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\n\n\n
\n

\nChapter 6 <\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n
\nBases of Spiritual Life <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nThe earliest preoccupation of man in his awakened thoughts and, as it seems, his inevitable and
\nultimate preoccupation … is also the highest which his thought can envisage. It manifests itself in
\nthe divination of Godhead, the impulse towards perfection, the search after pure Truth and unmixed
\nBliss, the sense of a secret immortality. The ancient dawns of human knowledge have left us their
\nwitness to this constant aspiration; today we see a humanity satiated but not satisfied by victorious
\nanalysis of the externalities of Nature preparing to return to its primeval longings. The earliest
\nformula of Wisdom promises to be its last, \u2014 God, Light, Freedom, Immortality. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSRI AUROBINDO<\/font><\/p>\n

\n  <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe spiritual life, the life of Yoga, has
\nfor its object to grow into the divine consciousness and for its result to
\npurify, intensify, glorify and perfect what is in you. It  makes you a
\npower of manifestation of the Divine; it raises the character of each
\npersonality to its full value and brings it to its maximum expression; for this
\nis part of the Divine plan. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/font><\/p>\n

\nBut the very spirit of Yoga is this, to make
\nthe exceptional normal, and to turn that which is above us and greater than our
\nnormal selves into our own constant consciousness. Therefore we should not
\nhesitate to open ourselves more steadily to whatever experience of the Infinite
\nwe have, to purify and intensify it, to make <\/b> it our object of constant
\nthought and contemplation. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSRI AUROBINDO<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage-111<\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n


\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\tSINCERITY<\/a><\/font><\/b>
\n\t\t\t\t<\/font><\/p>\n\n\n
\n

\nSincerity means more than mere honesty. It means
\n<\/b>that
\n<\/b>you mean what you say, feel  what you profess, are earnest in your
\nwill. As the sadhak aspires to be an instrument of the Divine and one with the
\nDivine, sincerity in him means that he is really in earnest in his aspiration
\nand refuses all other will or impulse except the Divine’s. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSRI AUROBINDO <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTrue sincerity consists in following the way
\nbecause you cannot do otherwise, in  consecrating yourself to the divine
\nlife because you cannot do otherwise, in striving to transform your being and
\nemerge into the Light because you cannot do otherwise, because it is the very
\nreason for which you live. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n


\n <\/a><\/font> <\/p>\n

\n291 Emotional
\nsincerity
\n<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/td>\n

\n


\n <\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

\n292 Sincerity in
\nthe vital
\n<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

 \n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nA sincere heart is worth all the extraordinary
\npowers in
\nthe world. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSRI AUROBINDO <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nSincerity is the key to the divine doors.<\/font><\/p>\n

\n THE MOTHER <\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n290 Simple sincerity <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nThe beginning of all progress. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAster amellus.<\/i> White <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n291 Emotional sincerity <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nDoes not try to falsify the emotions. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAster amellus.<\/i> Lavender pink <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n292 Sincerity in the vital <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nThe sure way to realisation.
\nAster amellus.<\/i> Lavender blue <\/font>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

\n

Page-112<\/font><\/p>\n

<\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n
\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n294 Psychic
\ntransparency<\/a><\/b>
\n<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n293 Transparency<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nCan only come as a result of perfect sincerity.
\nCallistephus chinensis.<\/i> Many colours <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n294 Psychic transparency<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nManifests fully only when the psychic is perfectly
\ndeveloped. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nCallistephus chinensis.<\/i> Pink, semidouble <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n295 Supramentalised psychic activity<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nLuminous, manifold, balanced, it meets all needs.
\nCallistephus chinensis.<\/i> Pink, double <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n296 Transparency of the emotional vital<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAt once the condition and the result of the
\nabolition of the ego. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nCallistephus chinensis.<\/i> Very light lavender,
\nsemidouble <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n297 Vital transparency<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nIndispensable for conversion.
\nCallistephus chinensis.<\/i> Deep mauve to violet, semidouble <\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\n298 Supramentalised vital transparency<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nOne of the results of conversion.
\nCallistephus chinensis.<\/i> Violet, double <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n299 Transparency in the physical<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe physical is preparing itself to be transformed.
\nCallistephus chinensis.<\/i> Red, semidouble <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n300 Integral transparency<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nIt is the result of goodwill and perfect sincerity.
\nCallistephus chinensis.<\/i> White, double <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n301 Illumined transparency<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAn effect of the Divine Grace.
\nCallistephus chinensis.<\/i> White, semidouble <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n
\n295 Supramentalised psychic activity<\/a><\/b>
\n<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

\n

<\/p>\n

Page-113<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n


\n\t\t\tPURITY<\/a><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

\n\n\n
\n


\n <\/a> <\/p>\n

\n302 Purity<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nThis is purity, to accept no other influence but
\nonly the influence of the Divine. THE MOTHER <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nOne is truly perfectly pure only when the whole
\nbeing, in all its elements and all its movements, adheres fully and exclusively
\nto the Divine Will. That is total purity. It does not depend on any moral or
\nsocial law, any mental convention of any kind. It depends exclusively on this:
\nwhen all theelements and all the movements of the being adhere exclusively and
\ntotally to the Divine Will. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER <\/font><\/p>\n

\nWhat I call purity, the true purity, is not all
\nthose things that morality teaches: it is non-ego. There must be nothing but
\nHim. Him not only because we have given Him everything and consecrated ourselves
\ntotally to Him (that is not enough),  but Him because He has taken total
\npossession of the human instrument. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER<\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 \n<\/td>\n

\n


\n <\/a> <\/p>\n

\n
\n303 Psychic purity <\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n302 Purity <\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

\nTrue purity has a lovely fragrance.
\nJasminum.<\/i> White <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n
\n303 Psychic purity <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nThe condition natural to the psychic.
\nJasminum.<\/i> White, semidouble <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n304 Integral purity <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nThe whole being is purified of the ego.
\nJasminum sambac ‘Grand Duke ofTuscany’.
\n<\/i>White, double <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

\nPage-114<\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n
\n


\n <\/a> <\/p>\n

\n305 Divine purity<\/a><\/b> <\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n305 Divine purity<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nIt is happy just to be, in all simplicity.
\nHippobroma longiflora.<\/i> White <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n306 Purity arising from perfect consecration <\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nIf one lives only for the Divine and by the Divine, <\/font><\/p>\n

\nthe result is perfect purity.
\nLilium candidum.<\/i> Pearl white <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n307 Power of purity<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPurity is the best of powers.
\nConvallaria majalis.<\/i> White <\/font><\/td>\n

\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t306
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPurity arising from perfect consecration<\/a><\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n307 Power of purity<\/a><\/b>
\n<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

\nPage-115 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n\n\n
\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n
\n308 Radiating purity <\/a> <\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n
\n310 Purity in action <\/a> <\/font><\/b><\/td>\n

\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n
\n309 Perfect
\nradiating purity
\n<\/a> <\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n
\n311 Collective purity <\/a> <\/font><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

\nPage-117 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nPURITY<\/font><\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\n\n
\n

\nThere is a force of purity, not the purity of the
\nmoralist, 
\nbut an essential purity of spirit, in the very substance of the being. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSRI AUROBINDO <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n
\n308 Radiating purity <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nIt charms and fascinates. It makes Nature fragrant. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nGardenia augusta.<\/i> White <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n
\n309 Perfect radiating purity <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nNothing escapes its action. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nGardenia augusta.<\/i> White, double <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n
\n310 Purity in action <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nWhen action is initiated by the Divine Will, it is
\npure. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nStemmadenia litoralis.<\/i> White <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n
\n311 Collective purity <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nA very precious achievement, but difficult to
\nobtain. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nViburnum plicatum.<\/i> White <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n
\n312 Spring purity <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nThe charm and freshness of youth. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nCrataegus.<\/i> White<\/font><\/td>\n

\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n
\n312 Spring purity <\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

\n

<\/p>\n

Page-118<\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n


\n
\n\t\t\t\tSIMPLICITY<\/a><\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n
\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n313 Integral
\nsimplicity<\/a><\/b> <\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

 \n<\/p>\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n 314 Beauty
\nin collective simplicity<\/a><\/b>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n313 Integral simplicity<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe simplicity that comes from perfect sincerity. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nVittadinia cuneata.<\/i> White <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n314 Beauty in collective simplicity<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nEach element plays its part in the whole. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nOrnithogalum umbellatum.<\/i> White <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nAs soon as all effort disappears from a
\nmanifestation, it becomes very simple, with the simplicity of a flower opening,
\nmanifesting its beauty and spreading its fragrance without clamour or vehement
\ngesture. And in this simplicity lies the greatest power, the power which is
\nleast mixed and least gives rise
\n<\/b>to harmful reactions. Simplicity, simplicity! How sweet is the purity of Thy
\nPresence! <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nSri<\/b> Aurobindo’s answer is always the <\/b>
\nsame:<\/b>  Be simple, be simple, very simple. And I know what he means:
\nto deny entry to regulating, organising, prescriptive, judgmental thought \u2014 he
\nwants none of all that. What he calls being simple is a joyful spontaneity; in
\naction, in expression, in movement, in life, be simple, be simple, be simple. A
\njoyful spontaneity.<\/font><\/p>\n

\n THE MOTHER<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

\n\t\t\t\tPage-118<\/font><\/div>\n

\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHUMILITY<\/a><\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

\n\n\n
\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n315 Humility<\/a><\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n315 Humility<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAdorable in its simplicity. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAgrostis nebulosa.<\/i> Pale greenish white <\/font><\/td>\n

\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n316 Modesty<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n316 Modesty <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nIs satisfied with its charm and does not attract <\/font><\/p>\n

\nattention. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nViola odorata.<\/i> Deep violet <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n317 Correct self-estimation<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSimple and modest, does not try to put itself
\nforward. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nJasminum humile.<\/i> Yellow <\/font> <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHUMILITY<\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t[Humility is] the recognition that
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tone does <\/b>not <\/b>know,*<\/span>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tthat one knows nothing, and that there may be something
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tbeyond what presently appears to us as being truest,
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tnoblest, most disinterested. True humility consists in
\n\t\t\t\t\t\treferring oneself constantly to the Lord, in placing
\n\t\t\t\t\t\teverything before Him.   <\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tthe mother<\/span><\/td>\n

\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n317 Correct self-estimation<\/a><\/b>
\n<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIt is very simple: when you tell people, "Be humble",
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tthey immediately think of being humble before other men,
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tand that humility is bad. True humility is humility
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tbefore the Divine – that is, the precise, exact,
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tliving<\/i> sense that one is nothing, can do nothing,
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tunder\u00adstands nothing without the Divine, that even if
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tone is an exceptionally intelligent and capable person,
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tone is nothing<\/i> in comparison with the Divine
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tConsciousness. And one has to keep that always, because
\n\t\t\t\t\t\talways one has the true attitude of receptivity, a
\n\t\t\t\t\t\thumble receptivity which does not put personal
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tpretension in the way of <\/span> the
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDivine.   <\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tthe
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tmother<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

\n

Page-119<\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n
\n

\nEQUANIMITY<\/font><\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe more a person is quiet in front of all
\noccurrences, equal in all circumstances, and keeps a
\nperfect mastery of himself and remains peaceful in the presence of whatever
\nhappens, the more he
\nhas progressed towards the goal. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/font><\/p>\n

\nEquanimity and peace in all conditions, in all
\nparts of the being is the first foundation of the yogic status. Either Light
\n(bringing with it knowledge) or Force (bringing strength and dynamism of many
\nkinds) or Ananda (bringing love and joy of existence) can come next according to
\nthe trend of the nature. But peace is the first condition without which nothing
\nelse can be stable. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSRI AUROBINDO <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n318 Equanimity<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nImmutable peace and calm.
\nIberis.<\/i> Several colours <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n


\n <\/a> <\/p>\n

\n318 Equanimity<\/a><\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\nPEACE<\/a><\/b><\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPeace was the very first thing that the yogis and
\nseekers of old asked for and it was a quiet and silent mind – and that always
\nbrings peace -that they declared to be the best condition for realising the
\nDivine. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSRI AUROBINDO <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nPeace is a deep quietude where no disturbance can
\ncome- a quietude with a sense of established security and release. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSRI AUROBINDO <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nPeace is a calm deepened into something that is
\nvery positive amounting almost to a tranquil waveless Ananda. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSRI AUROBINDO <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n319 Peace<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTo want what You want always and in  every
\ncircumstance is the only way to enjoy  an unshakable peace. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nCurcuma zedoaria.<\/i> <\/b> Yellow <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n


\n <\/a> <\/p>\n

\n319 Peace<\/a><\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n

\n320 Joy of integral peace<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nCalm and tranquil, an unfailing smile. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nCrinum.<\/i> White with light <\/b> pink <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n


\n <\/a> <\/p>\n

\n320 Joy of integral peace<\/a><\/b>
\n<\/a> <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

\n

Page-120<\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n
\n

\n
\nSILENCE<\/a><\/b><\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSilence is the condition of the being when it
\nlistens to the Divine. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nIn silence lies the greatest receptivity. And in an
\nimmobile silence the vastest action is done. Let us learn to be silent so that
\nthe Lord may make use of us. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nWith words one can at times understand, but only in
\nsilence one knows. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n
\n321 Silence <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nThe ideal condition for progress. Rich, 
\nprofound, multiple. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPassiflora incarnata Xcincinnata ‘Incense’.<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nRoyal purple <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n


\n <\/a> <\/p>\n

\n321 Silence<\/a> <\/font><\/b><\/td>\n

\n

\nThis power of silence is a capacity and not an
\nincapacity, a power and not a weakness. It is a profound and pregnant stillness.
\nOnly when the mind is thus entirely still, like clear, motionless and level
\nwater, in a perfect purity and peace of the whole being and the soul transcends
\nthought, can the Self which exceeds and originates all activities and becomings,
\nthe Silence from which all words are born, the Absolute of which all
\nrelativities are partial reflections manifest itself in the pure essence of our
\nbeing. In a complete silence only is the Silence heard; in a pure peace only is
\nits Being revealed. Therefore to us the name of That is the Silence and the
\nPeace. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSRI AUROBINDO <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n322 Integral silence<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe source of true force. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPassiflora foetida.<\/i> White <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n


\n <\/a> <\/p>\n

\n322 Integral silence<\/a><\/b>
\n<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n323 Expressive silence<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nCertain silences are revealing and more
\nexpressive than words. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nLinaria maroccana.<\/i> Several colours <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n323 Expressive silence<\/a><\/b>
\n<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

\n

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\n
\n

\n
\nGRATITUDE<\/a><\/font> <\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n\n\n
\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n324 Gratitude<\/a> <\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n324 Gratitude <\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nIt is you who open all the closed doors and allow 
\nthe saving Grace to enter. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nIpomoea camea.<\/i> White <\/b> to pale pink <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

\n

\nThere is nothing that gives you a joy equal to that
\nof gratitude. You hear a bird sing, you see a lovely flower, you look at a
\nlittle child, observe an act of generosity, read a beautiful sentence, look at
\nthe setting sun, anything whatever: suddenly this comes upon you, this kind of
\nemotion, so deep, so intense, that the world manifests the Divine that there is
\nsomething behind the world which is the Divine. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nAnd yet, of all movements, the one that perhaps
\ngives the most joy\u2014an unalloyed joy, untainted by egoism – is spontaneous
\ngratitude. It is something very special. It isn’t love, it isn’t self-giving. It
\nis a very full<\/i> joy. Very full. It is a very special vibration unlike
\nanything other than itself. It is something that widens you, that fills you,
\nthat is so fervent!  Of all the movements within the reach of human
\nconsciousness, it is certainly the one that draws you most out of your ego. . .
\n.When you can enter this vibration in its purity, you realise immediately that
\nit has the same quality as the vibration of Love: it is directionless.
\n.. . Ultimately, gratitude is only a very slightly coloured shade of the
\nessential vibration of Love. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

\n

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\n
\n\n\n
\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n325 Detailed gratitude<\/a><\/b>
\n<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

 \n<\/p>\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n326 Mental gratitude<\/a><\/b>
\n<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n327 Integral gratitude<\/a><\/b>
\n<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n325 Detailed gratitude<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe gratitude that awakens in us all the details of
\nthe Divine Grace.
\nMerremia quinquefolia.<\/i> White <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n326 Mental gratitude<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe gratitude of the mind for what makes it
\nprogress. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nMerremia. tuberosa.<\/i> Golden yellow <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n327 Integral gratitude<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe whole being offers itself to the Lord with
\nabsolute trust. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nOperculina turpethum.<\/i> White <\/font>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

\n

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\n
\n\n\n
\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n328 Happy heart<\/a><\/b> <\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n328 Happy heart<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSmiling, peaceful, radiant, without a shadow.
\nRavenia spectabilis.<\/i> Bright rose pink <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n330 Mental cheerfulness<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nIt knows how to enjoy everything. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nGaillardia pulchella.<\/i> Yellow<\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\n
\nHAPPY HEART <\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

\nFor your heart to remain happy
\n<\/b>keep it
\nalways filled with gratefulness. Gratefulness
\nis the surest way to the Divine. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER<\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n329 Cheerfulness<\/a><\/b> <\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n329 Cheerfulness<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nA joyful smile of Nature. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nGaillardia pulchella.<\/i> Orange red <\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\n
\n
\nCHEERFULNESS<\/a><\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nThere is nothing spiritually wrong with being glad
\nand cheerful, on the contrary it is the right thing. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSRI AUROBINDO<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/font><\/p>\n

\nCheerfulness is the salt of the sadhana. It is a
\nthousand times better than gloominess. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSRI AUROBINDO <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n331 Optimism<\/a><\/b> <\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n331 Optimism<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nMore helpful than its opposite. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nErysimum cheiri.<\/i> Yellow to orange <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

\n

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\n
\n\n\n
\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n332 Joy’s call<\/a><\/b> <\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

 \n<\/p>\n

\n332 Joy’s call<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nIt is modest and rarely makes itself heard. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nCampanula medium.<\/i> Blue <\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\nA hidden Bliss is at the root of things. A mute
\nDelight regards Time’s countless works:  To house God’s joy in things Space
\ngave wide room, To house God’s joy in self our souls were born. This universe an
\nold enchantment guards;   Its objects are carved cups of World-Delight 
\nWhose charmed wine is some deep soul’s rapture-drink: The All-Wonderful has
\npacked heaven with his dreams, He has made blank ancient Space his marvel-house;
\nHe spilled his spirit into Matter’s signs:  His fires of grandeur burn in
\nthe great sun,  He glides through heaven shimmering in the <\/b> moon; 
\nHe is beauty carolling in the fields of sound;  He chants the stanzas of
\nthe odes of Wind; He is silence watching in the stars at night; He wakes at dawn
\nand calls from every bough, Lies stunned in the stone and dreams in flower and
\ntree. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSRI AUROBINDO <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n333 Without grief<\/a><\/b> <\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n333 Without grief<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe contemplation that leads you beyond suffering. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSaraca indica.<\/i> Orange <\/font>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

\n

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\n

\n\t\t\tGOODWILL<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

\n\n\n
\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t334
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGentleness <\/a> <\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

\n
\n334 Gentleness <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nAlways gracious and loves to please. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nLathyrus odoratus.<\/i> Several colours <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

\n

\n335 Vital gentleness <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\n(No comment) <\/font><\/p>\n

\nLathyrus odoratus.<\/i> Mauve <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n336 Sweetness <\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

\nAdds its smiling touch to life without making a
\nfuss. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nMomordica charantia.<\/i> <\/b> Light yellow <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n337 Goodwill <\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nModest in appearance, does not make a show but is <\/font><\/p>\n

\nalways ready to <\/b> be useful. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nLobularia maritima.<\/i> White <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n338 Courageous goodwill<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nFears neither inclemency nor cold, is solid and
\nresistant. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nIlex.<\/i> White <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n339 Benevolence <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nMakes life fragrant without attracting attention. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nReseda odorata.<\/i> Yellowish white or greenish yellow <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n340 Good temper<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n(No comment)
\nL<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n

\ninum grandiflorum.<\/i> Bright crimson<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

\n

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\n
\n\n\n
\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t336 Sweetness
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> <\/font><\/b>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

 \n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t337 Goodwill
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> <\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

 \n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t339 Benevolence
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/b><\/td>\n

\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t338
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCourageous goodwill<\/a><\/b>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

\n

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\n


\n\t\t\tBALANCE<\/a><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

\n\n\n
\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n
\n341 Balance <\/a> <\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n
\n341 Balance <\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

\nEach seeks his own balance in order to stabilise
\nhimself. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nBegonia.<\/i> Several colours <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n
\n342 Perfect balance <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nOne of the most important conditions of a growing
\npeace. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nBegonia.<\/i> Several colours, medium <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n
\n343 Psychic balance <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nUnder the psychic influence all activity becomes
\nbalanced. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nBegonia.<\/i> Pink, small <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n344 Perfect psychic balance<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nOn the way to transformation. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nBegonia.<\/i> Pink, medium <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n
\n345 Mental balance <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nMind governed by reason. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nBegonia.<\/i> Yellow, small <\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\n
\n346 Perfect mental balance <\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

\nIndispensable for facing the difficulties of life. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nBegonia.<\/i> Yellow, medium <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n347 Integral balance <\/font><\/p>\n

\nIt multiplies itself so as not to be static. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nBegonia.<\/i> White, small <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n348 Perfect integral balance<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nOne is ready for transformation.
\n, <\/font><\/p>\n

\nBegonia.<\/i> White, medium <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n349 Balanced use of integral power<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nIn truth, power can only become integral when
\nit is used in a balanced way. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSinningia speciosa.<\/i> White <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n
\n343 Psychic balance <\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

\n

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\n
\n\n\n
\n

\n
\nHARMONY<\/a><\/font><\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nFor all problems of existence are essentially
\nproblems of harmony. They arise from the perception of an unsolved discord and
\nthe instinct of an undiscovered agreement or unity. To rest content with an
\nunsolved discord is possible for the practical and more animal part of man, but
\nimpossible for his fully
\nawakened mind, and usually even his practical parts only escape from the general
\nnecessity either by shutting out the problem or by accepting a rough,
\nutilitarian and unillumined compromise. For essentially, all Nature seeks a
\nharmony, life and matter in their own sphere as much as mind in the arrangement
\nof its perceptions. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSRI AUROBINDO <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nThis manifestation of beauty and harmony is part of
\nthe Divine realisation upon earth, perhaps even its greatest part. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER <\/font><\/p>\n

\n350 Harmony<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nLet us work for the day when this will become both
\nthe means and the end. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAntigonon.<\/i> Several colours <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n351 Harmony in the vital<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTo harmonise the vital is a psychological
\nmasterpiece. Happy is he who accomplishes it. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAntigonon leptopus.<\/i> Bright pink <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n352 Harmony in the material vital<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nNo disputes, no quarrels – the sweetness of a life
\nwithout clashes. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAntigonon leptopus.<\/i> Deep pink <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n353 Integral harmony<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nHarmony between things, harmony between persons,
\nharmony of circumstances and, above all, harmony of aspirations – all leading to
\nthe Supreme Truth. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAntigonon leptopus ‘Album’.<\/i> White <\/font><\/td>\n

\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n350 Harmony<\/a><\/b> <\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

\n

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\n
\n\n\n
\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n


\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t354
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCollective harmony<\/a><\/b> <\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n\n\n
\n

\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t335
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tConciliation<\/a><\/b>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t356
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCharity<\/a> <\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

                                                                 \n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n

\n

\nCHARITY<\/b><\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nYes, there is a sublime charity, one which rises
\nfrom
\na happy heart, from a serene soul. One who has won inner peace is a herald of
\ndeliver- ance wherever he goes, a bearer of hope and joy. Is not this what poor
\nand suffering humanity needs above all things? <\/font><\/p>\n

\nYes, there are certain men whose thoughts are all
\nlove, who radiate love, and the mere presence of these individuals is a charity
\nmore active, more real than any other. Though they utter no word and make no
\ngesture, yet the sick are relieved, the tormented are soothed, the ignorant are
\nenlightened, the wicked are appeased, those who suffer are consoled. These
\nindividuals who, out of love, give themselves to all, who become the servants of
\nall, are the living symbols of the supreme Charity. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n354 Collective harmony<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nCollective harmony is the work undertaken by
\nthe Divine Consciousness; it alone has the power
\nto realise it. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nHydrangea.<\/i> Several colours <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n355 Conciliation<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nLikes smooth contacts. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSesamum indicum.<\/i> White <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n356 Charity <\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSimple and sweet, attentive to the needs of all.
\nCommelina.<\/i> Sky blue <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

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\n
\n


\n
\n\t\t\t\tGENEROSITY<\/a><\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n
\n

\nI was holding one of these flowers [Integral
\ngenerosity] in my hand when I saw Z, and I explained to him what I meant by it.
\nThe effect of the ego, I told him, is to shrivel the being. This is the cause of
\naging, it shrivels you up like a fading flower, it dries you up.I know that at
\none point I was talking about the difference between the two states, between the
\nperson, the individual personal being, turning towards the Lord, imploring Him
\nto reveal His Will, and then this experience of becoming – by extending oneself,
\nby opening, enlarging, merging into the creation \u2014 of becoming<\/i> the Lord’s
\nWill, the Supreme Will. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n357 Generosity<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nGives and gives itself without bargaining. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nImpatiens balsamina.<\/i> Several colours <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n359 Generosity in the vital<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nGives itself unstintingly. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nImpatiens balsamina.<\/i> Rose purple <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n360 Perfect generosity in the vital<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n(No comment) <\/font><\/p>\n

\nImpatiens balsamina.<\/i> Rose purple, double <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n361 Psycho-physical generosity<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nGenerosity of thought and act.<\/font><\/p>\n

\nImpatiens balsamina.<\/i> Pink and red<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n362 Generosity in the physical
\n<\/b>Loves abundance and loves to give it. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nImpatiens balsamina.<\/i> Red <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n363 Manifold generosity<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAll in Nature is spontaneously generous. <\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nImpatiens balsamina.<\/i> Bicoloured <\/font>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n

\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n


\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t358
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPsychic generosity<\/a><\/b> <\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n358 Psychic generosity<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nGives for the joy of giving. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nImpatiens balsamina.<\/i> Pink <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

\n

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\n

\nFAITHFULNESS<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\n\n\n
\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n364 Faithfulness<\/a><\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n365 Incorruptible faithfulness<\/a><\/b>
\n<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

 \n<\/p>\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n366 Peace of integral faithfulness<\/a><\/b>
\n<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

\nPage-132<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n

<\/a><\/b><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nFAITHFULNESS <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\n\n\n
\n

\nThis is faithfulness, to admit and to manifest no
\nother movements but only the movements prompted and guided by the Divine. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nWhen I spoke of being faithful to the light of the
\nsoul and the divine Call, … I was simply affirming the great need in all
\ncrises and attacks, \u2014 to refuse to listen to any suggestions, impulses, lures
\nand to oppose to them all the call of the Truth, the imperative beckoning of the
\nLight. In all doubt and depression, to say, "I belong to the Divine, I cannot
\nfail"; to all suggestions of impurity and unfitness, to reply, "I am a child of
\nImmortality  chosen by the Divine; I have but to be true to myself and to
\nHim \u2014 the victory is sure; even if I fell, I would rise again"; to  all
\nimpulses to depart and serve some smaller ideal, to reply, "This is the
\ngreatest, this is the Truth that alone can satisfy the soul within me; I will
\nendure through all tests and tribulations to the very end of the divine
\njourney". This is what I mean by faithfulness to the Light and the Call.          <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSRI AUROBINDO <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n364 Faithfulness<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nWe can count on You; You never fail us when we need
\nYou. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nQuisqualis indica.<\/i> White, pink and red <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n365 Incorruptible faithfulness<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nNothing can turn you from the duty you <\/b> have
\nchosen. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nCarlina acaulis.<\/i> White or reddish <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n366 Peace of integral faithfulness<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nBe faithful to the Divine and you will enjoy
\n<\/b>constant peace. <\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPortlandia grandiflora.<\/i> White <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n367 Joy of integral faithfulness<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThat bond of love which makes all faithfulness so
\neasy. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPortlandia grandiflora.<\/i> White with pink <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n368 Belief<\/a><\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

 \n<\/p>\n

\n368 Belief<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSimple and candid, does not question. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nClerodendrum.<\/i> Cream white <\/font>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

\n\t\t\t\tPage-133<\/font><\/div>\n

\n
\n

\n
\n
\nRIGHT ATTITUDE <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n
\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n369 Aspiration for the right attitude<\/a><\/b>
\n<\/a> <\/font>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

 \n<\/p>\n

\n369 Aspiration for the right attitude<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nEnergetic, willing, determined. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nClerodendrum Xspeciosum.<\/i> Red, green calyx <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n370 Aspiration for the right attitude<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nEnergetic, willing, determined. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nClerodendrum thomsoniae.<\/i> Red, white calyx<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n371 Right attitude<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSimple and open, without complications. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nClerodendrum speciosissimum.<\/i> Bright orange <\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\nTo lead the Divine Life does not depend on any
\nexterior activity or circumstances. Whatever you do from the highest work to the
\nmost ordinary, you can lead the Divine Life if you are in the true consciousness
\nand the right attitude. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/font><\/p>\n

\nIf, in the presence of circumstances that are about
\nto take place, you can take the highest attitude possible – that is, if you put
\nyour consciousness in contact with the highest consciousness within reach, you
\ncan be absolutely sure that in that case it is the best that can happen to you.
\n… I even go so far as to assert that in each one’s zone of immediate
\ninfluence, the right attitude not only has the power to turn every circumstance
\nto advantage but can change the very circumstance itself. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER<\/font><\/p>\n

\n372 Right attitude established<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThere is a moment when the right attitude conies
\nspontaneously and effortlessly.
\nClerodendrum splendens.<\/i> Red orange   <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n


\n <\/a> <\/p>\n

\n372 Right attitude established<\/a><\/b>
\n<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

\nPage-134<\/font><\/p>\n

\n


\n\t\t\tENTHUSIASM<\/a><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

\n\n\n
\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n373 Enthusiasm<\/a><\/b> <\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n373 Enthusiasm<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTrue enthusiasm is full of a peaceful
\n<\/b>endurance.
\n<\/b>Petunia Xhybrida.<\/i> Many colours <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n374 Cheerful enthusiasm<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe best way of facing life. Joy unites with
\nenthusiasm in action. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPetunia Xhybrida.<\/i> Many colours, double <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n375 Enthusiasm in Action<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAll actions are done with energy and
\n<\/b>ardour.
\n<\/b>Petunia Xhybrida.<\/i> Bicoloured <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n376 Cheerful Enthusiasm in Action<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAction will become joyfully enthusiastic when it is
\ngoverned by the Supermind.
\nPetunia Xhybrida.<\/i> Bicoloured, double <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n
\n377 Psychic enthusiasm <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nA state that only the Divine can awaken. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPetunia Xhybrida.<\/i> Light pink<\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\n378 Cheerful psychic enthusiasm <\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAn assurance of success in spite of obstacles.
\nPetunia Xhybrida.<\/i> Light pink, double <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n379 Enthusiasm in the higher vital<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe vital being takes a lively interest in what it
\ndoes. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPetunia Xhybrida.<\/i> Pale lavender blue <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n380 Cheerful enthusiasm in the higher vital<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe result of perfect surrender to the Divine.
\nPetunia Xhybrida.<\/i> Pale lavender blue, double <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n381 Vital enthusiasm<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nCare must be taken that it be in the  right
\ndirection. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPetunia Xhybrida.<\/i> Pinkish mauve <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n382 Cheerful vital enthusiasm<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nVery precious if it persists in spite of
\ndifficulties.
\nPetunia Xhybrida.<\/i> Pinkish mauve, double <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n383 Enthusiasm in the most material Vital<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nNeeded to face the difficulties of life
\nsuccessfully.
\nPetunia Xhybrida.<\/i> Deep purple <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n384 Cheerful enthusiasm in the most material
\nvital<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe most material vital will find its joy in
\nenthusiastic action when it is governed by the Supermind.
\nPetunia Xhybrida.<\/i> Deep purple, double <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n385 Physical enthusiasm<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe body takes a lively interest in life and
\naction.
\n<\/b>Petunia Xhybrida.<\/i> Red <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n386 Cheerful physical enthusiasm<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe whole being lives only to serve the Divine.
\nPetunia Xhybrida.<\/i> Red, double<\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\n387 Integral enthusiasm<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe whole being does whatever it does with ardour. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPetunia Xhybrida.<\/i> White <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n388 Cheerful integral enthusiasm<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTo ardour is added the joy of doing things well.
\nPetunia Xhybrida.<\/i> White, double <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n376 Cheerful enthusiasm in action<\/b>
\n<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

\nPage-135 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n


\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tLIFE ENERGY<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t<\/b><\/p>\n

\n\n\n
\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n389 Life energy<\/a><\/b> <\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t390
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPurified dynamic life
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tenergy<\/a><\/b> <\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n389 Life energy<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPowerful and manifold, meets all needs. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nDendranthema Xgrandiflorum.<\/i> Many colours <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n390 Purified dynamic life energy<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSuperb, indomitable, all-powerful i<\/b>n its
\npurity. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nDendranthema Xgrandiflorum.<\/i> White <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n391 Supramentalised life energy<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nManifold and supple, it has an
\n<\/b>immortal resistance. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nDendranthema Xgrandiflorum.<\/i> Orange yellow <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n392 Life energy in the vital<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSupple and resistant, it is tireless. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nDendranthema Xgrandiflorum.<\/i> Light mauve <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n393 Life energy in the material<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n(No comment) <\/font><\/p>\n

\nDendranthema Xgrandiflorum.<\/i> Golden red <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n394 Specialised detailed energy<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nNothing is too small to merit its attention. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nChrysanthemum.<\/i> Several colours <\/font><\/p>\n

\n

<\/p>\n

  <\/font><\/p>\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t394
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSpecialised detailed
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tenergy<\/a><\/b> <\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

\nPage-136<\/font><\/p>\n

<\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n


\n\t\t\t\tLIFE ENERGY <\/font><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n
\n

\nLife energy], life-force is not physical in itself;
\nit is not material energy, but rather a different principle supporting Matter
\nand involved in it. It supports and occupies all forms and without it no
\nphysical form could have come into being or could remain in being. It acts in
\nall material forces such as electricity and is nearest to self-manifestation in
\nthose that are nearest to pure force; no material force could exist or act
\nwithout it, for from it they derive their energy and movement and they are its
\nvehicles. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSRI AUROBINDO <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nThe true Life-Force too reveals itself as no longer
\nthis troubled harassed divided striving surface energy, but a great and radiant
\nDivine Power, full of peace and strength and bliss, a wide-wayed Angel of life
\nwith its wings of Might unfolding the universe. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSRI AUROBINDO <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n395 Organised material energy<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nClustered, compact and methodical, it is powerful
\nthrough its organisation. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSchefflera actinophylla.<\/i> Dull red <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n396 Energy turned towards the Divine<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe power of realisation offers itself in service
\nto the Divine. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nLawsonia inermis.<\/i> Cream yellow or red <\/font><\/p>\n

\n

 <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t 395 Organised material
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tenergy<\/b> <\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t396
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEnergy turned towards
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tthe Divine<\/a><\/b> <\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

\nPage-137<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\n
\n\t\t\tPLASTICITY<\/a><\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\n\n
\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t399
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEnergy of a plastic mind<\/a><\/b>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> <\/font>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t400
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPhysical plasticity<\/a><\/b>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n397 Plasticity<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAlways ready for the necessary progress. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTagetes.<\/i> Several colours <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n398 Mental plasticity<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nIndispensable for true knowledge. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTagetes erecta.<\/i> Yellow <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n399 Energy of a plastic mind<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nDoes not draw back from any effort to progress. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTagetes erecta ‘Spun Yellow’.<\/i> Bright yellow <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n400 Physical plasticity<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nOne of the important conditions for transformation. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTagetes erecta.<\/i> Yellow or orange with maroon <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n401 Detailed plasticity<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe plasticity needed to constantly progress. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTagetes patula.<\/i> Several colours <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n


\n  <\/a><\/font> <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t401
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDetailed plasticity<\/a><\/b>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

\n

<\/p>\n

Page-138 <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\nPLASTICITY <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\n\n\n
\n

\nThat which can easily change its form is "plastic".
\nFiguratively, it is suppleness, the capacity to adapt to circumstances or
\nnecessities. When I ask you to be plastic in relation to the Divine, I mean not
\nto resist the Divine with the rigidity of preconceived ideas and fixed
\nprinciples. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nThe physical being and physical consciousness must
\nbe very plastic to be able to lend themselves to all the necessary changes, so
\nas to be one way one day, another way the next, and so on.<\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nSupramental plasticity is an attribute of finally
\ntransformed Matter. The supramental body which has to be brought into being here
\nhas four main attributes: lightness, adaptability, plasticity and luminosity. .
\n. . Supramental plasticity will enable it to stand the attack of every hostile
\nforce which strives to pierce it: it will present no dull resistance to the
\nattack but will be, on the contrary, so pliant as to nullify the force by giving
\nway to it to pass off. Thus it will suffer no harmful consequences and the most
\ndeadly attacks will leave it unscathed. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t402
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSupramentalised
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tplasticity<\/a><\/b> <\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n402 Supramentalised plasticity<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nOne of the stages on the way to transformation.
\nTagetes erecta.<\/i> Orange to orange yellow <\/font>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

\nPage-139 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\nCOURAGE<\/a><\/font><\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\n\n
\n

\nTrue courage, in its deepest sense, is to be able
\nto face everything, everything in life, from the smallest things to the
\ngreatest, from material things to things of the spirit, without a shudder,
\nwithout physically . . . without the heart beginning to beat faster, without the
\nnerves trembling, without the slightest emotion in any  part of the being.
\nFace everything with a constant awareness of the Divine Presence, a total self
\ngiving to the Divine, and the whole being unified in this will; then you can go
\nforward in life and  <\/i>face anything whatever. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n403 Courage<\/b> 
\nBold, it faces all dangers, 
\nCalotropis gigantea.<\/i> Mauve <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n404 Integral courage<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n"Whatever the domain, whatever the danger, the
\nattitude remains the same – calm and assured.
\nCalotropis gigantea.<\/i> White <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n405 Vital courage <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nMust be controlled to be beneficial. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSolanum melongena.<\/i> Purple <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t403 Courage<\/a><\/b>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

 \n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t405
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tVital courage <\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/b><\/td>\n

\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n
\n406 Bravery<\/a> <\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

\n
\n406 Bravery <\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

\nFears nothing and knows how to stand up against <\/font><\/p>\n

\nadversaries. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAmaranthus tricolor ‘Molten Fire’.<\/i> Deep
\nmauve <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

\n

<\/p>\n

 Page-140<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\nFEARLESSNESS <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\n\n\n
\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t407
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFearlessness in action
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t408 Fearlessness<\/a><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t409
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFearlessness in the
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tvital <\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/b><\/td>\n

\n

\nPear is an impurity, one of the greatest impurities, one of those which come most directly from the anti-divine forces which
\nwant to destroy the divine action on earth; and the first duty of those who
\nreally want to do yoga is to eliminate from their consciousness, with all the
\nmight, all the sincerity, all the endurance they are capable of, even the shadow
\nof fear.  <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n407 Fearlessness in action <\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nManifold, unfettered and fearless. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAmaranthus caudatus.<\/i> Dull magenta <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n408 Fearlessness <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nWithout fear or hesitation, it will obey the
\nDivine’s command. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSolanum torvum.<\/i> White <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n409 Fearlessness in the vital <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nGoes straight to its goal and fears no inclemency.
\nSolanum melongena.<\/i> Light lavender and white <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

\n\t\t\t\tPage-141<\/font><\/div>\n

\n

\n
\nVIGILANCE <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\n\n\n
\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t410
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t Heroic action <\/a> <\/font>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n410 Heroic action <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nFights for the true and the beautiful without fear
\nof obstacles or opposition. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nArrhostoxylum costatum.<\/i> Bright red <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n412 Spontaneous boldness <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nOne of the results of perfect trust in the Divine. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nCelosia argentea.<\/i> Green <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n413 Mental boldness <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nMay our mind be capable of foreseeing the 
\nperfections of tomorrow.
\nCelosia argentea.<\/i> Yellow <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n414 Vital boldness <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nShould submit to reason. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nCelosia argentea.<\/i> Dark red <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n415 Physical boldness <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nNothing seems impossible in its consecration 
\nto the Divine.
\nCelosia argentea.<\/i> Red <\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\nVigilance means to be awake, to be on guard, to be
\nsincere – never to be taken by surprise. When you want to do sadhana, at every
\nmoment of your life there is a choice between taking a step that leads to the
\ngoal and falling asleep or sometimes even going backwards, telling yourself,
\n"Oh, later on, not immediately" \u2014 sitting down on the way. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

  <\/p>\n


\nBOLDNESS<\/a><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

  <\/p>\n

  <\/p>\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n411 Boldness<\/a> <\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n411 Boldness <\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nDo fearlessly what has to be done, dreading 
\nno difficulty. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nCelosia argentea.<\/i> Many colours <\/font><\/p>\n

 \n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

\nPage-142<\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n
\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n416 Vigilance<\/a><\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t419 Sentry<\/a><\/b> <\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\n416 Vigilance<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nIndispensable for all true progress. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPentapetes phoeniceae.<\/i> Red orange <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n417 Perfect vigilance<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nNothing is neglected in its observation. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nMagnolia grandiflora.<\/i> Ivory white
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n418 The guardian<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nVigilant and thorny, it knows how to protect  what it guards. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAcanthus ilicifoliw.<\/i> Deep blue <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n419 Sentry<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nEver awake. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nClematis.<\/i> White <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t417
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPerfect vigilance<\/a><\/b>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

\n

<\/p>\n

Page-143<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\nEFFORT TOWARDS THE TRUTH <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\n\n\n
\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t422
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tStraightforwardness<\/a><\/b> <\/font>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nTruth is the door of the spirit’s Ananda, its
\nbeatific nature.<\/font><\/p>\n

\nSRI AUROBINDO <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nThe Truth is not a dogma one can learn once and for
\nall and impose as a rule. The Truth is infinite like the Supreme Lord, and it
\nmanifests at every moment to those who are sincere and attentive.<\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nWe shall perceive that the truth we seek is made up
\nof four major aspects: Love, Knowledge, Power and Beauty. These four attributes
\nof the Truth will express themselves spontaneously in our being. The psychic
\nwill be the vehicle of true and pure love, the mind will be the vehicle of
\ninfallible knowledge, the vital will manifest an invincible power and strength,
\nand the body will be the expression of a perfect beauty and harmony.  <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER <\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\n
\nABSOLUTE TRUTHFULNESS<\/a><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n420 Effort towards the Truth<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nShould exist in all men of goodwill. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nDillenia suffruiticosa.<\/i> Lemon yellow <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n421 Absolute truthfulness<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nMust govern one’s life if one wants to <\/b> be
\nclose to the Divine. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSolandra maxima.<\/i> Cream to light yellow <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n422 Straightforwardness<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nShows itself as it is, without compromising. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nIxora pavetta.<\/i> Off-white <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n423 Frankness<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSays frankly what it has to say without caring for
\nthe result. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nGerbera jamesonii.<\/i> Several colours <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t423 Frankness<\/a><\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

\n

<\/p>\n

Page-144<\/p>\n

<\/font><\/p>\n

\n


\n\t\t\tSPIRITUAL
\n\t\t\tSPEECH<\/a><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

\n\n\n
\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n424 Never tell a lie<\/a><\/b>
\n<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n
\nSTRAIGHTFORWARDNESS <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nThose who are not straightforward cannot profit by
\nthe Mother’s help, for they themselves turn it away. Unless they change, they
\ncannot hope for the descent of the supramental Light and Truth into the lower
\nvital and physical nature; they remain stuck in their own self-created mud and
\ncannot progress. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSRI AUROBINDO <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nNEVER TELL A LIE <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nIt is never good to tell a lie, but here its
\nresults can only be disastrous, for falsehood is the very symbol of that which
\nwants to oppose the divine work of Truth.<\/font><\/p>\n

\n THE MOTHER <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nTo speak always the truth is the highest tide of
\nnobility. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER<\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\n424 Never tell a lie<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAbsolute condition for safety on the path.
\nPereskia.<\/i> Pink <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n425 Spiritual speech<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAll-powerful in its simplicity. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAsparagus densiflorus ‘Sprengeri’.<\/i> White <\/font><\/p>\n

\n

 <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t425
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSpiritual speech<\/a><\/b> <\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

\n

<\/p>\n

Page-145<\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n
\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n426 Power of expression<\/a><\/b>
\n<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n426 Power of expression<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nIt is the power to manifest that which is latent.
\nAntirrhinum majus.<\/i> Many colours <\/font><\/td>\n

\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n433 Progressive expression<\/a><\/b>
\n<\/a> <\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\n427 Power of psychic expression<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe psychic gets its power of expression when it
\ngoverns the whole being. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAntirrhinum majus.<\/i> Pink <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n428 Power of mental expression<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nHas value only when it is at the service of 
\nthe Divine. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAntirrhinum majus.<\/i> Yellow <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n429 Power of vital expression<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nIs useful only when the vital is converted. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAntirrhinum majus.<\/i> Purple to violet <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n430 Power of physical expression<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nOne of the benefits of conversion. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAntirrhinum majus.<\/i> Red <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n431 Power of integral expression<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nNothing is too difficult for it to say. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAntirrhinum majus.<\/i> White with yellow <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n432 Power of manifold expression<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe result of suppleness and plasticity. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAntirrhinum majus.<\/i> Multicoloured <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n433 Progressive expression<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nWhat you cannot say today, you will know how to say
\ntomorrow. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAntirrhinum majus.<\/i> Many colours <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

\n

Page-146<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\nPOWER OF EXPRESSION <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\n\n\n
\n

 <\/p>\n

\nThe power of expression comes by getting in touch
\nwith the inner source from which these things come. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nFor a certain state of consciousness there is not a
\nword, not a gesture, not an action which does not express a deeper or higher
\nreality, more lasting, more essential, more true; and once one has seen and felt
\nthis, everything takes on a meaning, and one sees more clearly how things
\nought to be organised, arranged so that a deeper truth may be expressed even
\nbetter than it is at present. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nThe truest expression comes out of an absolute
\ninner
\nsilence. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSRI AUROBINDO <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n434 Abundant expression <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nHas much to say and says it fully. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nCelosia argentea.<\/i> Golden yellow <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n435 Joyful expression <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nIt enjoys itself and gives enjoyment to others. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nCelosia argentea.<\/i> Golden orange <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n436 Eloquence <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nWe know how to express ourselves in a convincing
\nway. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAlpinia zerumbet.<\/i> White <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n437 To know how to say what is needed <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nNeither too many words nor too<\/b> few \u2014 just
\nwhat is needed. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAlpinia galanga.<\/i> White <\/font><\/td>\n

\n
\n\n\n
\n

\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t435
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJoyful
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\texpression <\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/b><\/td>\n

\n

\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t437
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTo know how
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tto say what is needed <\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t436
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEloquence <\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

\nPage-147<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n


\n<\/p>\n

NO QUARRELS<\/p>\n

<\/font><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

\n\n\n
\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n438 No quarrels<\/a><\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

 \n<\/p>\n

\nAll quarrels proceed from egoism which pushes its
\nown opinion and affirms its own importance, considering that it is right and
\neverybody else wrong and thus creates anger and sense of injury etc. These
\nthings must not be indulged, but rejected at once. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSRI AUROBINDO <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nAs for ill-will, jealousy, quarrels and reproaches,
\none must sincerely
\n<\/i>be above all that and reply with a benevolent smile to the bitterest words;
\nand unless one is absolutely sure of oneself and one’s reactions, it would be
\nbetter, as a general rule, to keep silent. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nTo be above offence or insult makes one truly
\ngreat. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER<\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\n438 No quarrels<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nA very important condition to fulfil in order to
\nfacilitate the advent of the Supermind.
\nGloriosa superba.<\/i> Greenish yellow <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n439 Boastfulness<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nOne of the greatest obstacles to progress. A
\nstupidity  one must carefully avoid if one aspires for true  progress. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nParkia pedunculata.<\/i> Brown <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n439 <\/font><\/b>
\nBoastfulness<\/a><\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

\n

<\/p>\n

Page-148<\/p>\n

<\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\nGOSSIP <\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

\n\n\n
\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n
\n440 Gossip<\/a> <\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nThe Mother’s warning to you against the
\nundesirability of too much talk, loose chat and gossip, social self-dispersion
\nwas entirely meant and stands; when you indulge in these things, you throw
\nyourself out into a very small and ignorant consciousness in which your vital
\ndefects get free play and this is likely to bring you out of what you have
\ndeveloped in your inner consciousness. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSRI AUROBINDO<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/font><\/p>\n

\nI myself have had the experience that one can be
\nfully concentrated and be in union with the Divine even while working physically
\nwith one’s hands; but naturally this asks for a little practice, and for this
\nthe most important thing to avoid is useless talking.<\/i> It is
\n<\/b>not
\n<\/b>work<\/i> but useless talking<\/i> that takes us away from the Divine. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER <\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\n
\n440 Gossip <\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

\nDark and pointed, this is a flower that wounds more
\nthan it charms. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTyphonium blumei.<\/i> Deep maroon <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n441 Sharp tongue<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nUnfortunately too frequent.
\nAphelandra tetragona.<\/i> Orange <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n441 Sharp tongue<\/a><\/b> <\/a> <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

\n<\/p>\n

Page-149<\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n
\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n442 To know how to listen
\n<\/a> <\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n\n\n
\n

\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n443 Observation<\/a> <\/font><\/b><\/td>\n

\n

\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n444 Care<\/a> <\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n
\nCARE <\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nAlways do what you do with care.  <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nAny work done with care becomes interesting.  <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nThe Divine is in things also and that is why they
\nmust be treated with care. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nYes, and we must take care of [material things],
\nnot because we are attracted to them, but because they too manifest something of
\nthe Divine Consciousness. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n442 To know how to listen <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nTo be attentive and silent.
\nPodranea ricasoliana.<\/i> Light pink to lavender pink <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n443 Observation <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nLikes to prolong its attention in order to 
\nsee better. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSenecio.<\/i> Yellow green <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n444 Care <\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTo be careful in what one <\/b> does.<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nChlorophytum comosum ‘Vittatum’.<\/i> White <\/font>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

\nPage-150<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\nCERTITUDE<\/a><\/font><\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\n\n
\n

\nThere is only one thing to do: to proceed on one’s
\nway keeping one’s own faith and certitude, and not bother about contradictions
\nand denials. There are people who need the support and trust and certitude of
\nothers to feel comfortable and to be at ease; they are always unhappy because,
\nof course, they will always come across people who do not believe, and so they
\nwill be upset and it will trouble them. One must find one’s own certitude within
\noneself, keep it in spite of everything and go one’s way whatever the cost, to
\nthe very end. The victory is for the most enduring. To maintain one’s endurance
\nin spite of all opposition, the support must be unshakable, and one<\/i>
\nsupport alone<\/i> is unshakable, that of the Reality, the Supreme Truth. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n445 Prudence <\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nVery useful for weakness since weakness needs
\nprudence; strength does not need it. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nEmilia sonchifolia.<\/i> Scarlet <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n
\n446 Enlightened prudence <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nLooks carefully before going forward. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nEmilia sonchifolia ‘Lutea’.<\/i> Golden yellow <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n447 Common sense <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nIt is very practical and avoids many mistakes, but 
\nit lacks flight. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nNicotiana alata.<\/i> Several colours <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n448 Certitude <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nAssured and calm, it never argues. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nNicotiana plumbaginifolia.<\/i> White <\/font>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n

\n
\n\n\n
\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n445 Prudence<\/a> <\/b> <\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n
\n446 Enlightened prudence
\n<\/a> <\/font><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n447 Common sense <\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

\nPage-151 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n
\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n449 Unostentatious certitude<\/a><\/b>
\n<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n
\nUNOSTENTATIOUS CERTITUDE <\/font>
\n<\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n[Unostentatious certitude] is the complete negation
\nof "bluff"* I find it very beautiful. When I saw this flower, it struck me as
\nsomething very profound, very calm \u2014 and absolutely sure, something unmoving. I
\ndon’t know why, but the longer I looked at it, the more it gave me that
\nimpression and when I was asked its significance, I said, "Unostentatious
\ncertitude". It is what one might call a superlative good taste in spiritual
\nexperience, something that contains more than it expresses. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n449 Unostentatious certitude<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nIt does not attract attention or try to convince
\nanyone. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPlatycodon grandifloms.<\/i> Lavender blue <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

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