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Aikya is a trained psychologist and is the founder of “Spirit & Nature” in Auroville.

She has always been searching for her true purpose in life – of finding oneness, consciousness and beauty – or the way of Creative Shakti.

Aikya enjoys working with children as they are still close to their heart and with people who are open to exploring new territories.

Aikya's journey of "Reconnecting with Spirit through Nature"

This page has been adapted from an article by Alan in the March 2017 edition of Auroville Today (a monthly in Auroville).

Aikya has lived in Auroville since 1995. Here she describes how her quest to understand the meaning of life led her to a deeper understanding of the natural world.

Beginnings

Beginnings

As a child, while I felt like a stranger on this earth I did have a profound experience of the infinity of the Universe. I knew that I would have to wait until I was grown up to have this mystery unraveled. I had a very normal upbringing in the north of Belgium. We had a lot of animals at home and I could relate with great joy to the simplicity and purity of animals and the natural world.
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Life Before Auroville

Life Before Auroville

When I grew up I thought psychology would give me some clues to the mystery of life but I soon discovered the answers didn’t go very far. Nevertheless, I studied it for five years. Then I decided to travel to the far East for eight months.
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Return to Auroville

Return to Auroville

By now I felt I understood a little better how to bring spirit and life together. Before coming here, I had worked as a psychologist in Belgium: I was the director of a centre for suicide prevention. We were dealing daily with existential issues. It was interesting work and I had a wonderful team.
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Reawakening Wonder

Reawakening Wonder

At that point, I felt I wanted more contact with people again, so I initiated nature projects at Deepanam School to support the sense of wonder in children. I also started the World Game (or Sandplay).
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Animal Communication

Animal Communication

The next chapter, which came as a continuation of my love for nature, came when one of my dogs was in pain. I was at a loss what to do but I knew of somebody who was doing animal communication and wrote to her. I sent a picture of my dog and she wrote back telling me that it was his time to leave and giving me some advice about how to ease his passing.
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The White Lions

The White Lions

In November 2016 I returned to South Africa for one month because I received a scholarship from the Linda Tucker Foundation (with additional support from Auroville’s MT&D programme) to participate in the 'White Lion Leadership Academy'. Here I was plunged not only into the world of animal communication but also into collective and shamanistic dreamwork, evolutionary astrology etc.
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One United Roar

One United Roar

When I returned, I spoke to the children in The Learning Community about my experience and invited them to make videos for an international Talent Challenge which Linda was organizing last August.
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Where I Am Now

Where I Am Now

Now my dream is to spread the message of 'Spirit and Nature' to children and adults in Auroville, and to continue learning from and cooperating with fellow Aurovilians who are also exploring and deepening the links between nature and spirit.
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All mandalas have been taken from the book “Mandalas of Bali – Our place in the world” by Dewa Nyoman Batuan. Dewa Nyoman Batuanis an internationally known artist whose work has been collected by both Queen Elizabeth and Ronald Reagan and continues to produce a seemingly endless symphonies of mandalas in Pengosaken, Bali