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flowers
Their Spiritual significance
Photo Collection
Straightforwardness
Shows itself as it is, without compromising.
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Ixora pavetta Andrews (Rubiaceae)
Torch tree
Off-white
Straightforwardness
Those who are not straightforward cannot profit by the Mother's help, for they themselves turn it away. Unless they change, they cannot hope for the descent of the supramental Light and Truth into the lower vital and physical nature; they remain stuck in their own self-created mud and cannot progress.
Sri Aurobindo
Sri Aurobindo. Sri Aurobindo Birth Centenary Library in 30 Volumes. - Volume 25. - The Mother
Here, I have brought you two flowers. They have two different yet very typically Indian fragrances: this one is Straightforwardness, and this is Simplicity. I have always found that this one (Mother holds out the Simplicity) has a cleansing fragrance: when you breathe it, ah, everything becomes clean - it's wonderful! (Mother breathes in the flower's fragrance.) Once I cured myself of the onset of a cold with it - this can be done when you catch it at the very beginning. It fills you completely, the nose, the throat.... And this (Straightforwardness) is right at the other end of the spectrum. I find it very, very powerful - strange, isn't it?
The Mother
The Mother. Agenda. - Volume 2. - 1961