We aspire that its rays may illumine and transform us
Botanical
Name: Anthocephalus Cadamba
Common
Name: Kadam Tree
Spiritual
Significance: Supramental Sun
“…by
the very fact that you live upon earth at this moment – whether you are
conscious of it or not and even whether you wish it or not – you absorb with
the air that you breathe this new Supramental substance which is spreading in
earth’s atmosphere and it is preparing in you things that will manifest all on
a sudden, as soon as you have taken the decisive step”
- The Mother
An account of the Golden
Day at the Ashram:
That day the Ashram put on a look of all gold. The
balcony where the Mother used to appear at 6-15 am was covered with gold satin
which had Supramental-Manifestation flower embroidered on it. Visitors from all
over India and abroad came to Pondicherry for the Golden Day. The women were in
saris with golden borders, which they had received from the Mother herself a
fortnight earlier.
The “Service” tree above the Samadhi and other
plants were illuminated with little bulbs of gold and other colours. The
Mother, clad in a golden sari, was seated in a golden chair covered with orange
silk in the Meditation Hall (the walls of which were also covered with orange
silk). The dome was specially made of aluminium sheets so as to reflect the
golden rays of tube-lights. The distribution lasted till 5:30 p.m. While
returning from Darshan we saw an announcement in the Mother’s own handwriting
in French and in English, put on a board:
The Golden Day
Henceforth the 29th February will be the
day of the Lord.
(“Life in Sri
Aurobindo Ashram” by Narayan Prasad, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Puducherry)
(Picture of
flower sourced from 2016 flower calendar, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Puducherry)
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