Mount Alverno offers modest yet extremely hospitable accommodations, including an Olympic-size swimming pool, tennis/volleyball court and walking paths.

The registration cost per person per day for the meeting will be:

$100/night (private room)
$85/night (shared room)
$65/day (day use)
$25/night (children 12 or younger)

These daily rates provide pleasingly simple, yet comfortable accommodations, including vegetarian meals, afternoon tea, sleeping rooms with linens and towels, attendance at meetings and activities and all meeting materials. Local transportation costs may be additional, depending upon arrangements. Thanks to the Foundation for World Education, a limited number of scholarships will be available.

Upcoming issues of Collaboration will contain further program information and details.

For more information or to register for the AUM, please visit http://aum.collaboration.org, or contact Sri Aurobindo Association, Dept. R, Box 163237, Sacramento CA, 95816. E-mail: aum@collaboration.org.