Sandplay / Sandboxes / World Game

On April 25th, Paulien of Vikas passed away in the Intensive Care Unit of the East Coast Hospital in the presence of her sister Mariette and her friend Betty.

Aikya has lived in Auroville for the past twenty two years. Here she describes how her quest to understand the meaning of life led her to a deeper understanding of the natural world.

Glimpses of Wonder – Children in Auroville Creating Worlds on Sand, describes the experiences of Aurovilian Aikya, a Belgian psychologist, working with Auroville children from The Learning Community in the World Game, a term usually described as “Sandplay Therapy.”

Two years ago, in its February 2013 issue, Auroville Today reported on the manifestation of the first three gardens of the Matrimandir. The Gardens of Existence and Consciousness were ready, and work on the Garden of Bliss would be completed by the end of the year.