ASPIRATION FAMILY- AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
To enter into and possessed by the Divine presence and consciousness, to love the Divine for the Divine’s sake alone, to be tuned in our nature into the nature of the Divine and in our works and life to be the instrument of the Divine. Its object is not to be a great Yogi or a Superman (although that may come) or to grab at the Divine for the sake of ego’s power, pride or pleasure. It is not for mokshya though liberation comes by it and all else may come but these must not be our objects. The Divine alone is our object.

WORK OF THE COMMUNITY

• Each person can be helped to improve his inner possibility like physical, vital, mental and spiritual development.
• The Community believes that development of community is the integral development of human being.
• The Community will not interfere with the freedom of its members.
• The Community believes that every person is having his own state of consciousness, understanding and own way of going. It will give proper importance to every body’s thinking. Every thing will happen on the knowledge of all the members. It will not entertain the interference of any member.
• The prime work of the Community is to love its members in its perfection.
• The Community will try to provide the basic minimum necessities of its members such as food, cloth, shelter, good health and proper education.
• The Community will treat each human being / member as an independent entity and always try to proceed together.
• Every member shall proceed in his own way. The Community will not impose any compulsion on the members in their progress but only co-operate and guide them.
• The Community will have at least one sitting in a year and in every such meeting all members are required to give in writing their experiences and achievements which will be discussed openly. The Community strongly believes in openness among the members which is a means for knowing each other and there by one can able to know his own self.
• The Community will nourish and try to blossom the inner sense of its members like a gardener.
• The Community will not act as a watchdog.
• All members have to constantly analyse themselves, their thinking and proceed accordingly.
• No body will watch anybody. All have to work in their chosen path.
• The rules and regulations of the Community will be formed with the consent of all the members. All the rules are for the development of all the members.
• Any change in the rules can be made with the consent of all members.

GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP

• A member is required to give in writing all the details about his past with date and place of birth, names of parents, permanent address, educational qualification and future plan for education and the dreams of life.
• Proof of any educational qualification is not required.
• A member should have the inner aspiration to read and live accordingly.
• A member should have his own way of living.
• The Community can also allow the parents of a member (if they desires) as members without any condition and take care of them.
• To be a new member, one should have to accept the aims and objectives of the Community and permission of the existing members is required.
• A member should believe the essence of unity in diversity.

CONDITIONS FOR PARTING WITH THE COMMUNITY

• A member can leave the community after giving six month’s notice in writing stating the reason of his leaving to the convenor. Decision in this regard will be taken after discussion with all the members.
• A member after leaving the Community will have no claim over the movable and immovable property of the Community.
• If the Community wants to dismiss a member for violation of the rules, it has to give a six months notice before dismissal and the person has no claim over the property of the community movable or immovable.
• A member should voluntarily quit if he does not have interest to progress or co-operate in any discussion, activity or in framing of rules.

PLANNING OF THE COMMUNITY

• Plan will be made every year for the development of the community.
• Plan will be prepared only by discussions and opinion of the members. The prime needs such as food, clothing, shelter, health and education will be given priority in the planning.
• Plans will be materialised only by the consent of 2/3rd of the members.
• Always proper importance will be given towards the main aims and objectives of the community and the aims and objectives of the members at the time of planning.

FUNDS OF THE COMMUNITY

• The community shall have funds for the development of the members.
• Every member has to contribute at least two percent of his/her income.
• One treasurer will be the in-charge of this fund.
• Treasurer will be selected by at least two third of the members for a period of two years.
• In the absence of the treasurer the convenor will manage the funds.
• The treasurer will handle the fund as per the guidelines laid down in the plan.

LIBRARY OF THE COMMUNITY

• The community shall have a library for the development of educational needs of its members.
• The librarian in charge of the library shall be selected by 2/3rd of the members for a period of two years.
• Books will be procured taking into consideration the resources.
• The books and creative writings of members will be preserved in the library.

EDUCATION

• The Community will always give utmost importance on education. The Community believes that through a constant learning by the members and understanding different ideas and ideologies, one can at last finds his own way to progress spiritually.
• All the members are required to read almost all the books of the library and to give in writing their views and understandings. This is the minimum fundamental necessity for each member, which should be strictly followed.
• The members shall at the annual / half yearly meeting fix certain minimum norms for reading books, which shall be strictly followed.

CONVENOR OF THE COMMUNITY

• There shall be a convenor of the community.
• He will be selected by 2/3rd of the members for a period of one year.
• Convenor will co-ordinate among all members.

AUDIT

• The accounts of the community shall be audited every year by an auditor selected by the members.

Lastly, we can take this line of ‘The Mother’ as our motto :
“To express our Gratitude to Sri Aurobindo we can do nothing better than to be a living demonstration of his teaching.”

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