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Our Flag and Our Cover
The flag that is shown on the cover of our Bulletin represents the symbol of a full-blown golden lotus with two rows of petals, four inside and twelve outside, at the exact centre of a silver-blue square. This blue is the blue of the spirit and the gold is the colour of the Supreme Mother. The red of the cover surrounding the flag signifies the illumined physical consciousness. This flag was originally chosen as the flag of the J.S.A.S.A.;1 but later, when we celebrated India's Independence Day (15 August 1947), we found that it also expressed the spiritual mission of the whole of India. So for us it is the symbolic flag of a resurgent, united and victorious India rising above the torpor of the centuries, having cast off the shackles of enslavement and undergone all the pangs of a new birth to emerge once more as a great and united nation and lead the world and humanity towards the highest ideal of the spirit. We therefore consider ourselves very fortunate to have a flag with such a symbol and we cherish it deeply. Bulletin, April 1949 1Jeunesse Sportive de l'Ashram de Sri Aurobindo. Page – 262 |