The beauty of flowers arises from their pure vitality. But they have in them also the seed of a psychic or spiritual presence and it is this presence appearing through the transparency of life that gives them their inexpressible splendor. It is a glimpse of the Divine manifesting as beauty.
There is in all Flowers life an inexhaustible thirst after light. Sunlight is the symbol of the Divine Consciousness. The life of flowers is a worship of light. If you have ever been in a forest at sunrise you can feel the flowers and trees awakening to the touch of descending light, twisting and struggling to catch it. It is a movement, an aspiration, a thirst for light. So also when the sun sets and all becomes silent, if one sits in communion with Nature, one can feel something rising up from the flowers and plants like an intense longing and love of light. The movement is so pure and powerful that it can awaken aspiration in man who is far more developed in his consciousness but so complex that his being is less open and receptive than a flower.
Every flower has its own unique quality of consciousness. For example, the Gladiolus is known as "Receptivity" for its spontaneous openness to the higher consciousness. The Geranium is "Spiritual Happiness". It radiates a feeling of smiling serenity.
Take the rose, for example. Its great perfection of form, color and smell expresses an aspiration of the soul. It is a psychic gift. Look at a rose opening in the morning with the first contact of the sun--it is a magnificent self-giving aspiration.
The Jasmine flower, for instance, was originally found at the foot of the Himalayas from where it later spread all over the world. Even today in India it is one of the best loved of flowers. It is revered for its pure white color and its sweet fruity fragrance. It is used to adorn every temple temple and home, it is given by the devotee to his guru, and in the South it is commonly worn as a small garland by young ladies in their hair. The particular consciousness of jasmine is purity. By offering it at the temple or to the guru, man aspires for that purity in his own being. By wearing it in the hair and decorating the home, vibrations of purity are attracted to the place where these flowers are kept.
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