Gives for
the joy of giving.
When
I give flowers, it is as an answer to the aspiration coming from the very
depths of your being. It is a need or an aspiration, it depends upon the
person. It may fill a void or else give you the impetus
to progress, or it may help you find the inner harmony in order to establish
peace. Do you understand?
Be like a flower. One
must try to become like a flower: open, frank, equal, generous and kind.
A flower is open
to all that surrounds it: Nature, light, the rays of the sun, the wind, etc. It
exerts a spontaneous influence on all that is around it. It radiates a joy and
a beauty.
It is frank: it hides
nothing of its beauty, and lets it flow frankly out of itself. What is within,
what is in its depths, it lets it come out so that everyone can see it.
It is equal: it has no
preference. Everyone can enjoy its beauty and its perfume, without rivalry. It
is equal and the same for everybody. There is no difference, or anything
whatsoever.
Then generous: without reserve
or restriction, how it gives the mysterious beauty and the very own perfume of
Nature. It sacrifices itself entirely for our pleasure, even its life it
sacrifices to express this beauty and the secret of the things gathered within
itself.
And then, kind: it has
such a tenderness, it is so sweet, so close to us, so loving. Its presence
fills us with joy. It is always cheerful and happy.
Happy is he who can
exchange his qualities with the real qualities of the flowers. Try to cultivate
in yourself their refined qualities.
I give you flowers
so that you may develop the Divine qualities they symbolise. And they can
directly transmit into the psychic all that they contain, pure, unalloyed. They
possess a very subtle and very deep power and influence. Do you understand?
Now, it seems to me that you wish to become like a flower or cultivate these
qualities. And, you know, each flower symbolises an aspect, an emanation, an
aspiration and a progress in the evolution of the earth.
(Excerpts from ‘Flowers and their Messages’,
Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry)
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