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\nChapter 10<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

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

 <\/p>\n

\nCollaboration of Nature<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nIn her green wildernesses and lurking depths, <\/font><\/p>\n

\n In her thickets of joy where danger clasps delight,
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nHe glimpsed the hidden wings of her songster hopes,
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nA glimmer of blue and gold and scarlet fire.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nIn her covert lanes, bordering her chance field-paths
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nAnd by her singing rivulets and calm lakes
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nHe found the glow of her golden fruits of bliss<\/font><\/p>\n

\n And the beauty other flowers of dream and muse.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

 <\/p>\n

\nNature proves her collaboration with a smile of flowers.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

 <\/p>\n

\n0 Nature, Material Mother, thou hast said that thou wilt collaborate and
\nthere can be no limit to the splendour of this collaboration. <\/font><\/p>\n

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

 <\/div>\n

\n


\n\tPage-297<\/font><\/div>\n

\n

\n
\nNATURE MAKES AN OFFERING OF HER BEAUTY<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\n\n\n
\n


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

\n
\n842 Nature makes an offering of her beauty<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

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

 <\/p>\n

\n842 Nature makes an offering of her beauty<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

\nIt is a spontaneous and effortless offering.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nIpomoea.<\/i> Many colours<\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

\n

\nThe world’s senseless beauty mirrors God’s delight.
\nThat rapture’s smile is secret everywhere; It flows in the wind’s breath, in the tree’s sap,
\nIts hued magnificence blooms in leaves and flowers.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

 <\/p>\n

\nFlowers are the moment’s representations of things that are
\nin themselves eternal. <\/font><\/p>\n

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

 <\/p>\n

\nIn trees and plants, it is the need to grow in order to obtain
\nmore light, more air, more space; in flowers, it is the offering
\nof their beauty and fragrance in a loving efflorescence.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

 <\/p>\n

\nWhen the sun sets and all becomes silent, sit down for a
\nmoment and put yourself into communion with Nature: you
\nwill feel rising from the earth, from below the roots of the trees
\nand mounting upward and coursing through their fibres up to
\nthe highest outstretching branches, the aspiration of an intense
\nlove and longing \u2014 a longing for something that brings light
\nand gives happiness, for the light that is gone and they wish to
\nhave back again. There is a yearning so pure and intense that
\nif you can feel the movement in the trees, your own being also
\nwill go up in an ardent prayer for the peace and light and love
\nthat are unmanifested here. <\/font><\/p>\n

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

 <\/p>\n

\nThe trees rise towards the sky, beautiful symbol of Nature’s
\naspiration towards the Light. <\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nPage-298<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nBLOSSOMING OF NATURE<\/a><\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

\n\n\n
\n


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

\n843 Blossoming of Nature<\/b>
\n<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n843 Blossoming of Nature<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAbundant and strong, nothing can stop its growth.<\/font><\/p>\n

\nCalluna vulgaris.<\/i> Rose pink<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n


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

\n
\n844 Spontaneous joy of Nature<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

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

 <\/p>\n

\n844 Spontaneous joy of Nature<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

\nIt is man who has made Nature sorrowful.<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPapaver rhoeas.<\/i> Several colours<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n


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

\n
\n845 Kindness of Nature<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

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

 <\/p>\n

\n845 Kindness of Nature<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

\nShe is kind when she is loving.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nTrifolium.<\/i> Several colours<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

\nPage-298<\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n

\n\t
\nNATURE’S HOPE FOR REALISATION<\/font><\/p>\n

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


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

\n
\n846 Nature’s hope for realisation<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

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

 <\/p>\n

\nThe Divine reveals himself in the world around us when we look
\nupon that world with a spiritual desire of delight that seeks him
\nin all things. <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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

 <\/p>\n

\nAt these blessed hours all earth sings a hymn of gladness, the
\ngrasses shudder with pleasure, the air is vibrant with light, the
\ntrees lift towards heaven their most ardent prayer, the chant of
\nthe birds becomes a canticle, the waves of the sea billow with
\nlove, the smile of children tells of the infinite and the souls of
\nmen appear in their eyes. <\/font><\/p>\n

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

 <\/p>\n

\nThe whole creation speaks of the Divine to him who knows
\nhow to listen in his heart.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

 <\/td>\n

\n

\n846 Nature’s hope for realisation<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

\nNature knows that one day she will be able to realise. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nMangifera indica.<\/i> Cream to pale pink<\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n847 Divine Knowledge<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

\nIt is succulent, nourishing, strengthening.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nMangifera indica.<\/i> Several colours<\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n


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

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t847 Divine Knowledge<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nPage-300<\/font><\/p>\n

\n


\n
\nSPONTANEOUS
\nASPIRATION OF NATURE TOWARDS THE DIVINE<\/a><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

\n\n\n
\n


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


\n\t\t\t848
\n\t\t\tSpontaneous aspiration of  Nature towards the Devine<\/a><\/b><\/td>\n

\n


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


\n\t\t\t849
\n\t\t\tFirst conscious reception of the Light in the Nature<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

848
\n\t\t\tSpontaneous aspiration of  Nature towards the Devine<\/b><\/p>\n

Wide open,
\n\t\t\tspontaneous, irrevocable in its spontaneous power.<\/p>\n


\n\t\t\tLeucantthemum vulgare<\/i>. White<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

849 First
\n\t\t\tconscious reception of the Light in the Nature<\/b><\/p>\n

The origin
\n\t\t\tor starting-point of the will to progress. Nature has
\n\t\t\tan instinctive thirst for Light.<\/p>\n

Commelina<\/i>.
\n\t\t\tBlue to lavender<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

\nPage-301<\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n
\n


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

\n
\n850 Joy of vegetal Nature in answer
\nto the new Light<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

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

\n


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

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t851 Vegetal goodwill towards the
\nsupramental forces<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

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

\n

\nFlowers spoke in ardent hues
\nan unknown joy. <\/font><\/p>\n

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

 <\/p>\n

\n850 Joy of vegetal Nature in answer
\nto the new Light<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

\nIt dances with joy and laughs happily.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nCallistemon.<\/i> Bright red<\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n851 Vegetal goodwill towards the
\nsupramental forces<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

\nEach does what it can.
\nCuphea micropetala.<\/i> Cream yellow<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

\nPage-302<\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n
\n


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

\n
\n852 Nature aspires to be supramentalised<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

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

 <\/p>\n

\n852 Nature aspires to be supramentalised<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe first response of plant life to the action of the supra-
\nmental forces.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nStictocardia beraviensis.<\/i> Glowing rose red
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

\n

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

\n
\n853 Awakening and first response of Nature to the
\nsupramental manifestation<\/b><\/font> <\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

\n853 Awakening and first response of Nature to the
\nsupramental manifestation<\/b><\/font> <\/b><\/p>\n

\nInterested, she opens herself and tries to understand.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nJatropha integerrima.<\/i> Reddish pink<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n


\n\tPage-303<\/font><\/div>\n

\n


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

\n\n\n
\n


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


\n\t\t\t
\n854 Abundance<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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

 <\/p>\n

\n
\n854 Abundance<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nAll at once Nature gives much to us and we have the<\/font><\/p>\n

joy of  abundance.<\/font><\/p>\n

\nCucurbita maxima.<\/i> <\/b>Golden yellow<\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

\n


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


\n\t\t\t
\n855 Multitude<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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

 <\/p>\n

\n
\n855 Multitude<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nGives itself freely and satisfies innumerable needs.
\n<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

\nCocos nucifera.<\/i> Pale golden orange<\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

\nPage-304 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n
\n


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

\n
\n856 Growth<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

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

 <\/p>\n

\n856 Growth<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

\nIt will multiply and assert its right to be.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPrimula.<\/i> Many colours<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n


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

\n857 Primitive succulence<\/a><\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n857 Primitive succulence<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

\nPleasing to a simple taste.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nMuntingia calabura.<\/i> White<\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

\n

 
\nPage- 305<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n
\n


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


\n\t\t\t
\n858 Scented marvel<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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

 <\/p>\n

\n858 Scented marvel<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nOne of the innumerable gifts of Nature.<\/font><\/p>\n

\nCyclamen purpurascens.<\/i> <\/b>Rose pink to magenta<\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n859 Sun-drop<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nLuminous and lovely, it brings joy.<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPhysalis alkekengi.<\/i> <\/b>Orange red<\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n860 Rising star<\/b><\/p>\n

\nLet us hope it is the right one.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nAganosma roxburghii.<\/i> White<\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

\n


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


\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t859 Sun-drop<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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

 <\/p>\n


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


\n\t\t\t860
\n\t\t\tRising star<\/a><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

\nPage-306 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nLIGHT IN
\nFAIRYLAND<\/a><\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

\n\n\n
\n


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

\n
\n861 Light in fairyland<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

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

 <\/p>\n


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

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t862 Joy in fairyland<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

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

\n


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

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t863 Fairy freshness<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

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

 <\/p>\n

\n861 Light in fairyland<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe fairies are ready to let themselves be guided by the Divine.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nKalanchoe pinnata.<\/i> Yellow green<\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n862 Joy in fairyland<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

\nLight, smiling, effortless, it invites us to share its joy.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nKleinhovia hospita.<\/i> Pale pink<\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n863 Fairy freshness<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

\nCharming, it refreshes the eyes.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nHaematoxylum campechianum.<\/i> Light yellow<\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

\n Page- 307<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

\n


\nBIRD OF PARADISE<\/a><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

\n\n\n
\n


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

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t864 Bird of paradise<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\nI too have wandered in star-jewelled groves,<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPaced sun-gold pastures and moon-silver swards<\/font><\/p>\n

\nAnd heard the harping laughter of their streams<\/font><\/p>\n

\nAnd lingered under branches dropping myrrh;<\/font><\/p>\n

\nI too have revelled in the fields of light
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nTouched by the ethereal raiment of the winds,
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nThy wonder-rounds of music I have trod,
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nLived in the rhyme of bright unlabouring thoughts,
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nI have beat swift harmonies of rapture vast,
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nDanced in spontaneous measures of the soul
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe great and easy dances of the gods.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nO fragrant are the lanes thy children walk<\/font><\/p>\n

\nAnd lovely is the memory of their feet
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nAmid the wonder-flowers of Paradise.<\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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

 <\/p>\n

\n864 Bird of paradise<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

\nA bird that never flies
\n<\/b>away.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nHeliconia.<\/i> Orange red<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nPage-308<\/font><\/p>\n


\n <\/a><\/font><\/b><\/i>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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