Given at the inaugural session of a flower exhibition in Savitri Bhavan, Auroville, this talk touches upon symbolism and spiritual significance of flowers as revealed by the Mother.
Paradise is a plane of consciousness, a world where pleasure and joy have been sublimated to a godlike level. There are all things are beautiful and glad and free unstained by the touch of grief and tears.
The 10th Dr M. V. Nadkarni Memorial Lecture, recorded on Feb 19, 2020 at Savitri Bhavan, Auroville. The talk is based on the story of the Divine Mother as it unfolds in Sri Aurobindo's epic poem Savitri.
This is an interactive session with a group of seekers from Brazil. Some of the questions taken up include India, Auroville, Ashram, Freedom, Present condition of the world, Suffering, Compassion.
The psychic being is that part in us that is turned towards the Divine. Aware of its immortality, it knows itself as a portion of the Divine Consciousness and hence naturally turns towards the Divine Light, Truth, vastness, Peace, bliss, Love of the Divine. It is in a natural affinity with these higher states.