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flowers
Their Spiritual significance
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Absence of desire
Luminous and fragrant, it expresses both peace and joy.
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Atalantia monophylla (L.) DC. (Rutaceae)
Country gooseberry
White
Absence of desire
This is vital quietude, that is to say, the absence of desire.
The Mother
The Mother. Collected Works of the Mother.- Volume 8. - Questions And Answers (1956)
Samatā does not mean the absence of ego, but the absence of desire and attachment. The ego-sense may disappear or it may remain in a subtilised or dense form - it depends on the person.
Sri Aurobindo
Sri Aurobindo. Sri Aurobindo Birth Centenary Library in 30 Volumes. - Volume 24. - Letters on Yoga.-P.4
The real rest is in the inner life founded in peace and silence and absence of desire. There is no other rest - for without that the machine goes on whether one is interested in it or not. The inner mukti is the only remedy.
Sri Aurobindo
Sri Aurobindo. Sri Aurobindo Birth Centenary Library in 30 Volumes. - Volume 24. - Letters on Yoga.-P.4