Blossom like a flower

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Welcome to Blossom like a flower, a website dedicated to present Spiritual Significance of nearly 900 flowers, given by The Mother of Sri Aurobindo ashram.

Introduction

Alphabetical List of Significances

Arrangement of Flowers in the site

Origin of Flower Significances

Questions and Answers - The Mother

Life Sketch of The Mother and Sri Aurobindo

Excerpts from the Works of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother

The Mother's work with Flowers - By Richard Pearson

Spiritual Significance of Flowers - The Mother

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Flowers bring a touch of eternity, joy and beauty which lie beyond the sorrows and cares of the human world. According to The Mother, apart from the colour, fragrance, beauty of form and texture of a flower, there is something more - an aspiration, an emanation, an aspect, a psychic giving, wordless prayers of Nature and a progress in the evolution of the Earth. All these attributes together form the spiritual significance of a flower. A conscious and intimate relationship with flowers can give an experience of communion with the Divine and awakens the true consiousness in us.

At the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, The Mother, over time, has given spiritual names to nearly nine hundred flowers revealing their deepest aspiration.

This website is dedicated to present all the significances of flowers in the light of her vision and experience.

The Spiritual Significances of Flowers:

Identifying spiritual significance of a flower is not something which can be done by the mind. Here, She has described the process:

Mother, when flowers are brought to you, how do you give them a significance?
By entering into contact with the nature of the flower, its inner truth. Then one knows what it represents.

Each flower has its special significance, hasn't it?

Not as we understand it mentally. There is a mental projection when one gives a precise meaning to a flower. It may answer, vibrate to the touch of this projection, accept the meaning, but a flower has no equivalent of the mental consciousness. In the vegetable kingdom there is a beginning of the psychic, but there is no beginning of the mental consciousness. In animals it is different; mental life begins to form and for them things have a meaning. But in flowers it is rather like the movement of a little baby - it is neither a sensation nor a feeling, but something of both; it is a spontaneous movement, a very special vibration. So, if one is in contact with it, if one feels it, one gets an impression which may be translated by a thought. That is how I have given a meaning to flowers and plants - there is a kind of identification with the vibration, a perception of the quality it represents and, little by little, through a kind of approximation (sometimes this comes suddenly, occasionally it takes time), there is a coming together of these vibrations(which are of a vital-emotional order) and the vibration of the mental thought, and if there is a sufficient harmony, one has a direct perception of what the plant may signify……
(Read more Q & A related to flowers by the Mother here)

Even though all the significances were given by The Mother, Sri Aurobindo's touch is undoubtedly felt since the spiritual significances of the flowers correspond to His incisive psychological analysis of the different planes of consciousness and parts of our being.

Growing in contact with flowers is also a part of Integral Yoga since the Mother used flowers as a help in sadhana, teaching us how to master and transform our lower nature and realise the highest possibilities that await us. Love of flowers can help us to find our own psychic being, the Divine within us.

In that spirit let’s try to realise the deepest aspiration of flowers by loving them and growing in contact with them, and we can once more say to ourselves in a more perfect and luminous sense: “Blossom like a flower.”

Arrangement of Flowers

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All the flowers in the website are arranged thematically on the basis of the Mother's flower-significances, these themes are then placed alphabetically.

A significance having multiple themes would appear under all those themes.
For example, Punica or Pomegranate flower which signifies 'Divine Love' would appear under the themes 'Divine' and 'Love'.

For each flower, the Mother's significance, her comment on the significance, the botanical name, the common name, the flower description and a photograph of the flower are presented.

Relevant quotations from the works of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother accompany many flower-significances as an aid to understanding them.

MONEY

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Money is the visible sign of a universal and this force in its manifestation on ea works on the vital and physical planes a indispensable to the fullness of the outer. In its origin and its true action it belong the Divine.
SRI AUROBINDO

Money is not meant to make money, money is meant to make the earth ready for the advent of the new creation.
THE MOTHER

Money belongs to the one who spends it; that is an absolute law. You may pile up money, but it doesn't belong to you until you spend it. Then you have the merit, tl glory, the joy, the pleasure of spending it! . .. Money is not meant to generate money: money should generate an increase in production, an improvement in the conditions of life and a progress in human consciousness. That is its true use. What I call an improvement in consciousness, a progress in consciousness, is everything th; education in all its forms can provide ... from the education of the body, the most material progress, to spiritual education an, progress through yoga - the whole spectrum everything that leads humanity towards its future realisation. Money should be used tc increase that and to increase the material base for the earth's progress.
THE MOTHER

Greed for Money
The surest way to diminish one’s consciousness and narrow one’s nature.

Ochna kirkii
Bird’s-eye bush, Mickey Mouse plant
Small glossy jet black oval fruits that protrude from waxy red sepals; borne in short panicles. A decorative woody shrub with narrow leathery leaves and delicate evanescent yellow flowers.

Photo Courtesy: Jen64

Photo Courtesy: Allan Henderson

IDEALISM

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Idealism
Delicate and harmonious, it gives elegance to life.

Centaurea cyanus
Cornflower, Blue-bottle, Bachelor's button
Small soft mildly fragrant semi-double compositae flowers composed of tiny tubular frilled ray florets in blue, purple, pink and white; borne singly. A slender annual herb with greyish cottony hairs on leaves.

Photo Courtesy:böhringer friedrich

Ideal of the New Creation (Ideal of Auroville)
The ideal should be progressive so that it can be realised in the future.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Chinese hibiscus, Hawaiian hibiscus, Rose- of-China
Medium-sized single cup-shaped flower with delicately or heavily crinkled petals of violet mauve with nearly white edges and an intense pale mauve or violet centre.

Photo courtesy: Dinesh Valke

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LIBERATION

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Liberation signifies an emergence into the true spiritual nature of being where all action is the automatic self-expression of that truth and there can be nothing else.
SRI AUROBINDO

Deep, intense, convincing, common to all who have overstepped a certain limit of the active mind-belt into the horizonless inner space, this is the great experience of liberation, the consciousness of something within us that is behind and outside of the universe and all its forms, interests, aims, events and happenings, calm, untouched, unconcerned, illimitable, immobile, free....
SRI AUROBINDO

In the spiritual order of things, the higher we project our view and our aspiration, the greater the Truth that seeks to descend upon us, because it is already there within us and calls for its release from
By physical liberation (liberation from Karma) one becomes the master of his destiny.
By vital liberation (liberation from desires) the personal will gets identified with the Divine Will.
By emotional liberation (liberation from suffering) one realises the supramental unity.
By mental liberation (liberation from ignorance) one obtains the mind of light and the gnostic consciousness.
THE MOTHER

The sense of release as if from jail always accompanies the emergence of the psychic being or the realisation of the self above. It is therefore spoken of as a liberation, mukti. It is a release into peace, happiness, the soul's freedom not tied down by the thousand ties and cares of the outward ignorant existence.
SRI AUROBINDO

Liberation
The disappearance of the ego.

Careya arborea
Large cream white flower with numerous red-tipped stamens. A conspicuous deciduous forest tree with large leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Himanshu Sarpotdar

Liberation in the Vital
Another result of conversion

Berrya cordifolia [Berrya ammonilla]
Small greenish brown papery six-winged seeds borne in large erect racemes above the leaves. A medium to large tree with tiny white flowers.

Photo Courtesy and Copyright: Sriaurobindoashram.com

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The Mother’s work with flowers by Richard Pearson

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Richard Pearson is the editor of the book “Flowers and their messages”, the first book published by the ashram on spiritual significance of flowers.

In the article posted here, Richard shares his experiences of his association with The Mother, how significances of flowers started to evolve and about the work that underwent in bringing out the book "Flowers and Their Messages" under the guidance of the Mother.

This article was first published in the Collaboration journal (Aug 2009). A somewhat different version of this article originally appeared in the book 'The Golden Path', by Anie Nunnally.
I am very thankful to Richard and Larry Seidlitz, editor of Collaboration for letting me reproduce the essay here.

About Richard Pearson:
Richard was born in the north of England on 1 November 1934, in a Yorkshire town called Shepley. He was just eleven years old when he first came to the Sri Aurobindo Ashram with his father in 1946. He started to live in the ashram from then and studied in the ashram school. For his higher studies, he did not leave the ashram upon Mother’s words but studied Botany in the ashram library. Later he served as a teacher in the Ashram school and as captain in the Physical education department. Today, he lives in the ashram and continues to offer his life in service to the Mother.
You can read more about him on the Collaboration website here.

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The Mother’s work with flowers - by Richard Pearson

To see her was a summons to adore.
—Sri Aurobindo, Savitri

When I first came to the Ashram what used to strike me most when we went “up” and entered one by one—whether department head or us children—was the array of flowers of all kinds arranged in trays or in vases on a shelf at the entrance of the Salon. The Mother would receive us just inside the open door at the top of the staircase that led from the Meditation Hall. This door is just opposite the door that sadhaks and visitors use nowadays for Darshan or to go to Sri Aurobindo’s Room.
And we could hear, while still standing on the steps waiting our turn to meet Her, “Lakshmi, give me ‘Victory!’ Lakshmi give me that flower!”
When we were in Her Presence, She would often choose a flower from a tray held for Her by Lakshmi, the “Queen of Roses” as the Mother called her—often not even looking at the tray but picking the flower while smiling and looking intently into our eyes . . . deep, so very deep!

Sri Aurobindo has reportedly written that “There are three ways of blessing of the Mother: by sight, by touch and through flowers. And it is through flowers that Her blessings are most effective.”

I don’t know what my friends would do with the flower She gave, but I would take it straight home and put it in a small bottle. Vases were less common in those days and if we did get a beautiful one from someone we would prefer to offer it to Her on our birthday with a flower of our choice.

It was a game I played with these flowers to kee them fresh as long as possible. It’s a past-time I still enjoy as it is both rewarding and often deeply instructive, rather indicative of my own aspiration or lack of loving understanding.

This was my first introduction to flowers; we received, besides ‘Victory’ (Allamanda), ‘Divine Solicitude’ (Malvaviscus drummondii) and even quite often ‘The Divine Presence’ (Rhoeo: Moses in the Cradle).

However, the most usual flower She gave at the morning blessings was the Champak: ‘Psychological Perfection.’ I believe also during ‘Children’s Darshan’ at around noon (nothing was really fixed, it depended on the Mother’s work), she would give either this flower or a little tomato or a toffee. She would give or throw to each of us children and the few teachers crowding in the Darshan Room. The inner Darshan door and both doors to Sri Aurobindo’s would be corridor closed, of course. During special Puja days She would quite often give the flower ‘Victory.’

For those familiar with the endless variety of Frangipani’s, I must specify that in those days the commonest flower was the small white one with the yellow center. We did receive too the white one with long separate or rounded petals on occasion (Plumeria obtusa), respectively ‘Integral Psychological Perfection’ and ‘Perfect Psychological Perfection.’

Since this flower is so important ‘psychologically,’ I will return at this point to a moment in time when I was not physically present. In 1929-30, She played flower games with a few sadhaks, who—like Nolini, Sethna, Amrita, Pavitra, and Champaklal, of course—were often upstairs working with Her. She would gather a few flowers in Her hand and ask each disciple to make a meaningful sentence using the significances She had given (in English in those days). The 100 odd such sentences recorded by Champaklal, that ever faithful and meticulously careful disciple who respected every little thing used by the Mother or Sri Aurobindo and even preserved the Lord’s loose hair and nail clippings. Those flowers, listed not as names but as aids, guide-posts, indications of the paths, promises of the goal, show that the Mother’s work with flowers was already a “fait accompli,” an accomplished fact, soon after She took charge of the Ashram after 24 November 1926.

Here are two such flower messages: “Divine Solicitude is supporting you in the Disinterested Work through which you will attain Transformation. 23.9.1929,” and “Love the Victor will manifest when there will be established through the five-fold Psychological Perfection [this flower has five petals] the Love of the Physical Being for the Divine—and when through Loving Consecration [the earlier name for what She later called “Radha’s Consciousness”] there will be a complete Faithfulness to the Divine.” [There is noted below this message: “Five-fold psychological perfection: Sincerity, faith, devotion, aspiration, surrender.]

Much later, in fact, 30 years or more, when talking to the children (in French) about this flower, She described at length how sincerity (She put that first) was really a form of transparency, faith a manifestation of trust in the Divine, gratitude a true expression of devotion, aspiration the ardent symbol of courage, and perseverance the material form of endurance. And as you notice endurance and perseverance have come into the psychological perfection, what about Surrender? Well, when summing up in that talk, She says “Sri Aurobindo has said that surrender is the first and absolute condition of doing the yoga. So . . . this is not just one of the necessary qualities, it is the first condition . . . To do the Integral Yoga one must first resolve to surrender entirely to the Divine; there is no other way, this is the way. But after that one must have the five psychological virtues, five psychological perfections.”

Where did the first 100 flowers named by Mother come from in those early days?
According to what I heard from my friend Jyotin-da, Mother was so fond of flowers that the old maxim of “beg, borrow or steal” was the method used to procure flowers for Mother to distribute! So with hurricane lantern, a stick and basket in hand, and a pair of nimble legs to climb over walls and run away when espied, our would-be gardeners went out by night or very early morning. Perhaps in those days of rigorous sadhana when you could not go for a walk or visit another sadhak without the Mother’s express permission the end justified the means. But when during one such “sortie” a sadhak who was not quick enough to jump the fence was caught and even put behind bars for the offence, the Mother decided that the time had come to develop gardens and gardening. One of the first gardens—Maret Garden—was called “Atul’s Garden” by the sadhaks for Atul, the very same person who went to prison, and who was put in charge! Those were the days when houses or gardens could be haunted by spirits up to some mischief. So dear Atul-da himself had to deal with some not-so-pleasant intruders! Incidentally, part of this garden had been used earlier by the washer people who had built several large tanks and an elaborate water drainage system. When filled with soil they have truly proved till this day to be very effective for growing annuals and even water plants.

After a few years, the town-people too really came to know of the Mother’s magical ways . . . of forcing “matter to express the spirit.” Once She had decided that flowers would be grown in our gardens, She encouraged gardeners to try out all sorts of new varieties of flowers and vegetables to the extent that when a flower and vegetable show was arranged at the Botanical Garden, the flowers and plants displayed by the Ashram created an overwhelming presence of beauty and joyous peace: the beauty and bliss and peace of the Divine Mother’s Grace!

Let us trace briefly at this point the Mother’s visible identification with Nature and with flowers. Even as a child She had experiences of the physical restoration of energy by the contact with Nature, which She described as occurring when lying flat on the grass in the woods. In Japan, after the intense years of inner growth and searching for unification and one-pointed surrender—as Her Prayers and Meditations amply and beautifully describe—we find from the beginning of 1917 how in that land of beauty and austere simplicity (she has said “there is a great beauty in simplicity”), the seeds of the New World were already sown. She wrote how the cherry tree revealed its “current of azure force” and She became one with the tree that is one with all. She experienced the cherry blossoms radiating their divine presence and self-giving. The Mother’s heart burst forth in exaltation as she wrote:

March 31, 1917*
EACH time that a heart leaps at the touch of Thy divine breath, a little more beauty seems to be born upon the Earth, the air is embalmed with a sweet perfume, all becomes more friendly.
How great is Thy power, O Lord of all existences, that an atom of Thy joy is sufficient to efface so much darkness, so many sorrows and a single ray of Thy glory can light up thus the dullest pebble, illumine the blackest consciousness!
Thou hast heaped Thy favours upon me, Thou hast unveiled to me many secrets, Thou hast made me taste many unexpected and unhoped for joys, but no grace of Thine can be equal to this Thou grantest to me when a heart leaps at the touch of Thy divine breath. At these blessed hours all earth sings a hymn of gladness, the grasses shudder with pleasure, the air is vibrant with light, the trees lift towards heaven their most ardent prayer, the chant of the birds becomes a canticle, the waves of the sea billow with love, the smile of children tells of the infinite and the souls of men appear in their eyes.
Tell me, wilt Thou grant me the marvellous power to give birth to this dawn in expectant hearts, to awaken the consciousness of men to Thy sublime presence, and in this bare and sorrowful world awaken a little of Thy true Paradise? What happiness, what riches, what terrestrial powers can equal this wonderful gift!
O Lord, never have I implored Thee in vain, for that which speaks to Thee is Thyself in me.
Drop by drop Thou allowest to fall in a fertilising rain the living and redeeming flame of Thy almighty love. When these drops of eternal light descend softly on our world of obscure ignorance, one would say a rain upon earth of golden stars one by one from a sombre firmament.
All kneels in mute devotion before this ever-renewed miracle.
(Prayers and Meditations, 31 March 1917)

This is the feeling one felt when the Mother gave flowers on our birthday, the most special day—individually speaking—in the year! We saw Her several times that day, and each time we would receive a special bouquet or a flower or a garland and Her smile and Her Presence.

Most memorable perhaps—for how can one compare Beauty to Beauty,—was the simple meeting at night upstairs after the Blessings in the Meditation Hall. Her whiteness equaled by—rather matching—the Jasmine garland She held in Her hand! One was quite overwhelmed with fragrance and perfume, with sweetness, with Grace!

Flowers bring with them the smile of the Divine.
- The Mother

I grew up with Baudet, the donkey, Beauty the dog, and with Jalad-da, a simple, reserved yet lovable and dynamic dairyman. He took me out with him on his bullock cart (the trotting kind of bullock loathe to start yet really fast when returning home!). I wandered in the mornings in gardens or spent time with the gardeners: Jyotin-da, whose day began at three in the morning and who still used to write a line or two of poetry when he awoke at night!; with Parichand-da who never refused me anything I asked and who spent his free time reading Savitri or The Life Divine aloud to himself (This at a time when perhaps only a handful realised the infinity and the sublimity of this epic). There there was Jibon-da, Jyotin-da’s own student in the early days, who carried on his work at the Flower Room and who told me most of the flower names.

Yes, the Flower Room! It was once upon a time in the little store-room now used by the School near the Soup Table. It was here that my flower schooling began. I would just stand around as the flowers—in baskets covered with leaves and maybe a damp cloth and tied in neat bundles collected from the previous evening or early that day—would be taken out and arranged. Bouquets would be made for birthdays; special flowers would be carefully laid out in large brass trays to take to the Mother for Her to distribute. All this would be done on the floor. Jyotin-da, moving around and back and forth to the Ashram, Jibon-da squatting on a very low stool with his wooden sandals high enough to keep his feet dry. It was cool and refreshing and fragrant too. So I would ask, “What is this flower? What is that?” And so on, picking up slowly the name She gave.

Many were the stories Jyotin-da would tell. Let me tell this one since it was one that baffled him as he tried to fathom the Mother’s ways with her children.

He told me of a flower I had not seen though I knew the tree. It was in fact ‘Jerusalem Thorn’ (Parkinsonia aculeata) though I saw the formidable thorns only later. He had taken it several times to the Mother when he saw it bloom, near the Lake, I believe, but she had not given it any significance. It seems others had tried asking her too, but in vain. Now, it was during the very early days of Auroville even before the inaugural ceremony, I think, and there was young girl in her teens who had come to the Mother on her birthday and had brought these flowers and feathery leaves to her.

I was told that the Mother smiled as she took the flowers and exclaimed: “Oh, This is Lightness!” This girl, with lovely blond hair flowing over her shoulders, was studying to be a ballet dancer!

This reminds me of what Pavitra once asked me when I was enthusiastically trying to persuade him to ask the Mother about a particular significance: “Do you think the Mother gives the name for the flower, or for us?” At that moment I truly believed she gave names to flowers. But over the years and by the effect of experiences and such stories as I have just recounted, I really feel that it is both terrestrial and an individual gift of the Mother Divine!

The other two gardeners whom I came into contact with was first Nirmal-da, who grew both vegetables and flowers—vegetables for the Mother’s kitchen, flower plants for different houses as well as for the Library. When I was young, I could never understand one of his quaint habits: he would go at night to look at his plants and just stand by the flower or vegetable beds. Much later I fully sensed the contact he was experiencing, more tangible at night than by day!

Now I must tell something of Lakshmi. As in some fairy-tales we are told of a beautiful garden surrounded by a wall, such was the impression of Lakshmi’s garden. The door was always well shut, whether she was in or at the Ashram attending on the Mother when She gave flowers. But the flowering trees and shrubs grew a foot and a half apart and spread over the wall giving the most wonderful sight and fragrance—Queen of Roses she was indeed—for in that small garden, roses—all in pots, packed to the rim and with only as much place on the pathways for Lakshmi or her servant to pass between. Nobody visited her, she went nowhere except to the Ashram for the Mother, besides she had a little black Terrier, a dog who barked fiercely if you even came near the door!

Of course, I wanted to see inside but the first few times I asked her she closed the door in my face! Besides, I would never ask her on the road since she was either in a hurry to go to the Mother or in a hurry to go back to see her plants.

Little by little I won her confidence, but she would even after letting me in say: “What is there to see? All roses are gone!” (she meant upstairs to the Mother).

With the children who arrived with their parents after 1939, little by little a new energy was present in the Ashram. One of the first things the Mother did was to use the French name for flowers when talking with the few children who had now settled. By 1943 when the Ashram School officially opened, French became the language of instruction, as Mother would speak in French.

The greetings of Bonjour! and Bonne Fete! have defied time and space and even now from that a beautiful bond unites us with Her. Incidentally, Bon Anniversaire or Joyeux Anniversaire is the usual French expression, but She preferred the short and sweet form.

It must be mentioned that the Mother encouraged all forms of art and handiwork—embroidery, painting, carpentry, leather work—all means of expressing beauty by consecrated service and work; consciousness obliging matter to obey the spirit! It may also be noted that there were only a handful of ashram artists in the beginning: Anil-Kumar, Jayantilal, Krishnalal, and Sanjivan; but young and old alike would take things for her to offer on their birthdays.

In 1952, I wrote my last letter in English to the Mother and she replied (in English) to my question of whether I could go for further studies in Botany to England. Her reply indicated that whereas I would find England satisfying intellectually, I would not find the kind of spiritual atmosphere present in the Ashram, and that to move out of this atmosphere would be a great risk for me of losing what I had gained.

In 1953, Le Role des Fleurs was published, written by Lizelle Raymond, in which she collected 656 flowers and wrote the most beautiful introduction! This and the card indexes in four beautiful wooden boxes were my “treasure” with which in 1956 I began a small section of Natural History downstairs in the “Laboratoire” (of Physics and Chemistry). This is where I looked after wounded birds, baby squirrels, and took charge of a few boys who liked to come round and make things for the Mother on their birthdays!

When I saw the book I found some mistakes in the botanical names and in the significances. I wrote to the Mother asking if I could work on a flower book that would contain all the names Mother had given. Mother said “Yes, this could be done.” This development began the new classification for the book Flowers and Their Messages, but was not completed until 1973. During this work, Pavitra sent messages to the Mother for me. He was another of my mentors. When I went to his room, as soon as I entered, I would feel that I was in the Mother’s room, so strong was her Force. In his presence I would feel the Presence of the Mother.

In 1964 began my life with Kailas and soon after began the daily offering of a plate of flowers to the Mother and her blessing of flowers to us: a larger plate for Kailas and a smaller saucer for me. We would send flowers covered with a beautiful cloth. In the Indian tradition, when flowers are given to the guru, they should not be seen, touched nor smelled by anyone else. I used to press all the flowers she sent to us. The last flowers the Mother sent to me were a garland of ‘Devotion.’

"When I give them [flowers] I give you states of consciouness."
- The Mother

The work on flowering plants started with great vigour with the first gardens of Auroville when Richard Eggenberger (later named Narad by the Mother) started the Nursery for the Matrimandir. After 1968, he collected many new varieties and built up the first of the Auroville gardens.

Incidentally, there was a period even before the inauguruation of Auroville in 1968 when the Mother would give ‘Godhead,’ a cream-colored, single Hawiian hibiscus. After ‘Godhead,’ which she first called Auroville’s flower, she preferred to give another flower, ‘Beauty of Supramental Love,’ for those working in Auroville. She told me that the color of this flower was similar to the rich red of the soil of Auroville.

Later, other hibiscus flowers would come from the Nursery for the Mother and would be left at the Reception. Kailas and I would go and make a rough sketch, or if possible, paint these flowers before they went upstairs. Many hibiscus (17 to be exact) were given names for Auroville, such as ‘The Success of Auroville,’ ‘The Firmness of Auroville,’ ‘The Concentration of Auroville,’ etc.

When the ideas for the 12 gardens were being worked out by the Mother with Roger, I believe the Mother called me asking to bring them as many hibiscus flowers as I could. I believe I went on Tuesdays at 3 o’clock. Narad helped me. At the first meeting She explained that She wanted to choose a flower (hibiscus) for each of the 12 gardens: “We will choose…” mark her words. I was surprised. She knew everything I told her; but She smiled and said She had forgotten! I was touched at her modesty.

I must say that the biggest gift from the Mother for this work on flowers was the commentaries that she gave on the various flowers for the book Flowers and their Messages. The Mother would work on about five flowers a day at a fixed time. She gave them orally and they were checked the following day by Tara. These commentaries were done in 1970 and 1971, and were translated by Tehmi into English. Narad would come in the evening all the way from Auroville to help in the preparation of the book for the press. This was one of the early publications from Auropress. And now, after several editions since the first one in 1973, we prepare for a revised, rather enlarged edition. We are not only continuing to unfold and share more of the Mother’s work with flowers, but also we seek her help to contact that source of well-being natural to the flowers’ own state of receptivity with the feeling that this language of flowers is a totally new and deeply psychological experience. For it is certain that the Mother put a special force in each flower that she gave us and all depended on how receptive we were to that Action.

Answering with the flowers’ answer to the Sun
They gave themselves to her and asked no more.
—Sri Aurobindo, in Savitri

NEW CREATION

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There are people who love adventure. It is these I call, and I tell them this: "I invite you to the great adventure."
It is not a question of repeating spiritually what others have done before us, for our adventure begins beyond that. It is a question of a new creation, entirely new, with all the unforeseen events, the risks, the hazards it entails — a real adventure whose goal is certain victory, but whose road is unknown and must be traced out step by step in the unexplored. Something that has never been in this present universe and that will never again be in the same way. If that interests you . . . well, let us embark. What will happen to you tomorrow, I don't know.
THE MOTHER

The only creation for which there is any place here is the supramental, the bringing of the divine Truth down on the earth, not only into the mind and vital but into the body and into Matter. . . . We are here to do what the Divine wills and to create a world in which the Divine Will can manifest its truth no longer deformed by human ignorance or perverted and mistranslated by vital desire. The work which the sadhak of the supramental yoga has to do is not his own work for which he can lay down his own conditions, but the work of the Divine which he has to do according to the conditions laid down by the Divine. Our yoga is not for our own sake but for the sake of the Divine.
SRI AUROBINDO

For centuries and centuries humanity has waited for this time. It has come. But it is difficult. I don't simply tell you we are here upon earth to rest and enjoy ourselves — now is not the time for that. We are here ... to prepare the way for the new creation.
You must strive, you must conquer all your weaknesses and limitations; above all you must tell your ego: "Your time is over." We want a race that has no ego, that has in place of the ego the Divine Consciousness. That is what we want: the Divine Consciousness which will enable the race to develop itself and the supramental being to take birth.
THE MOTHER

New Creation
Strong, lasting and fragrant, it rises straight towards the sky.

Polianthes tuberosa
Tuberose
Highly fragrant medium-sized tubular white flower with six separated lobes; borne in long spikelike racemes. A bulbous perennial herb with narrow fleshy basal leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Sriaurobindoashram.com

Perfect New Creation
Clustered, manifold and complete, it asserts its right to be.

Polianthes tuberosa
Tuberose
Highly fragrant medium-sized tubular double white flower with six separated lobes; borne in long spikelike racemes. A bulbous perennial herb with narrow fleshy basal leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Nipplerings72

Beauty of the New Creation (Beauty of Auroville)
The new creation strives to better manifest the Divine.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis 'Debbie Ann'
Chinese hibiscus, Hawaiian hibiscus, Rose- of-China
Large single crimson pink flower with soft heavily crinkled petals that shade to pale pink on the edges and a dark red centre.

Blossoming of the New Creation (Blossoming of Auroville)
The more we concentrate on the goal, the more it blossoms forth and becomes precise.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Chinese hibiscus, Hawaiian hibiscus, Rose-of-China
Large semi-double flower of the cup-and-saucer type with rounded outer petals and a tufted centre, in bright orange or bright yellow with a fire red centre.

Photo Courtesy: RogerR00

Charm of the New Creation (Charm of Auroville)
The New Creation is attractive to all those who want to progress.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Chinese hibiscus, Hawaiian hibiscus, Rose- of-China
Large single light pink flower with crinkled petals and a centre that varies from white through dark pink.

Photo Courtesy: Bret Annet

Concentration of the New Creation (Concentration of Auroville)
Concentration on a precise goal is helpful to development.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Chinese hibiscus, Hawaiian hibiscus, Rose- of-China
Medium-sized single cup-shaped flower with thick crinkled yellow petals with orange blotches and red orange at the edges, and a light yellow centre.

Picture not available.

Firmness of the New Creation (Firmness of Auroville)
The new creation wants to be steadfast in its manifestation.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Chinese hibiscus, Hawaiian hibiscus, Rose- of-China

Large single yellow flower intricately veined with orange, the small veins gradually fading to yellow, with a striking deep red or bright pink pinwheel centre and a radiating pink aura.
Another form is a large single yellow flower speckled orange with orange on the edge of each petal and a large tricoloured pinwheel centre that is bright red shading to grey lavender, then to rose; the mature flower loses its orange colour and turns solid golden yellow while the centre remains the same.

Photo Courtesy: 3sth3r

Photo courtesy: Dinesh Valke

Manifold Power of the New Creation (Manifold power of Auroville)
The new creation will be rich in possibilities.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis 'Splash'
Chinese hibiscus, Hawaiian hibiscus, Rose- of-China
Medium to large single bright red or orange red flowers with firm thick velvety petals splashed with white as if with irregular brush-strokes; the edges of the petals shaded cream yellow to light gold.

Photo Courtesy: Sriaurobindoashram.com

Progress of the New Creation (Progress of Auroville)
Each must find the activity favourable to his progress.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Chinese hibiscus, Hawaiian hibiscus, Rose- of-China
Sturdy medium-sized single cup-shaped flower with a frilled yellow border and a firelike reddish orange centre that radiates out over much of the petals.

Photo Courtesy: Sriaurobindoashram.com

Realisation of the New Creation (Realisation of Auroville)
It is for this that we must prepare.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis 'Vasco'
Chinese hibiscus, Hawaiian hibiscus, Rose- of-China

Large single lemon yellow flower with a white centre.
Another form is a large bright yellow flower with a white centre tinged pink.

Photo Courtesy: Nemo's great uncle

Photo Courtesy: Bill and Mavis

Usefulness of the New creation (Usefulness of Auroville)
A creation which aims at teaching men to surpass themselves.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Chinese hibiscus, Hawaiian hibiscus, Rose- of-China
Medium to large solid single deep pink flower with flat rounded petals and a reddish pink center.

Photo courtesy: Mira

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POWER

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Power means strength and force, Shakti, which enables one to face all that can happen and to stand and overcome, also to carry out what the Divine Will proposes. It can include many things, power over men, events, circumstances, means etc. But all this not of the mental or vital kind, but by an action through unity of consciousness with the Divine and with all things and all beings. It is not an individual-strength depending on certain personal capacities, but the Divine Power using the individual as an instrument.
SRI AUROBINDO

Force is the essential Shakti; Energy is the working drive of the Force, its active dynamism; Power is the capacity born of the Force; Strength is energy consolidated and stored in the Adhar.
SRI AUROBINDO

All the planes have their own power, beauty, some kind of perfection realised even among their imperfections; God is everywhere in some power of Himself though not everywhere in His full power, and even if His face does not appear, the rays and glories from it do fall upon things and beings through the veil and bring something of what we call perfect and absolute.
SRI AUROBINDO

Individual Power
Limited in its capacity and action.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis ‘Viceroy’
Chinese hibiscus, Hawaiian hibiscus, Rose- of-China
Small single intense magenta flower.

Photo Courtesy: Marcel Burkhard

Enlightened Individual Power
Limited in its action, but of a very high capacity.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Chinese hibiscus, Hawaiian hibiscus, Rose- of-China
Small single coral pink flower with deeper pink veins and an intense red centre; the backs of the petals are edged in cream.

Photo Courtesy: Char1iej

Power of the Psychic Consciousness
Psychic power organises the activities of the nature to make them progress.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Chinese hibiscus, Hawaiian hibiscus, Rose- of-China
Medium to large double bright rose pink flower with ruffled petals and a deep red centre.

Photo Courtesy: Forest & Kim Starr

Psychic Power in Existence
Manifold, imperious, irresistible in its understanding sweetness.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Chinese hibiscus, Hawaiian hibiscus, Rose- of-China

Medium-sized single light pink flower that has slightly separated petals with wavy edges and a small deep red centre surrounded by a light red aura.
Second form is a medium-sized single pink pendulous flower that has widely separated petals with deeply scalloped edges and a deep red centre; the leaves are three-lobed.
A third form is a medium-sized single lilac pink flower with more deeply shaded veins and centre, and slightly separated petals having one edge striped with white on the reverse.

Photo Courtesy: Blue dolphin Stephania

Photo Courtesy: Foot Slogger

Photo Courtesy: Anna Lech

Mentalised Power
Power becomes utilisable.

Abelmoschus esculentus
Okra, gumbo, lady’s finger
Medium-sized bright lemon yellow rotate flower with five soft overlapping petals, a dark red centre and prominent dark red stigmas; borne singly. A common garden vegetable in warm climates.

Picture Courtesy:Banjos9090

Also
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Viceroy
Chinese hibiscus, Hawaiian hibiscus, Rose- of-China
Small, medium or large single lemon yellow flowers with strikingly contrasting bright red or maroon centre.

Photo Courtesy: Jaide1202

Power in the Converted Mind
When the mind turns towards the Divine it becomes a powerful instrument.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Viceroy
Chinese hibiscus, Hawaiian hibiscus, Rose- of-China
Large single bright ochre yellow flower with crinkled petals.

Photo Courtesy: JIGGS IMAGES

Power in the Higher Vital
Power that wants to be at the service of the Divine.

Hibiscus syriacus
Rose of Sharon, Althaea, Shrub althaea
Medium-sized single funnel-shaped lavender flower changing to blue, with a magenta centre and white anthers.

Photo Courtesy: Van Swearingen

Sweetness of Power Surrendered to the Divine (Sweetness of Auroville)
Sweetness itself becomes powerful when it is at the service of the Divine.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Chinese hibiscus, Hawaiian hibiscus, Rose- of-China
Large single light gold to apricot yellow flower with crinkled petals and a striking white to light pink pinwheel centre.

Photo Courtesy: Gaeti

Light of the Purified Power
Irresistibly simple in its power consecrated solely to the Divine.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis 'Waimaea'
Chinese hibiscus, Hawaiian hibiscus, Rose-of-China
Medium to large mildly fragrant single flower with long slender milk white petals that are separated and recurved, and bright orange anthers.

Photo Courtesy: yumievriwa

Power of Integral Purity
The power of accepting only the Divine influence.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Chinese hibiscus, Hawaiian hibiscus, Rose- of-China

Small or large single white flower with long separated petals and a bright red or vermilion centre.
Another form is also white with long separated petals but is medium-sized and has a bright red pinwheel centre.

Photo Courtesy: Rutthenut

Photo Courtesy: Athena1970

Power of Harmony
Simple, noble, dignified, powerful and charming.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Chinese hibiscus, Hawaiian hibiscus, Rose- of-China
Medium to large single flowers with bright golden yellow or light yellow petals, either crinkled or smooth, and a centre that may be pink, light or deep red, or light orange.

Photo Courtesy: Nemo's great uncle

Aesthetic Power
Beauty is a great power.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Chinese hibiscus, Hawaiian hibiscus, Rose- of-China

Large single reddish pink flower with a dark red centre and smooth separated petals, each petal splashed with white on one lower edge.
Another form is smaller.

Photo Courtesy: Mamun2a

Dynamic Power
Indispensable for progress.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Chinese hibiscus, Hawaiian hibiscus, Rose- of-China
Medium-sized single flowers in shades ranging from light to medium red, petals separate recurved with toothed edges.

Photo Courtesy: B.navez

Controlled Power
(No Comment)

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Chinese hibiscus, Hawaiian hibiscus, Rose- of-China
Medium-sized semi-double grey lavender with deeper shading on the outer petals and stigmas.

Photo Courtesy: Swami stream

Power of Action
The power resulting from true surrender to the Divine.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Chinese hibiscus, Hawaiian hibiscus, Rose- of-China
Medium-sized single bright cardinal red flower with firm petals, with or without reddish-purple centre

Photo Courtesy: bdonald

Power of Consciousness
All the powers of controlling and governing the lower movements of inconscient nature.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Chinese hibiscus, Hawaiian hibiscus, Rose- of-China
Double flowers in all sizes with colours that range from raspberry pink through red to crimson.

Photo Courtesy: Dinesh Valke

Power of Perseverance (Continued Perseverance and Action)
The perseverance that overcomes all obstacles.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Chinese hibiscus, Hawaiian hibiscus, Rose- of-China
Large single orange to red orange flower often tinged rose at the edges of the smooth or slightly crinkled petals and a deep red centre

Photo Courtesy: Tk_yeoh

Power of Effort (Effort of Auroville)
Efforts well-directed break down all obstacles.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Chinese hibiscus, Hawaiian hibiscus, Rose- of-China
Large single grey lavender to deep lavender with delicate petals and a magenta purple centre.

Photo Courtesy: Swami Stream

Power of Progress
Power is the sign of the Divine influence in creation.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Chinese hibiscus, Hawaiian hibiscus, Rose- of-China

Large single pink to light red or reddish orange flowers with smooth petals that are often crimson pink at the edges and a white centre shading to lavender pink.
Another form is pinkish orange with a white centre.

Photo Courtesy: Sriaurobindoashram.org

Power to Progress
Precious because of it is rare, it must be cultivated with care.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis 'Sweetheart'
Chinese hibiscus, Hawaiian hibiscus, Rose- of-China
Small to medium-sized single cream white flower with a large prominent deep pink centre and veins which extend towards the edges of the petals, and orange stigma pads.

Photo Courtesy: knithink

Power of Success (Success of Auroville)
The power of those who know how to continue their effort.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Chinese hibiscus, Hawaiian hibiscus, Rose- of-China
Large single cream white flower with crinkled petals and a deep rose pink or magenta pinwheel centre.

Photo Courtesy: Forest & Kim Starr

Power of Realisation
With realisation all obstacles will be overcome.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Chinese hibiscus, Hawaiian hibiscus, Rose- of-China

Large sturdy single bright orange red flower with firm crinkled petals.
Another form is a medium to large single flower with slightly recurved reddish orange petals with yellow orange beginning at the edges and gradually spreading towards the centre as the flower ages, and a grey lavender centre shading to deep lavender pink.

Photo Courtesy: Nemo's great uncle

Power of the Future
To be capable of working for the future.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis 'Comet'
Chinese hibiscus, Hawaiian hibiscus, Rose-of-China
Large striking single deep red or deep magenta flower with a satiny sheen.

Photo Courtesy: Bitter girl

Power in Service of the Future
Without haste, but sure of its success.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Chinese hibiscus, Hawaiian hibiscus, Rose-of-China
Very large single bright magenta flower with firm crinkled slightly recurved petals.

Photo not available.

Power of the Supramental Consciousness
Organising and active, irresistible in its influence.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis 'Rukmini'
Chinese hibiscus, Hawaiian hibiscus, Rose- of-China

Medium to large double flower in deep gold shading to apricot with a red or deep orange centre.
Another form is a medium to large double golden orange flower suffused with deeper orange towards the centre, often with a deep red centre.

Photo Courtesy: Forest & Kim Starr

Photo Courtesy: Snr.coconut

Effective Power of the Supermind
All-powerful, it imposes itself on all in the certitude of its knowledge.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Chinese hibiscus, Hawaiian hibiscus, Rose- of-China
Large single open cup-shaped flower with a large deep pink centre shading to light orange towards the outer edges of the petals.

Manifold Power of the New Creation (Manifold Power of Auroville)
The new creation will be rich in possibilities.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis 'Splash'
Chinese hibiscus, Hawaiian hibiscus, Rose- of-China
Medium to large single bright red or orange red flowers with firm thick velvety petals splashed with white as if with irregular brush-strokes; the edges of the petals shaded cream yellow to light gold.

Photo Courtesy: Sriaurobindoashram.com

Power of Spiritual Beauty (Spiritual beauty of Auroville)
Spiritual beauty has a contagious power.

Hibiscus Hawaiian
Medium-sized or large single salmon-orange to golden-yellow flower with soft crinkled petals, deep magenta centre and silver-white aura.

Photo Courtesy: Mark Aurel

Material Power to Heal
Demands a great sincerity in one’s goodwill.

Calandrinia grandiflora
Rock purslane
Small bright pink flower with a centre of numerous tiny yellow anthers; borne in loose racemes but usually opens singly. A low fleshy perennial herb with three-sided stems and edible leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Stan Shebs

Power Aspiring to become an Instrument for the Divine Work
Power, opening to a higher consciousness, awakens to the need of being at the service of the Divine.

Passiflora vitifolia
Passion flower
Large bright red flower with five separated pointed petals and five petal-like sepals, a central corona of red filaments that surround a cluster of white filaments and an elongated staminal column that ends in three red stigmas and five yellow green anthers; borne singly from the leaf axils. A moderately vigorous vine.

Photo Courtesy: Queerbubbles

Power of a Perfect Endurance
Manifests rarely, but is very precious.

Strobilanthes kunthiana
Small bluish violet campanulate flower with one side of the corolla slightly swollen from the base; set in dense broad bracted spikes. A perennial herb or subshrub with numerous erect quadrangular stems.Blossoms gregariously once in 12 years.

Photo Courtesy: Harisankar

Power of Beauty
Beauty acquires its power only when it is surrendered to the Divine.

Narcissus
Daffodil, Trumpet narcissus
Large mildly fragrant striking yellow flowers with a prominent trumpet surrounded by six spreading petals; borne singly on sturdy scapes.A spring-blooming bulb.

Photo Courtesy: John

Power of Collective Aspiration
A harmonious collective aspiration can change the course of circumstances.

Hoya carnosa
Wax plant, Honey plant
Small pale pink star-shaped flower with a smaller white star and red spot in the centre; the texture of the flower gives the impression of being carved from wax; borne in dense umbels. A light vine with succulent leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Jen64

Power of Expression
It the power to manifest that which is latent.

Antirrhinum majus
Snapdragon
Small bilabiate flowers in white and shades of yellow, orange, pink and red with a short flattened corolla tube; the upper lip has two broad recurved lobes, the raised centre of the lower lip closes the "mouth" of the flower, the lower edge is lobed and somewhat ruffled; borne in erect racemes. A colourful annual or perennial.

Picture courtesy: Nemo

Power of Psychic Expression
The psychic obtains its power of expression when it governs the whole being.

Antirrhinum majus
Snap dragon
Small bilabiate pink flowers with a short flattened corolla tube; the upper lip has two broad recurved lobes, the raised centre of the lower lip closes the "mouth" of the flower, the lower edge is lobed and somewhat ruffled; borne in erect racemes. A colourful annual or perennial.

Picture courtesy: Jmtimages

Power of Mental Expression
Has no value unless it is at the service of the Divine.

Antirrhinum majus
Snapdragon
Small bilabiate yellow flowers with a short flattened corolla tube; the upper lip has two broad recurved lobes, the raised centre of the lower lip closes the "mouth" of the flower, the lower edge is lobed and somewhat ruffled; borne in erect racemes. A colourful annual or perennial.

Picture courtesy: Dinesh Valke

Power of vital Expression
It is useful only when the vital is converted.

Antirrhinum majus
Snapdragon
Small bilabiate purple to violet flowers with a short flattened corolla tube; the upper lip has two broad recurved lobes, the raised centre of the lower lip closes the "mouth" of the flower, the lower edge is lobed and somewhat ruffled; borne in erect racemes. A colourful annual or perennial.

Picture courtesy: Yosser

Power of Physical Expression
One of the benefits of conversion.

Antirrhinum majus
Snap dragon
Small bilabiate red flowers with a short flattened corolla tube; the upper lip has two broad recurved lobes, the raised centre of the lower lip closes the "mouth" of the flower, the lower edge is lobed and somewhat ruffled; borne in erect racemes. A colourful annual or perennial.

Picture courtesy:Ratbastrd

Power of Integral Expression
Nothing is too difficult for it to say.

Antirrhinum majus
Snapdragon
Small bilabiate white flowers with yellow throat; with a short flattened corolla tube; the upper lip has two broad recurved lobes, the raised centre of the lower lip closes the "mouth" of the flower, the lower edge is lobed and somewhat ruffled; borne in erect racemes. A colourful annual or perennial.

Picture courtesy: Nemo's great uncle

Power of Manifold Expression
The result of suppleness and plasticity.

Antirrhinum majus
Snapdragon
Small bilabiate multicoloured flowers with a short flattened corolla tube; the upper lip has two broad recurved lobes, the raised centre of the lower lip closes the "mouth" of the flower, the lower edge is lobed and somewhat ruffled; borne in erect racemes. A colourful annual or perennial.

Picture Coutesy: Ianaré Sévi

Power of Purity
Purity is the best of powers.

Convallaria majalis
Lily of the valley
Small fragrant waxy white nodding campanulate flowers borne in one-sided terminal racemes. A low perennial rhizomatous herb that forms dense masses.

Photo Courtesy: Randihausken

Power of Spirituality
True spirituality transforms life.

Sansevieria
Bowstring hemp, Snake plant, Mother-in-law's tongue
Small white to dusty white scented tubular flowers with a narrow corolla tube, six narrow recurved lobes and six erect exserted stamens; borne in dense clusters on a very long stalk. A perennial herb with thick cylindrical leaves marked with very thin dark green stripes

Photo Courtesy: Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Power of Truth in the Subconscient
It can act only when sincerity is perfect.

Tecomaria capensis
Cape honeysuckle
Medium-sized bright orange salverform flower with a limb divided into five irregular lobes; borne in terminal racemes. A rambling evergreen shrub.

Photo Courtesy: Dinesh Valke

Power to Reject Adverse Suggestions
The power that comes from conscious union with the Divine.

Codiaeum variegatum
Croton
Tiny rounded cream white flowers composed of many yellow-tipped stamens; borne in erect spikes. A medium-sized evergreen shrub with variegated leaves in a multitude of shapes and colours.

Spiritual Power of Healing
Opening and receptivity to the Divine influence.

Petrea volubilis
Purple wreath, Sandpaper, Queens-wreath, Bluebird vine
Small violet salverform flower with five rounded lobes, the upper lobe marked with a prominent white spot, set in a larger pale lilac star-shaped calyx; borne on pendulous racemes. A woody vine with rough leaves like sandpaper.

Photo Courtesy: Eric in SF

Balanced use of the Integral Power
In truth, power can only become integral when it is used in a balanced way.

Sinningia speciosa
Florists' gloxinia, Gloxinia, Brazilian gloxinia, Violet slipper gloxinia
Showy medium-sized single white velvety bell- shaped flower with a spreading limb divided into five to twelve lobes with ruffled edges; borne singly or in small clusters on long stems. A low tuberous perennial herb with broad pubescent leaves.

Picture not available.

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WORSHIP

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Worship is only the first step on the path of devotion. Where external worship changes into the inner adoration, real Bhakti begins; that deepens into the intensity of divine love; that love leads to the joy of closeness in our relations with the Divine; the joy of closeness passes into the bliss of union.
SRI AUROBINDO

The aim of Yoga being union, its beginning must always be a seeking after the Divine, a longing after some kind of touch, closeness or possession. When this comes on us, ... adoration becomes always primarily an inner worship; we begin to make ourselves a temple of the Divine, our thoughts and feelings a constant prayer of aspiration and seeking, our whole life an external service and worship.
SRI AUROBINDO

True Worship
Total and constant, without demand or claim.

Leucas aspera
Tiny white bilabiate flowers, the lower lip larger and the upper lip softly downy, emerging from green calyces tightly arranged in rounded clusters. A common annual herb of fields and waysides in India.

Photo Courtesy: Vadakkan

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WORLD (See also EARTH)

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The really new thing is that a new world is born, born, born. It is not the old one transforming itself, it is a new world that is born. And we are right in the midst of this period of transition where the two are entangled — where the old still persists all-powerful, entirely dominating the ordinary consciousness, but where the new one is quietly slipping in, still very modest, unnoticed — unnoticed to the extent that outwardly it doesn't disturb anything very much for the time being, and in the consciousness of most people it is even quite imperceptible. And yet it is working, it is growing — until the time comes when it will be strong enough to assert itself visibly.
THE MOTHER

The situation we are in is very special, extremely special, without precedent. We are witnessing the birth of a new world; it is very young, very weak - not in its essence but in its outer manifestation - not yet recognised, not even sensed, denied by the majority. But it is here. It is here, making an effort to grow, absolutely sure of the result. But the road to it is a completely new road that has never been mapped out before - nobody has gone there, nobody has done that! It is a beginning, a universal beginning. So it is an absolutely unexpected and unpredictable adventure.
THE MOTHER

New World
The result of transformation.

Bixa orellana
Annatto, Lipstick tree, Achiote
Medium-sized pale lavender pink flower with six rounded widely separated petals and a centre of numerous golden stamens with prominent lavender anthers; borne in few-flowered clusters. A large shrub or small tree bearing ornamental seed pods in red, green or yellow with bright orange seeds.

Blessings on the Material World
Puissant and innumerable, they answer all needs.

Scabiosa atropurpurea
Mournful widow, Sweet scabius, Pincushion flower, Egyptian rose
Small rounded heads composed of tiny mildly fragrant deep purple flowers with numerous white stamens resembling a pincushion, the outer row with larger rounded lobes; borne singly on long stems. An erect annual with somewhat leathery leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Ellievanhoutte

Divine Love Governing the World
A beautiful and happy world for which we all aspire.

Brownea coccinea
Scarlet flame bean
Large striking dense rounded clusters of numerous brilliant orange red cup-shaped flowers with exserted stamens. A small to medium-sized tree with soft pendulous translucent new leaves.

Picture Courtesy: Dinesh Valke

Divine Love Spreading Over the World
Innumerable, succulent, it gives strength and life untiringly.

Punica granatum
Pomegranate
Medium to large nearly round thick-skinned fruit that is yellow tinged with red when ripe and contains many seeds enclosed in a juicy reddish edible pulp; A shrub or small tree.

Photo Courtesy: Shiva shankar

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WORK

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To do the work that one does in all sincerity, as perfectly as one can, is certainly one of the best ways to serve the Divine.
THE MOTHER

Work is part of the Yoga and it gives the best opportunity for calling down the Presence, the Light and the Power into the vital and. its activities; it increases also the field and the opportunity of surrender.
SRI AUROBINDO

The one true reward of the works of love is to grow ever in capacity and delight of love up to the ecstasy of the spirit's all-seizing embrace and universal passion. ...
SRI AUROBINDO

Work
Let us offer our work to the Divine, this is the sure way of progressing.

Acacia auriculiformis
Black wattle
Fragrant slender deep yellow catkins up to ten cm. long; borne in pairs from the leaf axils. A small tree with coiled seed-pods and sickle- shaped leaves.

Picture Courtesy: Dinesh Valke

Works of Love
The best condition for work.

Impatiens walleriana
Patience plant, Sultana, Zanzibar balsam, Busy Lizzie
Small flat flower with a very narrow spur and five broad irregular overlapping petals that often have an iridescent sheen; in all shades except blue and yellow, often variegated; borne singly or in axillary or terminal racemes. A succulent perennial herb.

Photo Coueresy: Forest & Kim Starr

Cheerfulness in Work for the Divine
Work for the Divine and you will find an ineffable joy filling your being.

Coreopsis tinctoria
Tickweed
Small single or double compositae flower whose ray florets may be yellow, maroon red or bicoloured in yellow with brown or maroon red; borne in loose terminal panicles. A floriferous garden annual with very narrow leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Rl

Disinterested Work Done for the Divine
The surest way to progress.

Crinum
Crinum lily, Spider lily, Swamp lily
Large fragrant white salverform flower with six narrow or broad partly recurved lobes, a long narrow green tube and prominent reddish-purple stamens; borne in umbels on long scapes. A large bulbous plant with straplike leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Jen

Disinterested Work Done for the Divine in the Vital
Calm and powerful, it reaches its goal.

Crinum
Crinum lily, Spider lily
Very large white salverform flower with long tapering fleshy recurved petal-like lobes, whitish above and reddish purple beneath, and six long erect reddish purple stamens; borne in umbels on long scapes. A bulbous plant with straplike leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Nipplerings72

Photo Courtesy: Queerbubbles

Mahasaraswati’s Perfection in Works
It is not satisfied with makeshift.

Rondeletia odorata
Small bright orange or deep pink salverform flowers with a limb divided into six rounded lobes and a conspicuous yellow central ring; borne in cymes. A small loosely branched shrub.

Skill in Works
Must be used consciously.

Phlox drummondii
Annual phlox, Drummond phlox
Small salverform flowers with a narrow tube and a flattened limb divided into five broad slightly overlapping lobes; in white, pale yellow and shades of red, pink and purple; borne in dense terminal clusters. A long-flowering garden annual.

Photo Courtesy: Gertrud K

Skill in Psychic Work
Listen silently to the command that comes from the Supreme Lord and you will have the capacity to carry it out.

Phlox drummondii
Annual phlox, Drummond phlox
Small clear pink salverform flowers with a narrow tube and a flattened limb divided into five broad slightly overlapping lobes; borne in dense terminal clusters. A long-flowering garden annual.

Photo Courtesy: Talekinker

Skill in Mental Work
To know how to observe in silence is the source of its skillfulness.

Phlox drummondii
Annual phlox, Drummond phlox
Small yellow salverform flowers with a narrow tube and a flattened limb divided into five broad slightly overlapping lobes; borne in dense terminal clusters. A long-flowering garden annual.

Photo Courtesy: fuentedelateja

Emotional Skill in Work
When work becomes attractive and is done with joy, how much better it is done.

Phlox drummondii
Annual phlox, Drummond phlox
Small white salverform flowers with a mauve centre; with a narrow tube and a flattened limb divided into five broad slightly overlapping lobes; borne in dense terminal clusters. A long-flowering garden annual.

Photo Courtesy: Bitter Girl

Skill in Vital Work
The seat of all capacities and all skills, which have only to be disciplined in order to be realised.

Phlox drummondii
Annual phlox, Drummond phlox
Small purple to mauve salverform flowers with a narrow tube and a flattened limb divided into five broad slightly overlapping lobes; borne in dense terminal clusters. A long-flowering garden annual.

Photo Courtesy: Nipplerings72

Physical Skill in Work
Skillful hands, a clear vision, a concentrated attention, an untiring patience and what one does is done well.

Phlox drummondii
Annual phlox, Drummond phlox
Small carmine red salverform flowers with a narrow tube and a flattened limb divided into five broad slightly overlapping lobes; borne in dense terminal clusters. A long-flowering garden annual.

Photo Courtesy: Fairy Whispers

Skill in Material Work
Skillful hands, precise care, a sustained attention and one compels matter to obey the spirit.

Phlox drummondii
Annual phlox, Drummond phlox
Small brigt red salverform flowers with a narrow tube and a flattened limb divided into five broad slightly overlapping lobes; borne in dense terminal clusters. A long-flowering garden annual.

Photo Courtesy: Jmtimages

Skill in Integral Work
All that is done is done well, whatever the work undertaken.

Phlox drummondii
Annual phlox, Drummond phlox
Small white salverform flowers with a narrow tube and a flattened limb divided into five broad slightly overlapping lobes; borne in dense terminal clusters. A long-flowering garden annual.

Photo Courtesy: Sunship_98

Artistic Work
Work at the service of beauty.

Phlox drummondii
Annual phlox, Drummond phlox
Small very light pink salverform flowers with indented petals; with a narrow tube and a flattened limb divided into five broad slightly overlapping lobes; borne in dense terminal clusters. A long-flowering garden annual.

Photo Courtesy: Gertrud K.

Radiating Skill in Work
When the instruments of work (hands, eyes etc.) become conscious and the attention is controlled, the capacity for work seems to be limitless.

Phlox drummondii
Annual phlox, Drummond phlox
Small salverform flowers with a central star and fringed petals; with a narrow tube and a flattened limb divided into five broad slightly overlapping lobes; in white, pale yellow and shades of red, pink and purple; borne in dense terminal clusters. A long-flowering garden annual.

Photo Courtesy: Dinesh Valke

Perfect Planning of Work
Can only be obtained with the consciousness of the Divine.

Clerodendrum inerme
Indian privet
Small white salverform flower with a very thin corolla tube, five rounded separated lobes and conspicuous pinkish purple exserted stamens; borne singly or in clusters of two or three from the leaf axils. A shrub with bright green oval leaves, usually grown as a hedge.

Photo Courtesy: Plj.johnny

Organised Team-Work
Each in his place and all together.

Averrhoa carambola
Carambola tree, Starfruit
Tiny mildly fragrant rose purple flowers with five acutely recurved petals edged in white; borne in short dense axillary and terminal panicles. A small tree with edible fruit.

Picture Courtesy: Vairoj

Perfect Working of the Mind
Can happen when the mind is determined exclusively to fulfill its role.

Trachymene coerulea
Blue lace flower
Tiny blue or light lavender blue flowers with unequal petals; borne in small dense umbels. An annual herb with hairy leaves divided into linear segments.

Photo Courtesy: Paul R. Weaver

Psychic Work
A work governed by harmony.

Cassia javanica
Pink shower, Rainbow shower; Apple-blossom cassia
Small fragrant five- petalled flowers with curving exserted star that open deep pink and fade to white; borne in large dense rounded clusters; a spreading tree.

Success in Supramental Work
The result of a patient labour and perfect consecration.

Cochlospermum religiosum
Silk-cotton tree. Yellow silk-cotton tree
Medium-sized golden yellow saucer-shaped flower with five petals and a prominent centre of numerous curving yellow stamens shaded red at the base; borne in few-flowered panicles . A small tree with deeply lobed leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Toptropicals

Working of the Enlightened Mind
It is very powerful in leading the being to the Divine and can be very useful for progress.

Crataeva Adansonii [Crataeva Nurvala; Crataeva Religiosa]
Caper tree
Medium-sized fragrant flowers, opening white and turning cream with age, composed of numerous long stamens surrounded on one side by four oval petals; clustered in short racemes along the leafless branches. A small to medium-sized deciduous tree.

Photo Courtesy: Dinesh Valke

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WORD

2008-06-01T12:03:00.006+05:30

[The Creative Word] is the word which creates. There are all kinds of old traditions, old Hindu traditions, old Chaldean traditions, in which the Divine in the form of the Creator, that is, in His aspect as Creator, utters a word that has the power to create. So it is this. . . And it is the origin of the mantra. The mantra is the spoken word that has a creative power. An invocation is made and there is an answer to the invocation; or one makes a prayer and the prayer is granted. This is the Word, the Word that, in its sound ... it is not only the idea, it is in the sound that there is a power of creation. It is the origin of the mantra. In Indian mythology the creator God is Brahma, and I think that it was precisely his power which has been symbolised by this flower, the "Creative Word". And when one is in contact with it, the words spoken have a power of evocation, of creation, of formation or of transformation; the words . . . sound always has a power; it has much more power than men think.
THE MOTHER

Creative Word
Belongs only to the Divine.

Leucanthemum X superbum [Chrysanthemum Xsuperbum]
Shasta daisy
Large single compositae flower with white ray florets that are often crested or frilled and a prominent yellow centre of disc florets. A robust perennial

Photo Courtesy: Carl E Lewis

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WISDOM

2008-06-01T11:35:00.014+05:30

Wisdom is the vision of truth in its essence and of its application in the manifestation.
THE MOTHER

Wisdom looks behind the veil and sees. Reason divides, fixes details and contrasts them; Wisdom unifies, marries contrasts in a single harmony.
SRI AUROBINDO

Wisdom
Can only be acquired through union with the Divine Consciousness.

Enterolobium saman
Rain tree, Saman, Monkey pod, Zamang
Medium-sized soft delicate powderpuff head composed of inconspicuous flowers with numerous pink stamens that are white at the base; borne in clusters from the leaf axils. A very large spreading tree with dark grey almost black bark, and leaves that close at night and at the approach of rain.

Photo Courtesy: Ozone9999, Duke and Sarge

Striving towards Wisdom
A bit of wisdom is welcome.

Calliandra
Powderpufftree, Powderpuff
Small to medium-sized powderpuff heads composed of numerous stamens in white, greenish white, pink, red or purple; borne singly or in clusters from the leaf axils. A shrub or small tree with pinnate leaves.

Striving towards Integral Wisdom
Like everything that belongs to creation, wisdom is progressive.

Calliandra portoricensis
Medium-sized powderpuff head composed of white stamens; borne from the leaf axils. A tall spreading shrub.

Photo not available.

Wisdom in the Physical Mind
A first step towards the Supramental manifestation upon earth.

Calliandra haematocephala
Red powderpuff
Medium-sized powderpuff head composed of red stamens; borne from the leaf axils. A tall spreading shrub.

Photo Courtesy: Palestrina55

Integral Wisdom
The wisdom one obtains through union with the Divine.

Albizia lebbeck
Siris tree, Woman's tongue tree, Lebbeck tree
Very fragrant medium-sized tassel-like head composed of numerous long cream white stamens with yellow green tips; borne in axillary clusters. A large spreading deciduous tree.

Photo Courtesy: Toptropicals.com

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WILL

2008-06-01T11:28:00.016+05:30

The will is a part of the consciousness and ought to be in human beings the chief agent in controlling the activities of the nature.
SRI AUROBINDO

Will is the power of consciousness turned towards effectuation. The Divine Will is the will expressing the highest Truth.
THE MOTHER

When I speak of the Divine Will, I mean . . . something that has descended here into an evolutionary world of Ignorance, standing at the back of things, pressing on the Darkness with its Light, leading things presently towards the best possible in the conditions of a world of Ignorance and leading it eventually towards a descent of a greater power of the Divine, which will be not an omnipotence held back and conditioned by the law of the world as it is, but in full action and therefore bringing the reign of light, peace, harmony, joy, love, beauty and Ananda, for these are the Divine Nature.
SRI AUROBINDO

Will Manifested in Life
Concentrated and precise.

Episcia cupreata
Flame violet
Bright coral pink flower with a yellow throat and petals with fringed edges; horizontal corolla tube and a limb divided into five rounded oblique lobes; borne singly or in pairs. A creeping perennial herb dark greenish brown leaves and with olive green midribs.

Photo Courtesy: Chrischang

Vital Will Manifested in Life
It is often the cause of greatest disorders.

Episcia reptans
Flame violet, Red violet, Scarlet violet
Small intense orange red salverform flower with a horizontal corolla tube and a limb divided into five rounded oblique lobes; borne singly or in pairs. A creeping perennial herb that has heavily embossed green leaves with silvery green midribs and veins.

Will in Course of Uniting itself with the Divine Will
On the way to perfection.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Chinese hibiscus, Hawaiian hibiscus, Rose- of-China
Medium-sized double cream white flower.

Photo Courtesy: Forest & Kim Starr

Will one with the Divine Will
The condition that triumphs over all obstacles.

Hibiscus syriacus
Rose of Sharon, Althaea, Shrub althaea
Medium-sized double white flower with soft petals.

Photo courtesy: Kingsbrae

Will to Conquer the Vital Enemies
Indispensable for the mastery over desires.

Verbena tenuisecta
Moss verbena
Elongated spikes of small rose purple salverform flowers with five irregular rounded lobes. A low perennial herb with deeply cut somewhat lacy leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Forest & Kim Starr

Divine Will Acting in the Inconscient
Is all-powerful even when we are not aware of it.

Clerodendrum L. sp.
Small mildly fragrant white salverform flower with exserted white stamens, a thin corolla tube and five narrow lobes with up-curving edges; borne in axillary panicles. A small to medium- sized shrub with ovate irregularly serrate leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Tony Rodd

Divine Will Acting in the Subconscient
The rare moments when the Divine asserts Himself visibly.

Clerodendrum indicum
Tubeflower, Turk's-turban
Small very delicate white salverform flower with a long thin corolla tube, an irregularly shaped limb with scalloped edges and long thin rose violet stamens; the striking curled buds elongate and unfurl; borne in clusters.

Photo Courtesy: Sriaurobindoashram.com

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WHIPPING

2008-06-01T10:52:00.004+05:30

A whipping
A little brutal but sometimes useful.

Capsicum annuum
Capsicum, Paprika, Cayenne pepper, Red pepper, Chili pepper
Tiny off-white or purple star-shaped flowers in small terminal clusters; the significance includes the pungent ornamental fruit. A compact bushy annual or perennial herb.

Photo Courtesy: CSKK

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WEALTH

2008-06-01T10:20:00.009+05:30

All wealth belongs to the Divine and those who hold it are trustees, not possessors. It is with them today, tomorrow it may be elsewhere. All depends on the way they discharge their trust while it is with them, in what spirit, with what consciousness in their use of it, to what purpose.
SRI AUROBINDO

Most spiritual disciplines insist on a complete self-control, detachment and renunciation of all bondage to wealth and of all personal and egoistic desire for its possession. Some even put a - ban on money and riches and proclaim poverty and bareness of life as the only spiritual condition. But this is an error; it leaves the power in the hands of the hostile forces. To reconquer it for the Divine to whom it belongs and use it divinely for the divine life is the supramental way for the Sadhaka. . . . The ideal Sadhaka in this kind is one who if required to live poorly can so live and no sense of want will affect him or interfere with the full inner play of the divine consciousness, and if he is required to live richly, can so live and never for a moment fall into desire or attachment to his wealth or to the things that he uses or servitude to self-indulgence or a weak bondage to the habits that the possession of riches creates. The divine Will is all for him and the divine Ananda.
SRI AUROBINDO

Wealth
True wealth is the wealth that one offers to the Divine.

Nymphaea
Water lily
Large showy usually very fragrant flowers with numerous narrow pointed or rounded petals, many prominent erect stamens and four petal- like sepals; in white and shades of yellow, red, pink, blue, lavender and purple; borne singly on long stems, either floating or held above the water. An aquatic rhizomatous herb with large floating peltate leaves.

Photo Courtesy: TANAKA Juuyoh (田中十洋)

Supramentalised Wealth
Wealth placed at the service of the Divine.

Nymphaea
Water lily
Large showy usually very fragrant pink flowers with a prominent golden yellow centre and with numerous narrow pointed or rounded petals, many prominent erect stamens and four petal- like sepals; borne singly on long stems, either floating or held above the water. An aquatic rhizomatous herb with large floating peltate leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Paolo Bertinetto

Wealth in the Mind of Light
Open to all higher ideas.

Nymphaea
Water lily
Large showy usually very fragrant blue flowers with golden centre and with numerous narrow pointed or rounded petals, many prominent erect stamens and four petal- like sepals; borne singly on long stems, either floating or held above the water. An aquatic rhizomatous herb with large floating peltate leaves.

Photo Courtesy: komehachi888

Wealth under the Psychic Influence
Wealth ready to return to its true possessor, the Divine.

Nymphaea
Water lily
Large showy usually very fragrant white flowers shaded pink and with numerous narrow pointed or rounded petals, many prominent erect stamens and four petal- like sepals; borne singly on long stems, either floating or held above the water. An aquatic rhizomatous herb with large floating peltate leaves.

Photo Courtesy: van swearingen

Emotional Wealth
The only true emotional wealth is love for the Divine.

Nymphaea
Water lily
Large showy usually very fragrant lavender flowers with numerous narrow pointed or rounded petals, many prominent erect stamens and four petal- like sepals; borne singly on long stems, either floating or held above the water. An aquatic rhizomatous herb with large floating peltate leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Gertrud K

Wealth in the Vital
Comes willingly to generous natures.

Nymphaea rubra
Indian red water lily, Water lily
Large showy usually very fragrant vivid magenta pink flowers with numerous narrow pointed or rounded petals, many prominent erect stamens and four petal- like sepals; borne singly on long stems, either floating or held above the water. An aquatic rhizomatous herb with large floating peltate leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Sonnentau

Wealth in the Most material Vital
Can be stable only after conversion.

Nymphaea
Water lily
Large showy usually very fragrant deep rose red flowers with numerous narrow pointed or rounded petals, many prominent erect stamens and four petal- like sepals; borne singly on long stems, either floating or held above the water. An aquatic rhizomatous herb with large floating peltate leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Krista76

Generous Wealth
Likes to be given and spread far and wide.

Nymphaea
Water lily
Large showy usually very fragrant yellow flowers with numerous narrow pointed or rounded petals, many prominent erect stamens and four petal- like sepals; borne singly on long stems, either floating or held above the water. An aquatic rhizomatous herb with large floating peltate leaves.

Photo Courtesy: komehachi888

Integral Wealth of Mahalakshmi
Wealth in all domains and all activities, intellectual, psychological, material, in feeling and action.

Nymphaea
Water lily
Large showy usually very fragrant pure white flowers with a golden centre and with numerous narrow pointed or rounded petals, many prominent erect stamens and four petal- like sepals; borne singly on long stems, either floating or held above the water. An aquatic rhizomatous herb with large floating peltate leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Rictor Norton & David Allen

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WATER

2008-06-01T08:55:00.005+05:30

Water
Fluid, abundant and pure.

Porana volubilis
Bridal creeper, Horse-tail creeper, Snow creeper
Tiny fragrant white bell-shaped flowers borne in dense snowy cascading racemes. A vigorous vine with small glabrous ovate-cordate leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Forest & Kim Starr

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KRISHNA

2008-06-01T08:00:00.017+05:30

Krishna’s Light in the Overmind
The Overmind ready to be Divinised.

Salvia farinacea
Mealy sage, Mealy-cup sage
Small lavender blue bilabiate flower with a broadly extended lower lip marked with a white patch in the centre and light grey blue calyces; borne in whorls in erect terminal spikes. A branching lightly pubescent perennial herb.

Photo Courtesy: Forest & Kim Starr

Krishna’s Light in the Mind
A charming way of becoming intelligent.

Thunbergia grandiflora
Blue trumpet vine, Clock vine, Bengal clock vine, Sky vine
Large light lavender salverform flower with a broad limb divided into five rounded lobes, a soft yellow centre and a corolla tube that emerges from two prominent green bracts; borne in pendulous racemes. A vigorous vine with dense rough foliage.

Krishna’s Light in the Physical Mind
The physical mind looses all rigidity and becomes supple and charming.

Ruellia lorentziana [Ruellia ciliatiflora]
Medium-sized pale lavender salverform flower with a flattened corolla tube, a violet throat and a limb divided into five somewhat crinkled lobes; borne in few-flowered axillary cymes or terminal panicles. A perennial herb with long pendant flexuous branches.

Photo Courtesy: Sriaurobindoashram

Krishna’s Light in the Senses
A first step towards transformation.

Clitoria ternatea
Blue pea. Blue vine, Butterfly pea, Pigeon wings, Mussel-shell creeper
Medium-sized single papilionaceous flower that has a broad oval pale blue central petal with a yellow centre and wing petals edged with pale blue; borne singly on a short stem. A slender perennial vine with beanlike pods.

Photo Courtesy: Forest & Kim Starr

Krishna’s Light in the Vital
The light that turns the vital towards the Truth.

Ruellia tuberosa
Meadow-weed, Menow weed
Small pale purple salverform flower with a flattened corolla tube, a purple throat and a limb divided into five somewhat crinkled lobes; borne in few-flowered axillary cymes or terminal panicles. A perennial herb with lanceolate leaves.

Photo Courtesy: J.M.Garg

First Sign of Krishna’s Light in Matter
It is the indication of the coming transformation.

Evolvus alsinoides
Tiny sky blue saucer-shaped flower with a white centre and anthers; borne singly or in few-flowered clusters. A prostrate spreading perennial countryside herb.

Photo Courtesy: aspidoscelis

Krishna’s Influence in the Subconscient
The best way to be above all contingencies.

Ecbolium linneanum
Small bluish green half-salverform flower borne on a dense bracted spike. A perennial herb or subshrub.

Photo Courtesy: Dinesh Valke

Krishna’s light in the Subconscient
Soon it will no longer be Subconscient.

Eranthemum wattii
Small purple salverform flowers borne on a bracted spike. A small shrubby perennial.

Photo Courtesy: Sriaurobindoashram.info

Krishna’s Play in the Vital
In His midst it has all its charm.

Eichhornia crassipes
Water hyacinth. Water orchid
Medium-sized light lavender six-petalled flower with one upper petal that has a yellow spot surrounded by blue and rose lavender and resembles a peacock feather; borne on a dense erect spike. A prolific aquatic herb with inflated leaf-bases and feathery roots.

Krishna’s Play
A power of progress veiling itself behind appearances.

Torenia fournieri
Wishbone flower, Bluewings
Small salverform flowers with a flattened corolla tube and a limb irregularly divided into one larger crimped upper lobe and three smaller lower lobes; hybrid forms in white, mauve or lavender; the prominent calyx is light green and ribbed; borne singly in the leaf axils or in few-flowered terminal racemes. A low delicate annual herb.

Photo Courtesy: Forest & Kim Starr

Krishna’s Play in Matter
Beauty, love and joy are His companions. A play that widens and makes us progress.

Torenia fournieri
Wishbone flower, Bluewings
Small salverform flowers with a flattened corolla tube and a limb irregularly divided into one larger crimped upper lobe and three smaller lower lobes; hybrid form in pale lavender edged with deep velvety purple and an yellow spot in the centre of the lower lobe; the prominent calyx is light green and ribbed; borne singly in the leaf axils or in few-flowered terminal racemes. A low delicate annual herb.

Photo Courtesy: Nipplerings72

Krishna’s Integral Play
All the parts of the being respond to His influence.

Torenia fournieri 'Alba'
Wishbone flower, Bluewings
Small salverform white flowers with pale pinkish tan; flattened corolla tube and a limb irregularly divided into one larger crimped upper lobe and three smaller lower lobes with an yellow spot in the centre of the lower lobe; the prominent calyx is light green and ribbed; borne singly in the leaf axils or in few-flowered terminal racemes. A low delicate annual herb.

Photo Courtesy: Toptropicals.com

Krishna’s Ananda
Manifold, abundant and so full of charm.

Plumbago auriculata
Cape leadwort
Small soft pale lavender blue salverform flower with a very thin long corolla tube and a limb divided into five widely separated lobes; borne in terminal clusters. An evergreen shrub with semi-scandent stems.

Photo Courtesy: Tim waters

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TURNING (See also CHANGE)

2008-05-31T20:06:00.021+05:30

Consciousness Turned towards the Light
It thirsts for Light and cannot live without it.

Helianthus
Sunflower
Medium to large single compositae flowers with a prominent centre of brown or green disc florets and light to deep yellow ray florets; borne singly. An annual or perennial herb.

Consciousness turned towards the Supramental Light
It thirsts for truth and will find its satisfaction only in the truth.

Helianthus
Sunflower
Medium to large single compositae flowers with a prominent centre of brown or green disc florets and yellow orange ray florets; borne singly. An annual or perennial herb.

Photo Courtesy: Papalars

Energy Turned towards the Divine
The power of realisation offers itself in service to the Divine.

Lawsonia inermis
Mignonette tree, Henna
Intensely fragrant tiny cream yellow or red flowers with four pairs of slightly exserted stamens; borne in dense terminal panicles. A large shrub to small tree.

Photo Courtesy: Dinesh valke

Exclusive Turning of All movements towards the Divine
The sure means of having security.

Eulophia
Long erect scapes of small light green flowers with five erect petals and petal-like sepals that resemble a fan and a prominent variegated green and white lip. A terrestrial orchid with a large oval pseudo-bulb.

Photo Courtesy: Nipplerings72

First Movement of Riches Towards the Divine
The sure sign of conversion.

Tithonia diversifolia
Mexican sunflower
Large slightly fragrant compositae flower with long narrow deep golden yellow ray florets; borne singly on long stalks. A robust perennial or tall subshrub.

Photo Courtesy: J.G inSF

Physical Consciousness Entirely Turned Towards the Divine
It thirsts for the Divine and wants nothing but Him.

Tithonia rotundifolia
Mexican sunflower
Medium-sized compositae flower with bright reddish orange ray florets and a tufted yellow centre; borne singly on a long stem. A robust erect bushy annual herb.

Sweetness of Thought Turned Exclusively towards the Divine
Lovely, joyful, sweet and calm, sheltered from all conflicts.

Nerium oleander
Oleander, Rosebay
Sweetly fragrant single salverform flower with five separated lobes that are pink fading to pale pink on the edges and twisted suggesting a pinwheel, and a light yellow centre with a delicate fringed corona; borne in loose cymes. A prolific flowering shrub with stiff lanceolate leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Dinesh Valke

Thoughts Turned towards the Divine
A certitude of beauty.

Viola X Wittrockiana
Pansy, Ladies' delight, Heart's ease, Stepmother's flower
Medium to large soft velvety flower with five rounded irregularly overlapping petals, the lower three usually having darker patches suggesting a face; in white and shades of yellow, cream, orange, pink, reddish brown, purple and blue; borne singly. A low annual or short-lived perennial.

Photo Courtesy: Carnwrite

Turning of Wrong Movements into Right Movements
A supreme goodwill always ready to be transformed.

Nerium Oleander
Oleander, Rosebay
Sweetly fragrant single reddish pink salverform flower with five separated petals, with a delicate fringed corona; borne in loose cymes. A prolific flowering shrub with stiff lanceolate leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Nipplerings72

First Turning of the Vital towards the Divine
The vital prepares itself to be transformed.

Rudbeckia hirta 'Gloriosa Daisy'
Black-eyed Susan, Marguerite jaune
Medium to large single compositae flower with elongated yellow ray florets that are often banded or suffused with brown or maroon near the base and a dome-shaped centre composed of green or brown disc florets; borne singly. A hairy perennial herb.

Photo Courtesy: Variationen

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TRUTH

2008-05-31T19:21:00.009+05:30

Truth is the door of the spirit's Ananda, its beatific nature.
SRI AUROBINDO

The Truth is not a dogma one can learn once and for all and impose as a rule. The Truth is infinite like the Supreme Lord, and it manifests at every moment to those who are sincere and attentive.
THE MOTHER

We shall perceive that the truth we seek is made up of four major aspects: Love, Knowledge, Power and Beauty. These four attributes of the Truth will express themselves spontaneously in our being. The psychic will be the vehicle of true and pure love, the mind will be the vehicle of infallible knowledge, the vital will manifest an invincible power and strength, and the body will be the expression of a perfect beauty and harmony.
THE MOTHER

Absolute Truthfulness
Must govern one’s life if one wants to be close to the Divine.

Solandra maxima
Chalice vine, Cup-of-gold vine
Very large solitary mildly fragrant cream to light yellow chalicelike flower with five purple lines extending from the base to the edge of the limb. A woody climbing shrub with glabrous leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Jen64

Photo Courtesy: Dinesh Valke

Effort towards the Truth
Should exist in all men of goodwill.

Dillenia suffruticosa
Medium-sized lemon yellow saucer-shaped flower with five softly crinkled petals and a central white crown composed of tightly clustered stamens; blooming singly in short racemes. An evergreen shrub with large stiff glossy leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Habitat News

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TRUST

2008-05-31T19:12:00.012+05:30

Trust is the mind's and heart's complete reliance on the Divine and its guidance and protection.
SRI AUROBINDO

The core of the inner surrender is trust and confidence in the Divine. One takes the attitude: "I want the Divine and nothing else. I want to give myself entirely to him and since my soul wants that, it cannot be but that I shall meet and realise him. I ask nothing but that and his action in me to bring me to him, his action secret or open, veiled or manifest. I do not insist on my own time and way; let him do all in his own time and way; I shall believe in him, accept his will, aspire steadily for his light and presence and joy, go through all difficulties and delays, relying on him and never giving up. Let my mind be quiet and trust him and let him open it to his light; let my vital be quiet and turn to him alone and let him open it to his calm and joy. All for him and myself for him. Whatever happens, I will keep to this aspiration and self-giving and go on in perfect reliance that it will be done."
SRI AUROBINDO

Who trusts the Divine never leaves the loving arms of the Divine wherever his body may be.
THE MOTHER

Trust in the Divine
Most indispensable for the impulsive vital.

Asystasia gangetica
Small funnelform flowers in several colours with a short corolla tube and a limb divided into five rounded overlapping lobes; borne in one-sided racemes. Spreading lightly pubescent perennial herbs with opposite ovate leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Forest & Kim Starr

Aspiration for Trust in the Divine
An intense need for that immutable peace given by the certitude of the Divine Grace.

Asystasia dalzelliana
Small pale purple funnelform flower with five lobes edged pale purple, the lower lobe marked deep purple and the throat finely lined and irregularly spotted white; borne in few-flowered racemes. A subshrub with ovate leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Tony from Sydney

Mental Trust in the Divine
Firm and definitive it does not question.

Asystasia gangetica
Small cream yellow funnelform flowers with a short corolla tube and a limb divided into five rounded overlapping lobes; borne in one-sided racemes. Spreading lightly pubescent perennial herbs with opposite ovate leaves.

Photo Courtesy: cookislands.bishopmuseum.org

Trust in the Vital Mind for the Divine
Opens itself to the Divine Consciousness, without trying to hide anything from It.

Asystasia gangetica
Small, Pale yellow funnelform flower with a light lavender spot on the throat; with a short corolla tube and a limb divided into five rounded overlapping lobes; borne in one-sided racemes. Spreading lightly pubescent perennial herbs with opposite ovate leaves.

Picture not available.

Trust of the Emotional Vital in the Divine
Smiling and sweet, it is sheltered from grief.

Asystasia gangetica
Small, White funnelform flower with a lavender spot on the throat; with a short corolla tube and a limb divided into five rounded overlapping lobes; borne in one-sided racemes. Spreading lightly pubescent perennial herbs with opposite ovate leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Toptropicals

Vital Trust in the Divine
Full of courage and energy, it no longer fears anything.

Asystasia gangetica
Small predominantly lavender shaded funnelform flowers with a short corolla tube and a limb divided into five rounded overlapping lobes; borne in one-sided racemes. Spreading lightly pubescent perennial herbs with opposite ovate leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Forest & Kim Starr

Integral Trust in the Divine
The trust that gives the true support to life.

Asystasia gangetica
Small white funnelform flowers with a short corolla tube and a limb divided into five rounded overlapping lobes; borne in one-sided racemes. Spreading lightly pubescent perennial herbs with opposite ovate leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Forest & Kim Starr

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TRUE

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Birth of True Mental Sincerity
With its birth the mind will understand that it is only an intermediary and not an end in itself.

Melampodium paludosum
Small single yellow compositae flower with a dark brown centre; borne in leafy cymes. A long-blooming perennial herb.

Photo Courtesy: Van swearingen

True Action in the Material Vital

Graceful and simple in its spontaneity.

Combretum coccineum
Large dense branching brushlike clusters of small bright crimson five-petalled flowers with exserted stamens. A vine or twining shrub of moderate growth with bronze-coloured new leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Vadakkan

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TRIPLE

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Triple Protection
Protection in the mind, the vital and the physical.

Bougainvillea ‘Blondie’
Clusters of showy ovate bracts in subtle shadings of pale lavender pink to soft orange on each bract; borne in groups of three or more that enfold tiny white to greenish white salverform flowers. A shrub, vine or small tree, usually armed with spines.

Photo Courtesy: Toptropicals

Triple Aspiration
Love, life and light, recognising their Master, respond to Sachchidananda.

Capparis brevispina
Thorn straggler
Medium-sized white flower with two elongated horizontal petals, two overlapping lower petals prominently shaded deep yellow (changing to maroon) and a centre of numerous exserted stamens; borne singly from the leaf axils. A spiny shrub with glossy dark leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Dinesh Valke

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TRANSPARENCY

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Transparency
Can come only as a result of perfect sincerity.

Callistephus chinensis
China aster
Medium-sized slightly scented semidouble to double compositae flowers with a yellow central disc and numerous narrow ray florets creating a soft pom-pom effect; in white, pale yellow and shades of blue, purple, pink and red; borne singly. A compact bushy annual.

Psychic Transparency
Manifests fully only when the psychic is perfectly developed.

Callistephus chinensis
China aster
Medium-sized slightly scented semi double compositae pink flowers with a yellow central disc and numerous narrow ray florets creating a soft pom-pom effect; borne singly. A compact bushy annual.
Photo not available.

Transparency of the Emotional Vital
At once the condition and result of the abolition of the ego.

Callistephus chinensis
China aster
Medium-sized slightly scented semi double compositae light mauve flowers with a yellow central disc and numerous narrow ray florets creating a soft pom-pom effect; borne singly. A compact bushy annual.

Photo not available.

Vital transparency
Indispensable for conversion.

Callistephus chinensis
China aster
Medium-sized slightly scented semi double compositae deep mauve to violet flowers with a yellow central disc and numerous narrow ray florets creating a soft pom-pom effect; borne singly. A compact bushy annual.

Photo Courtesy: Miss Bliss

Supramentalised Vital Transparency
One of the results of conversion.

Callistephus chinensis
China aster
Medium-sized slightly scented double compositae violet flowers with a yellow central disc and numerous narrow ray florets creating a soft pom-pom effect; borne singly. A compact bushy annual.

Transparency in the physical
The physical is preparing itself to be transformed.

Callistephus chinensis
China aster
Medium-sized slightly scented semi double compositae red flowers with a yellow central disc and numerous narrow ray florets creating a soft pom-pom effect; borne singly. A compact bushy annual.

Photo Courtesy: Dalgial

Integral Transparency
It is the result of goodwill and perfect sincerity.

Callistephus chinensis
China aster
Medium-sized slightly scented double compositae white flowers with a yellow central disc and numerous narrow ray florets creating a soft pom-pom effect; borne singly. A compact bushy annual.

Photo Courtesy: Hedwig Storch

Illumined Transparency
An effect of the Divine Grace.

Callistephus chinensis
China aster
Medium-sized slightly scented semi double compositae white flowers with a yellow central disc and numerous narrow ray florets creating a soft pom-pom effect; borne singly. A compact bushy annual.

Photo Courtesy: foolbat.tistory.com

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TRANSFORMATION

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There are ... different statuses of transformation. First is the psychic transformation, in which all is in contact with the Divine through the individual psychic consciousness. Next is the spiritual transformation in which all is merged in the Divine in the cosmic consciousness. Third is the supramental transformation in which all becomes supramentalised in the divine gnostic consciousness. It is only with the last that there can begin the complete transformation of mind, life and body - in my sense of completeness.
SRI AUROBINDO

Transformation

The goal of creation.

Millingtonia hortensis
Indian cork tree, Tree jasmine
Medium-sized fragrant white salverform flower with a long thin corolla tube and the limb divided into four pointed lobes, the upper lobe partly split; borne in loose panicles. A tall fast-growing evergreen tree with corky bark and dark green foliage.

Photo Courtesy: J.M.Garg

Body-Consciousness undergoing the Supramental Transformation
Solid and resolute, it faces all difficulties.

Helianthus
Sunflower
Large striking compositae flower with sienna ray florets streaked with golden yellow and a golden aura that radiates from a large dark brown central disc; borne singly or in clusters. An annual or perennial herb.

Obscurity Offers Itself to be Transformed
Obscurity tired of being obscure.

Thunbergia alata
Black-eyed Susan vine
Small yellow orange to orange salverform flowers with a limb composed of five broad some what squared lobes, a dark maroon or green throat and a curved corolla tube that emerges from two enlarged inflated bracts; usually borne singly from the leaf axils. A light annual or perennial vine.

Photo Courtesy: Carl E Lewis

Transformation Dispels Obscurity
Obscurity will disappear more and more as the transformation progresses.

Thunbergia alata ‘Julietta’
Black-eyed Susan vine
Medium-sized golden yellow to deep orange flower salverform flowers with a limb composed of five broad some what squared lobes, without a dark maroon throat and a curved corolla tube that emerges from two enlarged inflated bracts; usually borne singly from the leaf axils. A light annual or perennial vine.

Photo Courtesy: Melop

Transformed Sex Centre
No longer has desires and offers itself to the Divine.

Caladium
Angel wings, Elephant's-ear, Mother-in-law plant
Medium-sized mildly fragrant flower consisting of an erect white spadix partly enfolded by a hooded greenish white spathe; borne singly on a slender stalk. A tuberous perennial herb with large colourful patterned leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Eva

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TRANQUILITY

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Tranquility of the Sex Centre when it is under the Influence of the Supramental Light
The Supramental influence liberates man from all that binds him to the animal.

Cosmos bipinnatus
Medium-sized single white compositae flower with eight overlapping delicately toothed ray florets and a tufted centre; borne singly or in panicles. An annual herb with finely cut leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Nemo

Psychic Tranquility
By its very nature the psychic is tranquil.

Vallaris solanacea
Small fragrant white open campanulate flower with the edge of the corolla crimped and wavy; borne in many-flowered cymes. A dense vigorous vine with light green leaves and milky sap.

Photo Courtesy: Dinesh valke

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TIMIDITY

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Timidity in Attachment to the Divine
Full of life, but not knowing how to change this life into an offering to the Divine.
Further comment: Timidity in attachment: I want to say that the attachment is not complete and unreserved; there are some parts of the being that question and hold back because they do not have total trust; one might say that it is a conditional attachment, such as: "If the Divine does what I want, I will remain attached to Him."

Rosa chinensis 'Viridiflora'
Green rose
Small double green flower. A small shrub.

Photo Courtesy: JerryG

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THOUGHT

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Photo Courtesy: Carnwrite

Integrally Pure Thoughts
An effect of the Divine Grace

Viola X Wittrockiana
Pansy, Ladies' delight, Heart's ease, Stepmother's flower
Medium to large soft velvety cream yellow flower with five rounded irregularly overlapping petals; borne singly. A lovely low annual or short-lived perennial.

Photo Courtesy: audreyjm529

Religious Thoughts
Can only be utilised when it is freed from the influence of religions.

Wrightia tinctoria
Pala indigo plant
Small fragrant white star-shaped flower with a delicate fringed corona; borne in many-flowered cymes. A small to medium-sized deciduous tree with milky sap and thin beanlike pendulous fruits.

Photo Courtesy: Dinesh Valke

Sweetness of Thought Turned Exclusively towards the Divine
Lovely, joyful, sweet and calm, sheltered from all conflicts.

Nerium oleander
Oleander, Rosebay
Sweetly fragrant single salverform flower with five separated lobes that are pink fading to pale pink on the edges and twisted suggesting a pinwheel, and a light yellow centre with a delicate fringed corona; borne in loose cymes. A prolific flowering shrub with stiff lanceolate leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Dinesh Valke

Heroic Thought
To the conquest of the unknown without fear of difficulty or incomprehension.

Ipomoea horsfalliae
Princess vine
Medium-sized intense magenta salverform flower with a long waxy corolla tube, white anthers and a purple stigma; the limb is divided into five segments with a clearly impressed star in the centre; borne in loose clusters. A moderately large vine with palmately lobed leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Van swearingen

Logic in Thoughts
Likes coherent discourse.

Prosopis glandulosa
Honey mesquite
Long fragrant greenish yellow catkins borne on a short stalk along the branches. A large spiny shrub or small tree with feathery leaves.

Photo Courtesy: joedecruyenaere

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THROUGHNESS

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Thoroughness
Indispensable for all true progress.

Verbena X Hybrida
Common garden verbena, Florists' verbena
Small salverform flowers with irregular rounded lobes, in many colours and often with a contrasting, usually white centre; borne in flat- topped terminal spikes. A creeping matlike perennial often grown as an annual; the sagittate pubescent leaves have crenate margins.

Photo Courtesy: MShades

Psychic Thoroughness
With tireless patience it works for the perfection of the being.

Verbena X Hybrida
Common garden verbena, Florists' verbena
Small pink salverform flowers with irregular rounded lobes; borne in flat- topped terminal spikes. A creeping matlike perennial often grown as an annual; the sagittate pubescent leaves have crenate margins.

Photo Courtesy: Carl E Lewis

Vital thoroughness
The vital must become calm and docile.

Verbena X Hybrida
Common garden verbena, Florists' verbena
Small mauve salverform flowers with irregular rounded lobes; borne in flat- topped terminal spikes. A creeping matlike perennial often grown as an annual; the sagittate pubescent leaves have crenate margins.

Photo Courtesy: MamaPyjama

Physical thoroughness
Takes great care of details in the execution of work.

Verbena X Hybrida
Common garden verbena, Florists' verbena
Small dark red salverform flowers with irregular rounded lobes; borne in flat- topped terminal spikes. A creeping matlike perennial often grown as an annual; the sagittate pubescent leaves have crenate margins.

Photo Courtesy: Calico_13

Integral Thoroughness
Nothing is neglected in order to reach the Divine Goal.

Verbena X Hybrida
Common garden verbena, Florists' verbena
Small white salverform flowers with irregular rounded lobes; borne in flat-topped terminal spikes. A creeping matlike perennial often grown as an annual; the sagittate pubescent leaves have crenate margins.

Photo Courtesy: The Loopweaver

Artistic Thoroughness
Neglects nothing in its search for perfection.

Verbena X Hybrida
Common garden verbena, Florists' verbena
Small soft red with cream centre salverform flowers with irregular rounded lobes; borne in flat- topped terminal spikes. A creeping matlike perennial often grown as an annual; the sagittate pubescent leaves have crenate margins.

Photo Courtesy: Pelennor

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THIRST

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Thirst for Perfection
Constant and manifold aspiration.

Beleperone guttata
Shrimp plant, Mexican shrimp plant. Shrimp bush, False hop
Small white flattened tubular two-lipped flowers spotted with purple on the lower lip emerging from broad showy russet or greenish-yellow bracts; in drooping terminal spikes. An evergreen subshrub with weak stems.

Picture Courtesy:Nemo

Thirst to Learn
One of the qualities that facilitate integral progress.

Ipomoea lobata [Mina lobata]
Spanish flag
Small slightly curved tubular bright red flower that fades to yellow with age, with prominently exserted stamens; borne in many-flowered onesided axillary racemes. A light annual vine with lobed leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Green.Thumbs

Thirst to Understand
Very useful for transformation.

Crossostephium artemisioides
Chinese lavender
Small rounded heads of tiny dusty yellow compositae flowers in terminal racemes. A low perennial herb with silvery grey leaves.

Photo Courtesy: b5.blog.xuite.net

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TENDERNESS

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Tenderness for the Divine
Sweetness, a charming hue, a delicate form, a smile that gladdens.

Rosa chinensis
China rose, Bengal rose
Small single very light pink flower that fades to white; borne in clusters of two or three. A small to medium-sized shrub.

Photo Courtesy: Rosier

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TEAM-WORK

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Photo Courtesy: Vairoj

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TAPASYA

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Tapasya is a strong concentration of the energies for a result - but usually concentration of them in the practice of some discipline for a spiritual result.
SRI AUROBINDO

Tapasya is the concentration of the will to get the results of sadhana and to conquer the lower nature.
SRI AUROBINDO

When the will and energy are concentrated and used to control the mind, vital and physical and change them or to bring down the higher consciousness or for any other yogic purpose or high purpose, that is called Tapasya.
SRI AUROBINDO

Tapsya
A discipline with the aim of realising the Divine.

Thorn apple
Large single white mildly fragrant erect trumpet-shaped flower with six shallow pointed lobes and a corolla tube partly encased in a large velvety inflated green calyx; borne singly from the leaf axils. A highly poisonous annual or short-lived perennial herb with large dark green tomentose leaves.

Mental Tapasya
The process leading to the goal.

Datura
Thorn apple
Large single or double mildly fragrant erect trumpet-shaped yellow flower with corolla tube partly encased in a large velvety inflated green calyx; borne singly from the leaf axils. A highly poisonous annual or short-lived perennial herb with large dark green tomentose leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Rowdy Rider

Vital Tapasya
The vital undergoes a rigorous discipline in order to transform itself.

Datura
Thorn apple
Large single, double or triple mildly fragrant erect trumpet-shaped violet flower with corolla tube partly encased in a large velvety inflated green calyx; borne singly from the leaf axils. A highly poisonous annual or short-lived perennial herb with large dark green tomentose leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Winged Photography

Integral Tapasya
The whole being lives only to know and serve the Divine.

Datura
Thorn apple
Large double mildly fragrant erect trumpet-shaped white flower with corolla tube partly encased in a large velvety inflated green calyx; borne singly from the leaf axils. A highly poisonous annual or short-lived perennial herb with large dark green tomentose leaves.

Photo Copyright & Courtesy: dupee419

Perfect Tapasya
That which will reach its goal.

Brugmansia suaveolens
Angel's trumpet
Very large double pendulous trumpet-shaped white flower with the edge of the limb pleated into five pointed recurved lobes, yellow green corolla tube and the base of the flower set in a large glabrous inflated tubular green calyx. A small to medium- sized tree.

Photo Courtesy: Dey

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VITALITY

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Perpetual Vitality
A vitality that is not affected by external influences.

Conifers
Majestic cone-bearing trees or shrubs with evergreen needles.

Photo Courtesy: Neoneo

Steadfast Vitality
The vitality that is based on integral consecration.

Areca catechu
Betel palm, Betel-nut-palm, Areca nut palm, Catechu
Very tiny fragrant white flowers with three pointed petals; borne in multiple sprays just below the leaves. A slender decorative feather- leaf palm of medium height with conspicuous round bright orange fruits.

Photo Courtesy: Stupz

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VIGILANCE

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Vigilance means to be awake, to be on guard, to be sincere - never to be taken by surprise. When you want to do sadhana, at every moment of your life there is a choice between taking a step that leads to the goal and falling asleep or sometimes even going backwards, telling yourself, "Oh, later on, not immediately" — sitting down on the way.

THE MOTHER

Vigilance
Indispensable for all true progress.

Pentapetes phoenicea

Small red orange saucer-shaped flower with five rounded petals and five narrow elongated anthers that protrude from the centre; borne singly on very short stems from the leaf axils. A narrow annual herb with lanceolate leaves that have irregularly toothed edges.

Photo Courtesy:「いとしきものたち」－２

Perfect Vigilance
Nothing is neglected in its observation.

Magnolia grandiflora
Large-flowered magnolia, Bull bay, Southern magnolia
Very large stately heavily fragrant ivory white cup-shaped flower with firm petals; borne singly. A large tree.

Photo Courtesy: Donna Osborn

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VICTORY

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The first victory is to create an individuality. And then later, the second victory is to give this individuality to the Divine. And the third victory is that the Divine changes your individuality into a divine being. There are three stages: the first is to become an individual; the second is to consecrate the individual so that he may surrender entirely to the Divine and be identified with Him; and the third is that the Divine takes possession of this individual and changes him into a being in His own image; that is, he too becomes divine.
THE MOTHER

You must make grow in you the peace that is born of the certitude of victory.
SRI AUROBINDO

No human will can finally prevail against the Divine's Will. Let us put ourselves deliberately and exclusively on the side of the Divine, and the Victory is ultimately certain.
THE MOTHER

Victory
Will triumph over all obstacles.

Allamanda cathartica
Common allamanda, Golden trumpet
Large mildly fragrant bright yellow salverform flower with a narrow abruptly expanding corolla tube, a broad limb with five rounded lobes and a throat finely striped with golden brown; borne in few-flowered terminal cymes. A vigorous scandent shrub.

Photo Courtesy: Jen

Victory in the Vital
In the vital even a little victory has great consequences.

Allamanda blanchetti
Purple allamanda
Medium-sized soft pinkish purple funnelform flower with five wavy overlapping lobes; slightly fragrant; borne in few-flowered terminal cymes. A scandent shrub.

Photo Courtesy: artchemist2007

Joy of Victory
It resembles victory without having its power.

Anemopaegma chamberlaynii
Yellow trumpet vine
Large bright golden yellow trumpet-shaped salverform flower with a flattened corolla tube and the limb divided into five rounded lobes; mildly fragrant and borne in axillary racemes. A vigorous climber with stiff glabrous leaves.

Photo Courtesy & Copyright: http://www.cambridge2000.com

Certitude of Victory
It is not noisy, but it is sure.

Catesbaea spinosa
Lily thorn, Spanish guava
Medium-sized greenish yellow pendulous funnel shaped flower with a long narrow corolla tube and the limb split into four waxy pointed lobes; borne singly. A spiny shrub with small glossy leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Toptropicals

Victorious Beauty
When it has removed the ugliness of life.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis 'Grace Goo'
Malvaceae Chinese hibiscus, Hawaiian hibiscus, Rose-of- China
Large single flower with crinkled petals in golden ochre to mustard with a very deep red or vermilion centre and a silver grey or pale lavender aura.

Photo Courtesy: Chrissy Olson

Victorious Endurance
It will endure till the end of the battle.

Zinnia elegans
Common zinnia, Youth-and-old-age
Large, usually double compositae orange flowers with firm spatulate ray florets; borne singly on sturdy stems. A long- blooming garden annual.

Photo Courtesy: Variationen

Victorious Love
Sure of itself, fearless, generous and smiling.

Hibiscus mutabilis
Cotton rose, Confederate rose mallow
Large double glowing pink flower with soft delicate petals; flowers open pink and stay pink.

Photo Courtesy: Guppystorm

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VEGETAL

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Joy of Vegetal Nature in Answer to the New Light
It dances with joy and laughs happily.

Callistemon
Bottlebrush
All species with long showy bright red exserted stamens and tiny inconspicuous greenish white petals set among linear lanceolate leaves; borne in spikes resembling a bottlebrush. A shrub or small tree with aromatic leaves.

Vegetal Goodwill towards the Supramental Forces
Each does what it can.

Cuphea micropetala
Small cream yellow tubular flower tinged orange at the base, borne in leafy terminal racemes. A many-stemmed subshrub with lanceolate leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Eric

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VANITY

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Vanity
One of the most frequent forms of falsehood.

Dahlia
Medium-sized single compositae flower, in all colours, with eight overlapping ray florets somewhat recurved at their tips, which can be round or pointed; the rays surround a disc of tubular yellow florets that form a hard centre; borne singly or in clusters. A tender tuberous- rooted perennial herb.

Photo Courtesy: Peter Andersen

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YOUTH

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Youth does not depend on the small number of years one has lived, but on the capacity to grow and progress. To grow is to increase one's potentialities, one's capacities; to progress is to make constantly more perfect the capacities that one already possesses.
THE MOTHER

To be young is to live in the future.
To be young is to be always ready to give up what you are in order to become what you should be.
To be young is never to accept the irreparable.
THE MOTHER

To know how to be reborn into a new life at every moment is the secret of eternal youth.
THE MOTHER

Eternal Youth
It is a gift the Divine gives to us when we unite with Him.

Hibiscus hirtus
Hibiscus
Small single salmon orange saucer-shaped flower with five rounded overlapping petals and a nearly horizontal staminal column with yellow anthers.

Photo Courtesy: Sriaurobindoashram.com

Beauty of Supramental Youth
Exquisite in its freshness, powerful in its undeniable beauty.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Chinese hibiscus, Hawaiian hibiscus, Rose- of-China
Medium-sized single flower with recurved soft salmon orange petals specked with pale yellow, reddish veins and a red centre.

Photo Courtesy: Stringrose

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Origin of Significances

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From the start of the Ashram in 1927, the Mother used flowers in her interactions with the sadhaks who came to see her. From an early period, she gave significances to certain flowers. In this way there evolved a language of flowers by which the Mother communicated with the sadhaks. Within a few years, she had given names to hundreds of flowers. A list compiled by an Ashram gardener in 1930 contained 410 entries. In 1953, a French sadhak edited the Ashram's first book on flowers, 'Le role des fleurs'. This contained 636 significances. In the early 1970s, the Mother reviewed these significances, changing some of them, and added more than 240 new ones. At the same time she gave a brief comment on almost all the flowers. The result of this revision was ‘Flowers and Their Messages’, issued in 1973, which contained 879 significances. In 2000, the ashram published a new book ‘The spiritual significance of flowers’ revising some botanical names and adding 19 new significances discovered in the notebooks of early Ashram gardeners.
This website presents all the 898 significances.

USEFULNESS

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Right Use of the Granted Grace
No deformation, no diminution, no exaggeration, a clear sincerity.

Saponaria
Soap-won, Bouncing Bet
Small white or pink flowers with five widely separated petals; borne in many-flowered umbels. A strong rhizomatous perennial.

Photo Courtesy: Gerturd.K

Photo courtesy: Mira

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Y

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YOUTH
• Eternal Youth
• Beauty of Supramental Youth

W

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WATER
• Water

WEALTH
• Wealth
• Supramentalised Wealth
• Wealth in the Mind of Light
• Wealth under the Psychic Influence
• Emotional Wealth
• Wealth in the Vital
• Wealth in the Most material Vital
• Generous Wealth
• Integral Wealth of Mahalakshmi

WHIPPING
• A whipping

WILL
• Will Manifested in Life
• Vital Will Manifested in Life
• Will in Course of Uniting with the Divine Will
• Will one with the Divine Will
• Will to Conquer the Vital Enemies
• Divine Will Acting in the Inconscient
• Divine Will Acting in the Subconscient

WISDOM
• Wisdom
• Striving towards Wisdom
• Striving towards Integral Wisdom
• Wisdom in the Physical Mind
• Integral Wisdom

WORD
• Creative Word

WORK
• Work
• Works of Love
• Cheerfulness in Work for the Divine
• Disinterested Work Done for the Divine
• Disinterested Work Done for the Divine in the Vital
• Power Aspiring to become an Instrument for the Divine Work
• Mahasaraswati’s Perfection in Works
• Skill in Works
• Skill in Psychic Work
• Skill in Mental Work
• Emotional Skill in Work
• Skill in Vital Work
• Physical Skill in Work
• Skill in Material Work
• Skill in Integral Work
• Artistic Work
• Radiating Skill in Work
• Perfect Planning of Work
• Organised Team-Work
• Perfect Working of the Mind
• Psychic Work
• Success in Supramental Work
• Working of the Enlightened Mind

WORLD (See also EARTH)
• New World
• Blessings on the Material World
• Divine Love Governing the World
• Divine Love Spreading Over the World

WORSHIP
• True Worship

V

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VANITY
• Vanity

VEGETAL
• Joy of Vegetal Nature in Answer to the New Light
• Vegetal Goodwill towards the Supramental Forces

VICTORY
• Victory
• Victory in the Vital
• Joy of Victory
• Certitude of Victory
• Victorious Beauty
• Victorious Endurance
• Victorious Love

VIGILANCE
• Vigilance
• Perfect Vigilance

VITAL
• The Vital’s Possibility of Perfection
• Vital Opening
• Vital Consecration
• Aspiration for Vital Purity
• Vital Purity
• Vital Aspiration for the Union with the Divine
• Attachment in the emotional vital to the Divine
• Vital Attachment to the Divine
• Attachment of the Material Vital to the Divine
• Attempt at Vital Goodwill
• Broadening of the Most Material Vital
• Candid Simplicity in the Vital
• Aspiration for Conquest of Enemies in the Vital
• Will to Conquer the Vital Enemies
• Conquest over the Vital Enemies
• Vital Immortality
• Conscious Vital Immortality
• Consent of the Vital
• Enthusiastic Vital Consent
• Conversion of the Vital
• Correct Movements in the Vital
• Disinterested Work Done for the Divine in the Vital
• Distinction of the Vital
• Endurance of the Higher Vital
• Vital Endurance
• Enthusiasm in Higher Vital
• Cheerful Enthusiasm in the Higher Vital
• Vital Enthusiasm
• Cheerful Vital Enthusiasm
• Enthusiasm in the Most Material Vital
• Cheerful Enthusiasm in the Most Material Vital
• First Turning of the Vital towards the Divine
• Formative Faculty in the Vital
• Generosity in the Vital
• Perfect generosity in the vital
• Harmony in the Material Vital
• Harmony in the Vital
• Renunciation of Vital Desires
• Integral Renunciation of Vital desires
• Intimacy with the Divine in the Vital
• Krishna’s Light in the Vital
• Krishna’s Play in the Vital
• Liberation in the Vital
• Life Energy in the Vital
• Light in the vital
• Light in the vital movements
• Offering of the Vital
• Integral Offering of the Vital
• Offering of the Material Vital
• Offering of the Most Material Vital
• Opening of the Higher Vital to the Light
• Opening of the Material Vital to the Light
• Opening of the Vital to the Divine Love
• Organisation in the Vital
• Peace in the Vital
• Power in the Higher Vital
• Power of vital Expression
• Quite Strength in the Vital
• Radha’s Consciousness in the vital
• Radiating Vital Purity
• Seeking the Light in the Lower Vital
• Silence in the Vital
• Sincerity in the Vital
• Skill in Vital Work
• Solace in the Vital
• Spiritual Ascension in the Vital
• Spiritual Awakening of the Vital
• Stability in the Vital
• Stability in the Higher Vital
• Vital Contentment
• Steadfast Vitality
• Strength in the Vital
• Success in the Most Material Vital
• Supramentalised Vital Transparency
• Transparency of the Emotional Vital
• Vital transparency
• True Action in the Material Vital
• Trust in the Vital Mind for the Divine
• Trust of the Emotional Vital in the Divine
• Vital Trust in the Divine
• Victory in the Vital
• Vital Aspiration for Immortality
• Spiritual Aspiration in the Vital
• Vital Boldness
• Vital Centre
• Vital Consenting to be Spiritualised
• Vital Continuity
• Fearlessness in the Vital
• Vital courage
• Vital fantasy
• Vital gentleness
• The Vital governed by the presence
• Vital Honesty
• Vital Impulses
• Vital Joy in matter
• Vital Patience
• Vital Plenitude
• Vital Prayer
• Vital pride
• Vital Progress
• Integral Progress in the Vital
• Vital Promise
• Vital Protection
• Vital receptivity
• Vital sensitivity
• Vital Tapasya
• Vital Thoroughness
• Vital Will Manifested in Life
• Wealth in the Vital
• Wealth in the Most material Vital
• Illumined Strength in the Vital
• Opening of the Emotional Vital
• Vital Opening to the Supramental Light

VITALITY
• Perpetual Vitality
• Steadfast Vitality

VOICE
• Mental Voice
• Voice of the Higher Mind

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TAPASYA
• Tapsya
• Mental Tapasya
• Vital Tapasya
• Integral Tapasya
• Perfect Tapasya

TEAM-WORK
• Organised Team-Work

TENDERNESS
• Tenderness for the Divine

TEMPER
• Good Temper

THIRST
• Thirst for Perfection
• Thirst to Learn
• Thirst to Understand

THROUGHNESS
• Thoroughness
• Psychic Thoroughness
• Vital thoroughness
• Physical thoroughness
• Integral Thoroughness
• Artistic Thoroughness

THOUGHT
• Thoughts Turned towards the Divine
• Integrally Pure Thoughts
• Religious Thoughts
• Sweetness of Thought Turned Exclusively towards the Divine
• Heroic Thought
• Logic in Thoughts

TIMIDITY
• Timidity in Attachment to the Divine

TONGUE
• Sharp Tongue

TO KNOW
• To know how to Listen
• To know what has to be Said

TRANQUILITY
• Tranquility of the Sex Centre when under the Influence of the Supramental Light
• Psychic Tranquility

TRANSFORMATION
• Transformation
• Body Consciousness undergoing the Supramental Transformation
• Obscurity Offers Itself to be Transformed
• Transformation Dispels Obscurity
• Transformed Sex Centre

TRANSPARENCY
• Transparency
• Psychic Transparency
• Transparency of the Emotional Vital
• Vital transparency
• Supramentalised Vital Transparency
• Transparency in the physical
• Integral Transparency
• Illumined Transparency

TRIPLE
• Triple Protection
• Triple Aspiration

TRUE
• Birth of True Mental Sincerity
• True Action in the Material Vital
• True Worship

TRUST
• Trust in the Divine
• Aspiration for Trust in the Divine
• Mental Trust in the Divine
• Trust in the Vital Mind for the Divine
• Trust of the Emotional Vital in the Divine
• Vital Trust in the Divine
• Integral Trust in the Divine

TRUTH
• Absolute Truthfulness
• Power of Truth in the Subconscient
• Effort towards the Truth

TURNING (See also CHANGE)
• Consciousness Turned towards the Light
• Consciousness turned towards the Supramental Light
• Energy Turned towards the Divine
• Exclusive Turning of All movements towards the Divine
• First Movement of Riches Towards the Divine
• Physical Consciousness Entirely Turned Towards the Divine
• Sweetness of Thought Turned Exclusively towards the Divine
• Thoughts Turned towards the Divine
• Turning of Wrong Movements into Right Movements
• First Turning of the Vital towards the Divine

U

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UNDERSTANDING
• Divine Solicitude Rightly Understood
• Thirst to Understand

UNION
• Vital Aspiration for the Union with the Divine
• Joy of Union with the Divine
• Will in Course of Uniting with the Divine Will

UNSELFISHNESS
• Unselfishness
• Unselfish Prosperity

USEFULNESS
• Right Use of the Granted Grace
• Usefulness of the New creation (Usefulness of Auroville)
• Balanced use of the Integral Power

UNSELFISHNESS

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Unselfishness
Deeply open so as not to refuse anything.

Beaumontia jerdoniana
Nepal trumpet flower, Herald's trumpet, Easter lily vine
Large fragrant white funnelform flower that has five sharply recurved lobes with wavy edges, a small yellow green centre and prominent stamens united at the anthers; borne in axillary and terminal corymbs. A heavy woody vine with large glossy leaves.

Picture Courtesy: Eric

Unselfish Prosperity
He who receives it abundantly gives all that he has as he receives it.

Couroupita guianensis
Cannolball tree
Large very fragrant pink and white flowers with six wide fleshy satiny petals and a prominent central hood ending in numerous yellow-tipped stamens; borne in long pendulous racemes directly from the trunk and main branches. A moderately large tree with unique cannonball shaped fruits.

Photo Courtesy: Dinesh valke

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UNION

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Vital Aspiration for the Union with the Divine
It raises straight up in an intense and concentrated movement.

Polygonum
Knotweed, Smartweed
Very tiny light pink bell-shaped flowers that bloom sparsely but are accompanied by many minute round buds on slender racemes. A tall narrow aquatic plant with sparse foliage of long drooping lanceolate leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Rl

Joy of Union with the Divine
Abundantly scented, it fills the heart with joy.

Ocimum basilicum
Common basil, Sweet basil
Tiny white bilabiate flowers with a green calyx, stem and leaves; the leaves are especially prized for culinary use. A shrubby annual or perennial culinary herb with aromatic leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Forest & Kim Starr

Will in Course of Uniting itself with the Divine Will
On the way to perfection.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Chinese hibiscus, Hawaiian hibiscus, Rose- of-China
Medium-sized double cream white flower.

Photo Courtesy: Forest & Kim Starr

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UNDERSTANDING

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Divine Solicitude Rightly Understood
Let us understand and receive with gratitude this Divine Solicitude, so often misunderstood.

Malvaviscus arboreus
Turk's cap
Medium-sized pale pink tubular flower with twisted overlapping petals that never unfold and anthers that protrude beyond the petals. A medium-sized shrub of irregular form.

Photo Courtesy: Dinesh Valke

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NATURE
• Awakening and First response of the Nature to the Supramental Manifestation
• Balance of the Nature in the Love for the Divine
• Blossoming of Nature
• First Conscious Reception of the Light in Nature
• Humility before the Divine in the Physical Nature
• Intimacy with Universal Nature
• Joy of Vegetal Nature in Answer to the New Light
• Kindness of Nature
• Nature Aspires to be Supramentalised
• Nature Makes an Offering of Her Beauty
• Nature's Hope for Realisation
• Psychic Soaring of Nature
• Smile of Nature
• Spontaneous Aspiration of Nature towards the Divine
• Spontaneous Joy of Nature

NERVES
• Peace in the Nerves

NEW CREATION
• New Creation
• Perfect New Creation
• Beauty of the New Creation (Beauty of Auroville)
• Blossoming of the New Creation (Blossoming of Auroville)
• Charm of the New Creation (Charm of Auroville)
• Concentration of the New Creation (Concentration of Auroville)
• Firmness of the New Creation (Firmness of Auroville)
• Ideal of the New Creation
• Manifold Power of the New Creation (Manifold power of Auroville)
• Progress of the New Creation (Progress of Auroville)
• Realisation of the New Creation (Realisation of Auroville)
• Usefulness of the New creation (Usefulness of Auroville)

NOBILITY
• Nobility

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IDEA
• Idea

IDEALISM
• Idealism
• Ideal of the new creation

ILLUMINED
• Illumined Mind Centre
• Illumined Transparency
• Illumined Strength in the Vital

IMAGINATION
• Imagination

IMITATION
• Mental Spirit of Imitation

IMMORTALITY
• Immortality
• Vital Immortality
• Conscious Vital Immortality
• Integral Immortality
• Supramental Immortality
• Attempt towards Immortality
• Aspiration for Immortality
• Vital Aspiration for Immortality
• Physical Aspiration for Immortality
• Aspiration for Integral Immortality
• Supramental Immortality upon Earth

INCONSCIENT
• Divine Will Acting in the Inconscient
• First Appearance of Purity in the Inconscient
• First Response of the Inconscient to the Divine Force

INFLUENCE
• Krishna’s Influence in the Subconscient
• Supramental Influence in the Subconscient
• Mental Love under the Psychic Influence
• Psychic Influence in the Emotions
• Successful Future under the Supramental Influence
• Supramental Influence
• Supramental Influence in the Cells
• Supramental Influence in the Sex Centre
• Tranquility of the Sex Centre when it is under the Influence of the Supramental Light
• Wealth under the Psychic Influence

INITIATION
• Initiation

INSPIRATION
• Inspiration
• Lasting Inspiration

INTEGRAL
• Aspiration for Integral Immortality
• Entire Self-Giving
• Integral Attachment to the Divine
• Integral Balance
• Perfect Integral Balance
• Integral Conversion
• Integral Courage
• Integral Endurance
• Integral Enthusiasm
• Cheerful Integral Enthusiasm
• Integrally Equal Basis in the Physical
• Integral Gratitude
• Integral Harmony
• Integral Immortality
• Integral Intimacy with the Divine
• Integral Love for the Divine
• Integral Mental Purity
• Integral Offering
• Integral Offering of the Vital
• Integral Opening of the Being to the Divine
• Integral Opening to the Light
• Integral Organisation
• Integral Prayer
• Integral Progress
• Integral Progress in Matter
• Integral Progress in the Vital
• Integral Protection
• Integral Psychological Perfection
• Integral Purity
• Integral Receptivity
• Integral Renunciation of the Vital Desires
• Integral Revelation
• Integral Silence
• Integral Simplicity
• Integral Solace
• Integral Tapasya
• Integral Thoroughness
• Integral Transparency
• Integral Trust in the Divine
• Integral Unconditional Offering
• Integral Wealth of Mahalakshmi
• Striving towards Integral Wisdom
• Integral Wisdom
• Integrally Pure Thoughts
• Peace of Integral Faithfulness
• Joy of integral Faithfulness
• Joy of Integral Peace
• Krishna’s Integral Play
• Power of Integral Expression
• Power of Integral Purity
• Skill in Integral Work
• Balanced use of the Integral Power
• Integral Conversion with the Help of the Psychic

INTENSITY
• Spiritual Intensity
• Aspiration for Spiritual Intensity
• Intensity of the Consciousness in Full Supramental Light

INTIMACY
• Intimacy with the Divine
• Intimacy with the Divine in the Psychic
• Intimacy with the Divine in the Vital
• Intimacy with the Divine in the Physical
• Integral Intimacy with the Divine
• Intimacy with Universal Nature

INTUITIVE
• Intuitive Knowledge
• Intuitive Mind Centre

INVENTIONS
• Inventions

INVOCATION
• Supramental Invocation

LIFE

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We are united towards the same goal and for the same accomplishment - for a work, unique and new, that the Divine Grace has given us to accomplish. I hope that more and more you will understand the exceptional importance of this work and that you will feel in yourselves the sublime joy that the accomplishment will give you. The Divine force is with you - feel its presence more and more and be careful never to betray it. Feel, wish, act, that you may be new beings for the realisation of a new world, and for this my blessings shall always be with you.

THE MOTHER

Some give their soul to the Divine, some their life, some offer their work, some their money. A few consecrate all of themselves and all they have — soul, life, work, wealth; these are the true children of God.

THE MOTHER

Conversion of the Aim of Life from the Ego to the Divine
Instead of seeking one’s own satisfaction, to have service of the Divine as the aim of life.

Clivia miniata
Kaffir lily
Medium-sized bright orange funnelform flowers with the limb divided into six lobes, a yellow or apricot throat and exserted stamens; borne in many-flowered umbels on erect scapes. A perennial bulb with straplike leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Hedwig Storch

Life Energy
Powerful and manifold, meets all needs.

Dendranthema Xgrandiflorum [Chrysanthemum Xmorifolium]
Florists' chrysanthemum
Medium to large double compositae flowers in a variety of forms with variously shaped ray florets; in white and shades of yellow, bronze, pink, red and mauve; borne singly or in loose corymbs. A bushy perennial with aromatic leaves and flowers.

Life Energy in the Vital
Supple and resistant, it is tireless.

Dendranthema Xgrandiflorum [Chrysanthemum Xmorifolium]
Florists' chrysanthemum
Medium to large double compositae light mauve flowers in a variety of forms with variously shaped ray florets; borne singly or in loose corymbs. A bushy perennial with aromatic leaves and flowers.

Photo Courtesy: KENPEI

Purified Dynamic Life Energy
Superb, indomitable, all-powerful in its purity.

Dendranthema Xgrandiflorum [Chrysanthemum Xmorifolium]
Florists' chrysanthemum
Medium to large double compositae white flowers in a variety of forms with variously shaped ray florets; borne singly or in loose corymbs. A bushy perennial with aromatic leaves and flowers.

Photo Courtesy: Mshades

Supramentalised Life Energy
Manifold and supple, it has an immortal resistance.

Dendranthema Xgrandiflorum [Chrysanthemum Xmorifolium]
Florists' chrysanthemum
Medium to large double compositae orange yellow flowers in a variety of forms with variously shaped ray florets; borne singly or in loose corymbs. A bushy perennial with aromatic leaves and flowers.

Photo Courtesy: Fanghong

Life Energy in the Material
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Dendranthema Xgrandiflorum [Chrysanthemum Xmorifolium]
Florists' chrysanthemum
Medium to large double compositae golden red flowers in a variety of forms with variously shaped ray florets; borne singly or in loose corymbs. A bushy perennial with aromatic leaves and flowers.

Photo Courtesy: Jespis

Organisation of Action in Life
Clustered, compact, its action is irresistible.

Combretum fruticosum
Burning bush
Large dense horizontal spikes of yellow to orange tubular flowers whose numerous long stamens create a soft brushlike appearance. A scandent shrub.

Photo Courtesy: Tony

Splendour and Opulence in the Material Life
Can become widespread only through transformation.

Quassia amara
Bitterwood, Surinam quassia
Medium-sized glowing scarlet tubular flower with yellow anthers that protrude beyond the petals; borne in racemes. A shrub or small tree with uniquely shaped leaves; new leaves are glossy copper red.

Photo Courtesy: Joel Abroad

To Live Only For the Divine
This means to have overcome all the difficulties of the individual life.

Myrtus communis
Myrtle, Greek myrtle, Swedish myrtle
Small very fragrant pure white flower with four spreading rounded petals and a central tuft of delicate stamens; borne singly or in few-flowered cymes. An evergreen shrub with dark green glossy leaves that have a spicy fragrance when bruised.

Photo Courtesy: Forest & Kim Starr

Photo Courtesy: Chrischang

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LEARNING

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Photo Courtesy: Green.Thumbs

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LASTING

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Lasting Attachment
Modest, unostentatious, but persistent.

Hedera
Ivy
All species of woody vines that have prominently lobed glossy evergreen leaves and the ability to attach themselves to almost any surface.

Lasting Inspiration
Waits patiently to be received.

Aristolochia rigens
Dutchman's pipe, Pelican flower
Large uniquely shaped yellow green flower with an inflated pouch covered with dark reddish brown veins, a long curving lower petal heavily marked with reddish brown and a shorter somewhat hood-shaped upper petal; borne singly. The flower has an unpleasant odor. A moderately large vine with large heart-shaped leaves and dried seed pods that resemble parachutes.

Photo Courtesy: Dinesh Valke

Lasting Remembrance
The remembrance of that which has helped the being to progress.

Myosotis sylvatica
Garden forget-me-not
Tiny exquisite sky blue salverform flower with five rounded lobes and a prominent yellow centre; borne in airy terminal clusters. A small biennial herb.

Photo Courtesy: Mwri

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Q

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QUARREL
• No Quarrels

QUIETNESS (See also TRANQUILITY)
• Quiet Mind
• Quietness Established in the Mind
• Perfect Quietness in the Mind
• Quiet Strength in the Vital

QUIETNESS

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Quiet Mind
The best way to learn.

Nerium oleander
Oleander, Rosebay
Sweetly fragrant single white salverform flower with five separated petals, with a delicate fringed corona; borne in loose cymes. A prolific flowering shrub with stiff lanceolate leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Winged Photography

Quietness Established in the Mind
The essential condition for its transformation.

Nerium oleander
Oleander, Rosebay
Sweetly fragrant single white salverform flower with elongated petals, with a delicate fringed corona; borne in loose cymes. A prolific flowering shrub with stiff lanceolate leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Forest & Kim Starr

Perfect Quietness in the Mind
Essential condition for true progress.

Nerium oleander
Oleander, Rosebay
Sweetly fragrant double white salverform flower with five separated petals, with a delicate fringed corona; borne in loose cymes. A prolific flowering shrub with stiff lanceolate leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Hovic

Quite Strength in the Vital
Does not like to attract attention.

Tradescantia zebrina [Zebrina pendula]
Wandering Jew, Inch plant
Tiny magenta pink three-petalled flower set in two opposite horizontal unequal bracts that are green with a dark green central stripe and dull purple on the reverse; borne singly. A trailing perennial succulent herb with metallic green leaves that have purple edges and a purple central stripe, and turn dark green with age.

Photo Courtesy: Ruestz

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