KRISHNA



Krishna’s Light in the Overmind

The Overmind ready to be Divinised.

Salvia farinacea
Mealy sage, Mealy-cup sage
Small lavender blue bilabiate flower with a broadly extended lower lip marked with a white patch in the centre and light grey blue calyces; borne in whorls in erect terminal spikes. A branching lightly pubescent perennial herb.

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Krishna’s Light in the Mind

A charming way of becoming intelligent.

Thunbergia grandiflora
Blue trumpet vine, Clock vine, Bengal clock vine, Sky vine
Large light lavender salverform flower with a broad limb divided into five rounded lobes, a soft yellow centre and a corolla tube that emerges from two prominent green bracts; borne in pendulous racemes. A vigorous vine with dense rough foliage.



Krishna’s Light in the Physical Mind
The physical mind looses all rigidity and becomes supple and charming.

Ruellia lorentziana [Ruellia ciliatiflora]
Medium-sized pale lavender salverform flower with a flattened corolla tube, a violet throat and a limb divided into five somewhat crinkled lobes; borne in few-flowered axillary cymes or terminal panicles. A perennial herb with long pendant flexuous branches.

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Krishna’s Light in the Senses

A first step towards transformation.

Clitoria ternatea
Blue pea. Blue vine, Butterfly pea, Pigeon wings, Mussel-shell creeper
Medium-sized single papilionaceous flower that has a broad oval pale blue central petal with a yellow centre and wing petals edged with pale blue; borne singly on a short stem. A slender perennial vine with beanlike pods.

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Krishna’s Light in the Vital

The light that turns the vital towards the Truth.

Ruellia tuberosa
Meadow-weed, Menow weed
Small pale purple salverform flower with a flattened corolla tube, a purple throat and a limb divided into five somewhat crinkled lobes; borne in few-flowered axillary cymes or terminal panicles. A perennial herb with lanceolate leaves.

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First Sign of Krishna’s Light in Matter

It is the indication of the coming transformation.

Evolvus alsinoides
Tiny sky blue saucer-shaped flower with a white centre and anthers; borne singly or in few-flowered clusters. A prostrate spreading perennial countryside herb.

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Krishna’s Influence in the Subconscient

The best way to be above all contingencies.

Ecbolium linneanum
Small bluish green half-salverform flower borne on a dense bracted spike. A perennial herb or subshrub.

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Krishna’s light in the Subconscient

Soon it will no longer be Subconscient.

Eranthemum wattii
Small purple salverform flowers borne on a bracted spike. A small shrubby perennial.

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Krishna’s Play in the Vital

In His midst it has all its charm.

Eichhornia crassipes
Water hyacinth. Water orchid
Medium-sized light lavender six-petalled flower with one upper petal that has a yellow spot surrounded by blue and rose lavender and resembles a peacock feather; borne on a dense erect spike. A prolific aquatic herb with inflated leaf-bases and feathery roots.


Krishna’s Play
A power of progress veiling itself behind appearances.

Torenia fournieri
Wishbone flower, Bluewings
Small salverform flowers with a flattened corolla tube and a limb irregularly divided into one larger crimped upper lobe and three smaller lower lobes; hybrid forms in white, mauve or lavender; the prominent calyx is light green and ribbed; borne singly in the leaf axils or in few-flowered terminal racemes. A low delicate annual herb.

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Krishna’s Play in Matter

Beauty, love and joy are His companions. A play that widens and makes us progress.

Torenia fournieri
Wishbone flower, Bluewings
Small salverform flowers with a flattened corolla tube and a limb irregularly divided into one larger crimped upper lobe and three smaller lower lobes; hybrid form in pale lavender edged with deep velvety purple and an yellow spot in the centre of the lower lobe; the prominent calyx is light green and ribbed; borne singly in the leaf axils or in few-flowered terminal racemes. A low delicate annual herb.

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Krishna’s Integral Play
All the parts of the being respond to His influence.

Torenia fournieri 'Alba'
Wishbone flower, Bluewings
Small salverform white flowers with pale pinkish tan; flattened corolla tube and a limb irregularly divided into one larger crimped upper lobe and three smaller lower lobes with an yellow spot in the centre of the lower lobe; the prominent calyx is light green and ribbed; borne singly in the leaf axils or in few-flowered terminal racemes. A low delicate annual herb.

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Krishna’s Ananda
Manifold, abundant and so full of charm.

Plumbago auriculata
Cape leadwort
Small soft pale lavender blue salverform flower with a very thin long corolla tube and a limb divided into five widely separated lobes; borne in terminal clusters. An evergreen shrub with semi-scandent stems.

Photo Courtesy: Tim waters