AWAKENING


Awakening of the first Response of the Nature to the Supramental Manifestation
Interested, she opens herself and tries to understand.

Jatropha integerrima
Peregrina, Spicy jatropha
  1. Small reddish pink flower with five narrow rounded separated petals and conspicuous anthers; borne in long-stemmed terminal cymes. A shrub with variable leaf forms which are often fiddle-shaped.
  2. Another form is a small light pink cup-shaped flower with rounded petals and conspicuous yellow anthers.

Photo Courtesy: Forest & Kim Starr
Photo Courtesy: Dinesh Valke

Awakening in the mind
Let it turn to the Light and to the Light alone.

Turnera ulmifolia
West Indian holly, Sage rose, Yellow alder
Small yellow saucer-shaped flower with five slightly separated rounded petals; borne singly from the leaf axils. A subshrub with pubescent heavily serrated lanceolate leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Tim Waters

Awakening of the Physical Mind
It wants to know and opens itself wide in order to understand.

Turnera subulata
West Indian holly, Sage rose, Yellow alder
Medium-sized cream white saucer-shaped flower with five rounded petals crimped at outer edge, a tiny maroon streaked centre with a yellow aura; borne singly from the leaf axlis. A perennial herb with serrate pubescent leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Blue Dolphin

Emotions Awake to the First Contact with the Divine
The Light begins to work in the emotional consciousness.

Acanthus montanus
Mountain thistle
Small light purple to purple tubular flowers tinged white with the lower edge divided into three lobes, set in a spiny calyx and borne in tall spikes. A small shrub with spiny leaves.


Picture Courtesy: Nipplerings72

First Mental Awakening in Matter
It has preceded and prepared man's future upon earth.

Tribulus terrestris
Caltrop, Devil's weed, Puncture vine, Burnut
Small yellow saucer-shaped rotate wayside flower with five spreading overlapping petals; borne singly from the leaf axils. A mostly prostrate annual or perennial herb bearing hard nutlets with sharp spines.

Photo Courtesy: Manuel M. Ramos

Psychic awakening in Matter
Matter opens itself to the spiritual life.

Dodonaea viscosa
Hopseed bush
Small green papery three-winged seed-capsules tinged with light maroon, turning brown when ripe; borne in clusters among the leaves. A medium-sized shrub or slender tree with ovate- lanceolate leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Bill Swindaman

Spiritual Awakening in Vital
It soars towards the heights in the hope of reaching them.

Solenostemon scutellarioides [Coleus Xhybridus]
Coleus, Painted nettle
Tiny two-lipped flowers that open pale lavender and turn white, borne in small densely flowered terminal spikes. A perennial succulent herb popular for its colourful foliage.

Photo Courtesy: Forest & Kim Starr


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AVATAR


An Avatar is an emanation of the Supreme Lord who assumes a human body on earth.
THE MOTHER

The word Avatara means a descent; it is a coming down of the Divine below the line which divides the divine from the human world or status.
SRI AUROBINDO

The Avatar comes to reveal the divine nature in man above this lower nature and to show what are the divine works, free, unegoistic, disinterested, impersonal, universal, full of the divine light, the divine power and the divine love. He comes as the divine personality which shall fill the consciousness of the human being and replace the limited egoistic personality, so that it shall be liberated out of ego into infinity and universality, out of birth into immortality. He comes as the divine power and love which calls men to itself, so that they may take refuge in that and no longer in the insufficiency of their human wills and the strife of their human fear, wrath and passion, and liberated from all this unquiet and suffering may live in the calm and bliss of the Divine.
SRI AUROBINDO

Avatar-the Supreme Manifested in a Body upon Earth
The pink lotus is the flower of Sri Aurobindo.

Nelumbo nucifera
Sacred lotus, East Indian lotus
Very large fragrant chalice-shaped pink flower with several rows of loosely arranged cupped translucent petals surrounding a unique centre of numerous golden stamens that encircle a raised yellow disc; borne singly on sturdy stems high above the water. A vigorous aquatic rhizomatous plant with large, concave orbicular leaves that repel water.

Photo Courtesy: Julia


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ATTRACTION

Light is not knowledge but the illumination that comes from above and liberates the being from obscurity and darkness.
SRI AUROBINDO

Attraction for the Light
In its attraction it tries to imitate the stars.

Curculigo orchioides
Small golden yellow star-shaped flower borne near the base of the plant on a short scape. A slender tuberous herb with long lanceolate delicately veined leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Dinesh Valke

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ATTEMPT


Attempt at Vital Goodwill
An attempt is a small thing but it can be a promise for the future.

Jacaranda
Green ebony
Medium-sized mildly fragrant lavender blue salverform flowers with a curved and flattened corolla tube, a limb divided into five irregular lobes and a white patch on one side of the throat; borne in terminal panicles. A medium- sized tree with a soft feathery foliage.

Photo Courtesy: peregrin@ off line

Attempt towards Continuity
Vigorous and repeated but not lasting.

Acalypha wilkesiana
Jacobs-coat, Copperleaf, Fire-dragon
Short pale green catkins tinged with red; borne in pairs or small clusters from the leaf axils. A shrub with somewhat drooping green oblong leaves with irregularly cut white margins.


Attempt towards Immortality
Persistent and coordinated.

Celosia argentea
Feathered amaranth
Long erect branching spikes of tiny greenish white loosely arranged everlasting flowers that form soft feathery plumes. A showy floriferous garden annual.

Photo Courtesy: Muffet

Attempt towards Protection
Irregular and not always effective efforts.

Bougainvillea ‘Mahara’
Clusters of showy small semi-double ovate bright magenta bracts in dense clusters that enfold tiny white to greenish white salverform flowers. A shrub, vine or small tree, usually armed with spines.

Photo Courtesy: Ozone9999, Duke and Sarge

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ATTACHMENT

There is only one salvation: to cling to the Divine like this (gesture with two fists). Not to cling to what one thinks of the Divine, not even to what one feels of the Divine ... to an aspiration, an aspiration as sincere as possible. And to cling to that.
THE MOTHER
When a resolution has been taken, when you decided that the whole of your life shall be given to the Divine, you have still at every moment to remember it and carry it out in all details of your existence. You must feel at every step that you belong to the Divine; you must have the constant experience that, in whatever you think or do, it is always the Divine Consciousness that is acting through you. You have no longer anything that you can own; you feel everything that is coming from the Divine, and you have to offer it back to its source.
THE MOTHER
Keep yourself free from all human attachment and you will be happy.
THE MOTHER
Attachment to the Divine
(No Comment)

Belamcanda chinensis
Blackberry lily, Leopard lily
Small deep orange flower with six narrow widely separated petals covered with bright red spots; borne in loose corymbs on long narrow stems. A rhizomatous perennial herb with broad swordlike leaves.

Photo Courtesy: oceandesetoiles

Also
Wraps itself around the Divine and takes all its support in Him, so as to be sure of never leaving Him. Offers itself spontaneously to the Divine.

Orchid
Considered to be the largest family of flowering plants and the most highly evolved, orchids are found in every colour of the spectrum and encompass an extraordinary range of size and form. They are usually epiphytic in tropical regions where they are the most numerous, and terrestrial in temperate and arctic regions.

Photo Courtesy: Celeste33

Also
Wraps itself around the Divine and finds all its support in Him so as to be sure of never leaving Him.

Cattleya
Orchid
All species in many colours except white and lavender pink. Large fragrant flower with three narrow petal-like sepals held behind two wide horizontal trilled petals and a third lower petal modified to form a showy lip; borne in few-flowered racemes. An epiphyte with thick stiff leaves and pseudo-bulbs.

Photo Courtesy: Voorchid


Beauty of Attachment to the Divine
When the physical world manifests the splendour of the Divine, all will become marvellous.

Cattleya
Orchid
Lavender pink flower with a lime green throat marked with magenta.Large fragrant flower with three narrow petal-like sepals held behind two wide horizontal trilled petals and a third lower petal modified to form a showy lip; borne in few-flowered racemes. An epiphyte with thick stiff leaves and pseudo-bulbs.


Mental Attachment to the Divine
Beautiful in form and in expression.

Dendrobium moschatum
Orchid
Medium-sized fragrant pale golden orange flower with one erect and two lower sepals, two wider horizontal petals and a prominent fuzzy, pouchlike lip with two maroon spots near the base; borne in pendulous racemes. A showy epiphyte.

Photo Copyright and Courtesy: Cambridge2000.com

Emotional Attachment to the Divine
Cups of flowery feeling offered to the Divine

Papilionanthe teres [Vanda teres]
Orchid
Medium-sized flower with five ovate widely separated pale pinkish lavender petals and a central arched golden yellow lip with the lower edge extended to form two rounded pinkish lavender lobes; borne in erect racemes. An erect epiphyte with terete leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Native Orchids

Attachment in the emotional vital to the Divine
An artistic and graceful attachment, perhaps a little fanciful.

Vanda coerulea
Blue orchid
Medium-sized light lavender-blue flower with a small violet lip and five obovate widely separated petals; borne in racemes on erect scapes. An epiphyte with straplike leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Alexlomas

Detailed Attachment to the Divine
Manifold, scrupulous, neglecting nothing, always ready to make an effort, meticulous.

Vanda tessellata
Orchid
Medium-sized fragrant flower with five stiff separated olive green petals with crinkled edges and marked with greenish yellow, and a prominent lavender lip; widely spaced on erect racemes. A heat-loving epiphyte with narrow straplike leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Frankfarm

Vital Attachment to the Divine
Manifold and abundant in its multiplicity.

Spathoglottis plicata
Orchid, Terrestrial orchid
Small pale to deep lavender pink flower with three petal-like sepals, two similar but slightly broader petals and a small uniquely shaped centre and lip; borne in clusters on leafless stems. A free-flowering terrestrial orchid with ovoid pseudo-bulbs.

Photo Courtesy: Nipplerings72

Integral Attachment to the Divine
On the right way towards realisation

Spathoglottis plicata
Orchid, Terrestrial orchid
Small white flower with three petal-like sepals, two similar but slightly broader petals and a small uniquely shaped centre and lip; borne in clusters on leafless stems. A free-flowering terrestrial orchid with ovoid pseudo-bulbs.

Photo Courtesy: Vencedor ph

Attachment of the Cells to the Divine
They know how to expect everything from Him and to rely only on Him.

Epidendrum X obrienianum
Scarlet orchid, Butterfly orchid, Baby orchid
Numerous small deep red star-shaped flowers that have a prominent uniquely shaped fringed lip with a golden yellow spot; borne in terminal clusters on long stems. A tall slender epiphytic orchid.

Photo Courtesy: Halley Pacheco

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.



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

Attachment of the Material Vital to the Divine
An attachment that insists on feeling the power of contact.

Eranthemum laxiflorum
Small reddish violet salverform flower with a thin tube that expands into five somewhat irregular and pointed lobes; borne in one- to three- flowered clusters from the leaf axils. A small prolific flowering shrub.

Photo Courtesy: Dinesh Valke

Supramental Attachment for the Divine
Manifold and smiling, repeating itself endlessly.

Rosa ‘Father’s Day’
Rose
Small double light orange flower borne in small clusters on short stems. A small shrub.

Photo Courtesy: Spedona (Spedona)
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ASPIRATION

We can, simply by a sincere aspiration, open a sealed door in us and find...that Something which will change the whole significance of life, reply to all our questions, solve all our problems and lead us to the perfection we aspire for without knowing it, to that reality which alone can satisfy us and give us lasting joy, equilibrium, strength, life.
THE MOTHER

Aspiration is like an arrow. ... So you aspire, you want very earnestly to understand, to know, to enter into the Truth. Yes? And then with that aspiration you do this (gesture upwards). Your aspiration rises, rises, rises, rises straight up, very strong and then it strikes against a kind of— how to put it? — a lid which is there, hard like iron and extremely thick, and it does not pass through. And then you say, "See, what's the use of aspiring? It brings nothing at all. I meet with something hard and cannot pass!" But you know about the drop of water which falls on the rock, it ends up by making a chasm: it cuts the rock from top to bottom. Your aspiration is a drop of water which, instead of falling, rises . . . and when it makes the hole suddenly it springs up out of this lid and enters an immensity of light.
THE MOTHER


Aspiration
Innumerable, obstinate, repeating itself tirelessly.

Nyctanthes arbor-tristis
Night jasmine, Tree of sadness
Small fragrant salverform flower with a prominent orange corolla tube and a flat abruptly expanding white limb divided into five to eight irregular lobes; borne in few-flowered terminal cymes. A medium-sized shrub or small tree with flowers that open at night and fall by early morning carpeting the ground.

Photo Courtesy: J.M.Garg

Elan of aspiration
Nothing is too high, nothing is too far for its insatiable ardour.

Cleome hasslerana
Spider flower, Spider plant
Small flowers that open pink and fade to pinkish white, with three erect partially rolled petals and long exserted pistil and stamens; white buds turn pink before opening; borne in ball-like terminal clusters on long erect racemes. A tall strongly scented annual herb with digitate leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Dinesh Valke

Flame of Aspiration
A flame that illuminates but does not burns.

Acer
Maple
Numerous species of mostly deciduous small to medium-sized very attractive trees and occasionally shrubs usually with palmately lobed leaves, often as wide as they are long; rich bright autumnal colourings vary from light yellow to deep red.

Photo Courtesy: Essjay

Aspiration for Purity
Purity is perfect sincerity and one can obtain it only when the being is entirely consecrated to the Divine.

Spathiphyllum
Peace lily, Spathe flower
Medium to large cream white to pale green leaflike spathe with a shorter erect white spadix arising from the base; borne singly on long stems. A rhizomatous perennial herb cultivated for its decorative foliage as well as its flowers.

Photo Courtesy: Rantz

Aspiration for Integral Immortality
An organised, tenacious and methodical development of the consciousness.

Aerva tomentosa
Small to medium-sized thin white woolly catkins borne in short branching axillary or terminal spikes. A weak-stemmed shrub with silvery tomentose leaves.

PhotoCourtesy: Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Aspiration for the Divine Consciousness
Blossom, O precious flower, and never close again.

Vernonia eleagnaefolia
Curtain creeper
Small clusters of tiny brushlike flowers that open pale mauve and become white with age. A vigorous climber that may form a dense curtain; the pendulous stems are white when young.

Photo Courtesy: Dinesh Valke

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

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


Psychic Aspiration
Constant, regular, organised, gentle and patient at the same time, resists all opposition, overcomes all difficulties.

Ixora chinensis
Ixora
Small pink salverform flower with the limb divided into four somewhat diamond-shaped lobes; borne in dense corymbs. A slightly fragrant medium-sized erect shrub.

Mental Aspiration
Its expression is clear precise and very reasonable.

Ixora coccinea
Jungle geranium, Flame of the woods, Jungle flame, Burning love
Small light yellow salverform flower with a long thin corolla tube and the limb divided into four narrow diamond-shaped lobes; borne in large corymbs. A small to medium-sized shrub with leathery leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Dinesh Valke

Aspiration in the Physical
Manifold, simple and joyful.

Ixora coccinea
Jungle geranium, Flame of the woods, Jungle flame, Burning love
Small deep red salverform flower with a long thin corolla tube and the limb divided into four narrow diamond-shaped lobes; borne in large corymbs. A small to medium-sized shrub with leathery leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Akynou

Aspiration in Physical for the Supramental Light
Clustered, persistent, obstinate, organised, methodical.

Ixora javanica [Ixora singaporensis]
Common red ixora, Javanese ixora
Small golden orange to red orange salverform flower with a long thin corolla tube and a limb divided into four somewhat diamond-shaped lobes; borne in large compact corymbs. A large shrub in bloom most of the year.

Photo Courtesy: Dinesh Valke

Aspiration for Conquest of Enemies in the Vital
A concentrated and unobtrusive will acting quietly but effectively.

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

Photo courtesy: MP Roopesh

Aspiration for Immortality
Pure, soaring, full of trust.

Celosia argentea (Plumosa Group)
Feathered amaranth
Long erect branching spikes of loosely arranged everlasting flowers that form soft feathery plumes; all colours except greenish white, purplish pink and red. A showy floriferous garden annual.

Photo Courtesy: Carl E Lewis

Vital Aspiration for Immortality
Clustered, intense, but short-lived.

Celosia argentea (Plumosa Group)
Feathered amaranth
Long erect branching spikes of tiny Purplish pink loosely arranged everlasting flowers that form soft feathery plumes. A showy floriferous garden annual.


Physical Aspiration for Immortality
Intense aspiration, but ignorant of the means.

Celosia argentea (Plumosa Group)
Feathered amaranth
Long erect branching spikes of tiny red loosely arranged everlasting flowers that form soft feathery plumes. A showy floriferous garden annual.

Photo Courtesy: Jim Frazier

Spiritual Aspiration in the Vital
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Celosia argentea (Plumosa group)
Feathered amaranth
Long erect branching spikes of tiny red flowers that form soft feathery plumes. A showy floriferous garden annual.

Photo Courtesy: Jim Frazier

Aspiration for Silence in the Mind
Too noisy to be effective.

Eranthemum pulchellum
Blue sage
Small sky blue salverform flower with five rounded lobes; borne on a dense variegated bracted spike. A colourful winter-flowering subshrub.

Photo Courtesy: Toptropicals

Aspiration for Silence in the physical Mind
Does what it can, but cannot do much.

Eranthemum pulchellum
Blue sage
Small blue violet salverform flower with five rounded lobes; borne on a dense variegated bracted spike. A colourful winter-flowering subshrub.

Photo Courtesy: Toptropicals

Aspiration for Spiritual Intensity
Bold, elegant, obstinate.

Orthosiphon stamineus
Cat's whiskers
Small white salverform flower with a very thin corolla tube, two irregular opposite lobes, one spreading and one narrow, and long graceful exserted upward curving stamens which are pale lavender at the top; borne in elongated terminal racemes. A weak-stemmed perennial with dark green serrated leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Scott.Zona

Aspiration for Spirituality
Conscious of the advantages of spiritualisation.

Salvia
Sage, Ramona
Small tubular bilabiate flowers in white and shades of blue, pink, purple and red; borne in erect spikes or curving racemes. A herb, subshrub or shrub.

Photo Courtesy: KENPEI


Aspiration for Supramental Guidance in the Subconscient
Intense need of order, light and knowledge in the subconscient penumbra.

Pachystachys coccinea
Cardinal’s-guard
Small bright red to dark red bilabiate flower with the upper lip divided into two lobes and the lower into three; borne on erect bracteate spikes. A medium-sized herbaceous shrub with large ovate opposite leaves and a somewhat open habit.

Photo Courtesy: Van Swearingen

Aspiration for the Right Attitude
Energetic, willing, determined.

Clerodendrum Xspeciosum
Java glory bean
Small purplish red salver form flower with long exserted bright red stamens and a limb divided into five irregular lobes that protrude from the end of a green bell-shaped calyx; borne in axillary cymes. A light twining shrub.

Photo Courtesy: Toptropicals

Also
Clerodendrum thomsoniae
Bag flower, Bleeding heart vine
Small deep red salver form flower with long exserted stamens and a limb divided into five irregular lobes that protrude from the end of a milk white bell-shaped calyx; borne in axillary cymes. A light twining shrub.



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

Aspiration for Vital Purity
Delicate, modest, insistent.

Duranta erecta [Duranta repens]
Pigeon berry, Sky flower, Golden dewdrop
Tiny sweetly scented lavender salverform flower with a white centre, borne on small racemes. A large ornamental shrub or small tree.

Photo Courtesy: Forest & Kim Starr

Aspiration in the Physical for the Divine Love
Manifold, ecstatic, difficult to satisfy.

Russelia equisetiformis
Coral plant, Fountain plant, Firecracker plant
Small bright coral narrow tubular flowers with five tiny rounded lobes; borne in light cascading clusters. A small subshrub with rushlike angled, arching or pendulous stems.

Photo Courtesy: Eurico Zimbres; Zimbres

Aspiration of the Mind for the Supramental Guidance
The mind feels that its complexity is powerless and asks for a greater light to illuminate it.

Justicia aurea
Medium-sized yellow tubular flower with the corolla partly divided into two lips, emerging from a conspicuous dark green bract; in dense brushlike terminal spikes. An erect narrow shrub with four-sided stems.


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

Beauty Aspiring for the Supramental Realisation
Beauty is no longer sufficient unto itself; it wants to become divine.

Narcissus poeticus
Poet's narcissus, Pheasant's eye narcissus
Medium-sized very fragrant snow white flower with six rounded or pointed petals and a small orange or yellow central cup; borne singly or in umbels on scapes. A spring-blooming bulb.

Photo Courtesy: Naturenick

Matter Aspiring for the Supramental Guidance
Dissatisfied and troubled. Matter asks for a powerful guide to put it in order.

Odontonema strictum
Small red curving tubular flower with five irregularly separated flaring lobes; borne in erect branching racemes. A small to medium shrub with wavy-edged leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Forest & Kim Starr

Nature Aspires to be Supramentalised
The first response of plant life to the action of the supramental forces.

Stictocardia beraviensis
Medium-sized funnelform flower with a glowing rose red satiny recurved limb and a wide deep yellow throat prominently lined with red; borne in few-flowered clusters from the leaf axils. A strong woody twiner with large heart-shaped leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Toptropicals

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

Sex centre Aspiring to be Purified
The awakening of the consciousness to a higher life.

Anthurium andreanum
Flamingo flower, Flamingo lily, Oilcloth flower
Firm waxy heart-shaped large to very large pink spathe and a prominent thick erect pink and white spadix; borne singly on a long stiff stem. A perennial herb with large leathery somewhat heart-shaped leaves.

Photo Courtesy: MP Roopesh

Spiritual Aspiration
Rises like an arrow without caring for obstacles or laggards.

Terminalia catappa
Tropical almond, Indian almond, Kamani, Myrobalan
Tiny white starlike flowers with numerous short stamens; borne in long thin dense racemes resembling catkins. A large tree with thick leathery obovate leaves that often turn red before falling.

Photo Courtesy: Tequila

Spiritual Aspiration in the Physical
Comes in bursts to counteract and overcome resistances which cannot succeed in making it give up.

Russelia sarmentosa
Tiny crimson tubular flower borne in many- flowered clusters. A floriferous subshrub with four to six angled stems and ovate-ferrate leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Toptropical

Spontaneous Aspiration of Nature towards the Divine
Wide open, spontaneous, irrevocable in its spontaneous power.

Leucanthemum vulgare [Chrysanthemum leucanthemum]
Ox-eye daisy, Moon daisy, Marguerite
Medium-sized single white compositae flower with a yellow centre, borne singly on a long stalk. A slender erect rhizomatous perennial.

Photo Courtesy: Ram-Man

Aspiration for Organisation
Clear and methodical, order at the expense of multiplicity.

Pseuderanthemum
White flower with a reddish purple centre and a few reddish purple dots on the lower central lobe; with five rounded lobes, the upper two often (but not always) overlapped to appear almost as one lobe; borne in erect spikes. A medium-sized shrub with narrow green lanceolate leaves.

Photo Courtesy: Toptropicals.com


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