Yoga means union with the Divine, and the union is effected through offering — it is founded on the offering of yourself to the Divine. . . . 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 call your own; you feel everything as coming from the Divine, and you have to offer it back to its source. When you can realise that, then even the smallest thing to which you do not usually pay much attention or care, ceases to be trivial and insignificant; it becomes full of meaning and it opens up a vast horizon beyond.THE MOTHER
Offering
The only offering that truly enriches is the one that is made to the Divine.
Alcea rosea
Hollyhock
Medium to large funnel-shaped flowers with satiny overlapping lobes and a short staminal column covered with loose yellow pollen; in white and shades of pink, purple and yellow; borne on tall spirelike stems. There are also many double forms, often with scalloped or frilled edges. A tall biennial herb with rough hairy leaves.
Offering of All Obscurities
Offer your obscurities sincerely to the Divine and you will be able to receive the Light.
Alcea rosea
Hollyhock
Medium to large single or double funnel-shaped dark purple, almost black flowers with satiny overlapping lobes and a short staminal column covered with loose yellow pollen; borne on tall spirelike stems. A tall biennial herb with rough hairy leaves.
Psychic Offering
It is the spontaneous attitude of the psychic towards the Divine.
Alcea rosea
Hollyhock
Medium to large single or double funnel-shaped light pink flowers with satiny overlapping lobes and a short staminal column covered with loose yellow pollen; borne on tall spirelike stems. A tall biennial herb with rough hairy leaves.
Offering of the Emotions
Emotions put the service of progress.
Alcea rosea
Hollyhock
Medium to large single or double funnel-shaped lavender pink flowers with satiny overlapping lobes and a short staminal column covered with loose yellow pollen; borne on tall spirelike stems. A tall biennial herb with rough hairy leaves.
Offering of the Vital
The immediate result of conversion.
Alcea rosea
Hollyhock
Medium to large single or double funnel-shaped dark red flowers with satiny overlapping lobes and a short staminal column covered with loose yellow pollen; borne on tall spirelike stems. A tall biennial herb with rough hairy leaves.
Integral Offering of the Vital
An important stage on the way to transformation.
Alcea rosea
Hollyhock
Medium to large single or double funnel-shaped white flowers with a lavender centre; satiny overlapping lobes and a short staminal column covered with loose yellow pollen; borne on tall spirelike stems. A tall biennial herb with rough hairy leaves.
Offering of the Material Vital
Indispensable for conversion.
Alcea rosea
Hollyhock
Medium to large single or double funnel-shaped reddish violet flowers with satiny overlapping lobes and a short staminal column covered with loose yellow pollen; borne on tall spirelike stems. A tall biennial herb with rough hairy leaves.
Offering of the Most Material Vital
The first step towards transformation.
Alcea rosea
Hollyhock
Medium to large single or double funnel-shaped very dark red flowers with a blackish sheen; with satiny overlapping lobes and a short staminal column covered with loose yellow pollen; borne on tall spirelike stems. A tall biennial herb with rough hairy leaves.
Offering of the Pysical
The proof of the resolution to liberate oneself from the ego. Let the physical offer itself sincerely to the Divine and it will be transformed.
Alcea rosea
Hollyhock
Medium to large single or double funnel-shaped red flowers with satiny overlapping lobes and a short staminal column covered with loose yellow pollen; borne on tall spirelike stems. A tall biennial herb with rough hairy leaves.
Combined Offering of Two parts of the Being
This heralds the progress and effectiveness of the being.
Alcea Rosea
Hollyhock
Medium to large single or double funnel-shaped bicoloured flowers with satiny overlapping lobes and a short staminal column covered with loose yellow pollen; borne on tall spirelike stems. A tall biennial herb with rough hairy leaves.
Integral Offering
The surest road to realisation.
Alcea rosea
Hollyhock
Medium to large single or double funnel-shaped white flowers with satiny overlapping lobes and a short staminal column covered with loose yellow pollen; borne on tall spirelike stems. A tall biennial herb with rough hairy leaves.
Beauty Offers itself in Service to the Divine
Incomparable splendour, it becomes a modest servitor.
Rosa ‘Confidence’
Rose
Medium to large salmon coloured flower. A large shrub.
Photo Courtesy:Forest & Kim Starr Integral Unconditional Offering
The joy of self-offering without asking anything in return.
Ipomoea tricolor 'Pearly Gates'
Morning glory
Large radiant translucent white funnelform flower with a cream yellow throat. An annual climber.
Nature Makes an Offering of Her Beauty
It is a spontaneous and effortless offering.
Ipomoea
Morning glory
Small to large showy, usually funnelform flowers in white and shades of red, pink, purple and blue; borne singly. Mostly climbing annual or perennial herbs. The significance includes all Ipomoeas not specifically named by the Mother.
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.
Photo Courtesy: Carl E Lewis
