THE MOTHER

 

The Spiritual Significance of Flowers

 

Part I

 

Test and Photograph

 

Contents

 

 

 

Chapter 1

Chapter 7

Aditi and Avatar

Spiritual Attainments

Aditi

Mastery

Avatar

Wisdom

 

Inspiration

Chapter 2

Revelation

The Divine

Consciousness turned towards the Light

Sachchidananda

Conversion

 Divine Presence

New birth

Divine Love

Realisation

Divine Grace

Victory

Divine Help

Transformation

Protection

Immortality

 

Beauty

Chapter 3

Art

The New Creation

Refinement

Promise

Dignity

New world

Wealth

New creation

 

The future

Chapter 8

Superhumanity

Power

 

Godhead

Chapter 4

Agni

Living for the Divine

Supramental Consciousness

To live only for the Divine

Beauty of supramental youth

Attachment to the Divine (orchids) 

Charm of the new creation

Trust in the Divine

Individual power

Friendship with the Divine

Dynamic power

Love for the Divine (roses)

Power of progress

 

 

Chapter 5

Chapter 9

Road to the Divine

Planes of Consciousness and Parts of the Being

Ascension

Complexity of the centres

Aspiration

Supramental influence

Prayer

Spiritual aspiration

Devotion

Spiritual beauty

Remembrance

Psychic work

Opening

Psychological perfection

Receptivity

Mind

Tapasya

Higher mind

Renunciation of desires

Mental simplicity

Unselfishness

Quiet mind

Discipline

Vital opening

Thoroughness

Vital purity

Endurance

Elegance in the emotions

Service

Refinement of sensations

Work

Physical consciousness turned entirely towards the Divine

Organisation

Light in the blood

Help

Peace in the cells

Progress

Peace in the sex centre

 

Health

Chapter 6

Dreams

Bases of Spiritual Life

Power of Truth in the Subconscient

Sincerity

Divine Will acting in the Inconscient

Purity

 

Simplicity

Chapter 10

Humility

Collaboration of Nature

Peace

Blossoming of Nature

Silence

Spontaneous aspiration of Nature towards the Divine

Gratitude

Abundance

Cheerfulness

Light in fairyland

Goodwill

Bird of paradise

Balance

 

Harmony

Chapter 11

Generosity

Awakening of Matter

Faithfulness

Psychic awakening in Matter

Right attitude

Gold

Enthusiasm

Fire

Life energy

 

Plasticity

Chapter 12

Courage

Radha and Krishna

Boldness

Radha's consciousness

Absolute truthfulness

Krishna's light in the Overmind

Spiritual speech

Krishna's play

No quarrels

Krishna's Ananda

Certitude

 

 

Part II

 

Sri Aurobindo Ashram

 

First Edition 2000

(C) Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust 2000

Published by Sri Aurobindo Ashram Publication Department

Pondicherry, India

Printed in Singapore at Ho Printing

ISBN 81-7058-609-7

Chapter 12

 

Radha and Krishna

 

Was it not he once in Brindavan? Woods divine to our yearning,

Memorable always! 0 flowers, 0 delight on the tree-tops burning,

Grasses his herds have grazed and crushed by his feet in the dancing,

Yamuna flowing with song, through the greenness always advancing,

Unforgotten remind; for his flute with its sweetness ensnaring

Sounds in our ears in the night and our souls of their teguments baring

Hales us out naked and absolute, out to his woodlands eternal,

Out to his moonlit dances, his dalliance sweet and supernal. . . .

Even an hour of the soul can unveil the Unborn, the Everlasting,

Gaze on its mighty Companion; the load of mortality casting,

Mind hushes stilled in eternity; waves of the Infinite wander

Thrilling body and soul and its endless felicity squander;

All world-sorrow is finished, the cry of the parting is over;

Ecstasy laughs in our veins, in our heart is the heart of the Lover.

 

SRI AUROBINDO

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RADHA

RADHA'S CONSCIOUSNESS

 

884 Radha's consciousness

 

884 Radha's consciousness

Symbolises perfect attachment to the Divine.

Clitoria ternatea. Blue

 

885 Radha's consciousness in the vital

Perfect attachment to the Divine replaces all vital attractions and passions.

 Clitoria ternatea. Light purple

 

Radha is the personification of the absolute love for the Divine, total and integral in all parts of the being from the highest spiritual to the physical, bringing the absolute self-giving and total consecration of all the being and calling down into the body and the most material nature the supreme Ananda.

SRI AUROBINDO

 

Krishna is ... the divine Flute-player,. . . the immanent and universal Divine who is the supreme power of attraction; and the soul, the psychic personality, [is] Radha, who answers to the call of the Flute-player.

THE MOTHER

 

RADHA'S PRAYER

 

O Thou whom at first sight I knew for the lord of my being and my God, receive my offering. Thine are all my thoughts, all my emotions, all the sentiments of my heart, all my sensations, all the movements of my life, each cell of my body, each drop of my blood. I am absolutely and altogether Thine, Thine without reserve. What Thou wilt of me, that I shall be. Whether Thou choosest for me life or death, happiness or sorrow, pleasure or suffering, all that comes to me from Thee will be welcome. Each one of Thy gifts will be always for me a gift divine bringing with it the supreme Felicity.

THE MOTHER

 

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KRISHNA

At last I find a meaning of soul's birth

Into this universe terrible and sweet,

I who have felt the hungry heart of earth

Aspiring beyond heaven to Krishna's feet.

 

I have seen the beauty of immortal eyes,

And heard the passion of the Lover's flute,

And known a deathless ecstasy's surprise

And sorrow in my heart for ever mute.

 

Nearer and nearer now the music draws,

Life shudders with a strange felicity;

All Nature is a wide enamoured pause

Hoping her lord to touch, to clasp, to be.

 

For this one moment lived the ages past;

The world now throbs fulfilled in me at last.

SRI AUROBINDO

 

All music is only the sound of His laughter,

All beauty the smile of His passionate bliss;

Our lives are His heart-beats, our rapture the bridal

Of Radha and Krishna, our love is their kiss.

SRI AUROBINDO

KRISHNA'S LIGHT IN THE OVERMIND

 

886 Krishna's light in the Overmind

 

886 Krishna's light in the Overmind

The Overmind ready to be divinised.

Salvia farinacea. Lavender blue

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887 Krishna's light in the mind

A charming way to become intelligent.

Thunbergia grandiflora. Light lavender

 

888 Krishna's light in the physical mind

The physical mind loses all rigidity and becomes supple and charming.

Ruellia lorentziana. Pale lavender

 

889 Krishna's light in the senses

A first step towards transformation.

Clitoria tematea. Pale blue

 

890 Krishna's light in the vital

The light that turns the vital towards the Truth.

Ruellia tuberosa. Pale purple

 

890 Krishna's light in the vital

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891 First sign of Krishna's light in Matter

 

891 First sign of Krishna's light in Matter

It is the indication of the coming transformation.

Evolvulus alsinoides. Sky blue

 

892 Krishna's influence in the Subconscient

The best way to be above contingencies.

Ecbolium linneanum. Bluish green

 

893 Krishna's light in the Subconscient

Soon it will no longer be Subconscient.

Eranthemum wattii. Purple

 

894 Krishna's play in the vital

In His midst it has all its charm.

Eichhornia crassipes. Light lavender

 

 

892 Krishna's influence in the Subconscient

 

 

893 Krishna's light in the Subconscient

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894 Krishna's play in the vital

KRISHNA'S PLAY

 

896 Krishna's play in Matter

 

895 Krishna's play

A power of progress veiling itself behind appearances.

Torenia fournieri. White, mauve and lavender

 

896 Krishna's play in Matter

Beamy, love and joy are His companions. A play that widens and makes us progress. Torenia fournieri. Pale lavender

 

897 Krishna's integral play

All the parts of the being respond to His influence.

Torenia fournieri 'Alba'. White tinged pale pink

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KRISHNA

 

Krishna is the Eternal's Personality of Ananda; because of him all creation is possible, because of his play, because of his delight, because of his sweetness.

SRI AUROBINDO

 

Krishna as a godhead is the Lord of Ananda, Love and Bhakti; as an incarnation, he manifests the union of wisdom (Janna) and works and leads the earth-evolution through this towards union with the Divine by Ananda, Love and Bhakti.

SRI AUROBINDO

 

The boy with the flute is Sri Krishna, the Lord descended into the world-play from the divine Ananda; his flute is the music of the call which seeks to transform the lower ignorant play of mortal life and bring into it and establish in its place the Lila of his divine Ananda.

 SRI AUROBINDO

Krishna is the immanent Divine, the Divine Presence in everyone and everything. He is also, sovereignly, the aspect of the Supreme's Delight and Love; he is the smiling tenderness and the playful gaiety; he is at once the player, the play and all his playmates. And as both the game and its results are wholly known, conceived, willed, organised and played consciously in their entirety, there can be no room for anything but the delight of the play. Thus to see Krishna means to find the inner Godhead, to play with Krishna means to be identified with the inner Godhead and to share in his consciousness.

THE MOTHER

 

God as beauty, Sri Krishna in Brindavan, Shyamsundara, is not only Beauty, He is also Love, and without perfect love there cannot be perfect beauty, and without perfect beauty there cannot be perfect delight.

SRI AUROBINDO

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KRISHNA'S ANANDA

 

 

 

898 Krishna's Ananda

Manifold and abundant and so full of charm.

Plumbago auriculata. Pale lavender blue

898 Krishna's Ananda

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