An early April Fools Letter from Auroville

When I was 18 years old and travelling Australia with a buddy, I sat down to write an overdue letter to my Dad & Step-Mom Val and noticed it was April 1st (aka April Fools Day). This got me thinking about what would be the worst letter a parent could receive from their son overseas and I proceeded to write an entirely fictional account of us being at fault in a serious car accident, one of us was in hospital, money was all gone, and we wouldn't be able to leave until the law suits were settled, etc, etc. I finished off the 3 page parental nightmare by saying it was all an April Fools joke and being younger, dumber, and less caring than I am today, I chuckled an evil laugh all the way to the post box and mailed it.
To this day my Dad & Val continue to plot revenge to pass on that letter as an inspiration to any grand-children Mere & I provide.
Last week Mere & I have been staying at the world's largest intentional community called Auroville about 10kms from Pondicherry. It was founded by 2 spiritual seers, Sri Aurobindo & a French woman known as "the Mother" who helped interpret Sri Auro's rather obfuscated mystical writings and got Auroville started back in the 60's as a spritual community that will demonstrate world unity. Since then Auroville's been transformed from a barren, clearcut wasteland to the huge thriving web of farms, projects, businesses, and spiritual seekers it is today.
At the centre of Auroville is a giant Science World like dome building used for meditation (see photo below:

) that Mere & I went to.
Because John & Bibi have been my
parent-in-laws for just over a year now and they haven't seen their daughter in over 3 months, I started to speculate what would be the worst letter they could receive (and still be willing to talk to me at Xmases & family get togethers) as Bibi made reference to the place sounding a bit "cult like" to Mere.
So here's what I came up with so far...

Dear John & Bibi,
Mere & I have wonderful news! Today while meditating in the Matrimandir, the spritual soul of Auroville, we both had a vision from the Divine Mother. She spoke to both of us directly which our course leader, Asreef says is a very rare and auspicious event.
The Divine Mother said to both of us that we've been chosen to become shining spiritual lights that will guide humanity from the Dark and into the Light of her unconditional Divine Love.
As you can imagine, we're super excited about this and can't wait to begin our new roles as beacons of hope for the new world based on love, unity, non-materialism and harmony.
Since receiving our vision we haven't been able to stop talking about it with all the new friends we've made here in our free two-week long Introduction to the Divine Spirit Course (we call it the ITTDS for short). The course has been intense as sleep and time alone are strictly forbidden but we can really see it's laying the foundation for us to bring humanity back from the brink of destruction through love, unity, non-materialism and harmony.
All Mere & I need to do next is to complete surrendering all of our attachments to the old material-based world so that the Age of Divine Love can begin for us and all our loved ones. With your help we think this won't be a problem as Mere & I have already given away our entire travel fund from the wedding to Asreef and the Keepers of the Divine we've been taking the course from. We're feeling so much closer to being completely free and you wouldn't believe the levels of joy and exhiliration we've experienced from letting go.
Now we'd like you to experience the power of the Divine Mother's love for yourselves.
Since you recently sold your home in West Vancouver, Mere & I think this is a unique opportunity right now for you to shed your burden of materialism and join us in the Light.
After hearing about your financial situation,
Asreef is very keen and anxious to meet you so you can do your own ITTDS. We're sure you'll like him and all the people here as many of them are from your generation. After the 60's rather than focussing on career and family like you both did, they've been devoted to the evolution of humanity and it's spritual well-being. We're certain they can teach you as much as they've taught us. What do you think?
Since Mere & I have sold our plane ticket home, we're also hoping you can help us liquidate any of Mere's remaining assets before you fly down. We can't wait to hear what kind of vision the Divine Mother will give you too.
As we're beginning our new roles as Beacons of Light we're told to avoid the negative energy of the outside world as we accummulate more and more of the Divine Love. That means we won't be able to communicate with you until you arrive here and take the ITTDS which we promise will be the beginning of your own journey into the Divine Love of the Divine Mother.
We can't wait to see you,
In love, unity, non-materialism and harmony,
Brad & Mere