Blossom like a flower

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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.

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.


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.


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.

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.


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.


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.


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.

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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.

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.


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.

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.


True Action in the Material Vital

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.

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.


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.

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.
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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.

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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.


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.


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.


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.

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.


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.


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.


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.

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.

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.

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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.

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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.