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flowers
Their Spiritual significance
Photo Collection
Silence
The ideal condition for progress.
Silence: the condition of the being when it listens to the Divine. Early comment
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Passiflora incarnata L. (Passifloraceae)
Purple passionflower
Royal purple
var. Xcincinnata "Incense"
Passiflora caerulea L. (Passifloraceae)
Bluecrown passionflower
In silence lies the greatest receptivity. And in an immobile silence the vastest action is done.
Let us learn to be silent so that the Lord may make use of us.
The Mother
The Mother. Collected Works of the Mother.- Volume 16. - More answers from the Mother
With words one can at times understand, but only in silence one knows.
The Mother
The Mother. Collected Works of the Mother.- Volume 14. - Words of the Mother
This power of silence is a capacity and not an incapacity, a power and not a weakness. It is a profound and pregnant stillness. Only when the mind is thus entirely still, like clear, motionless and level water, in a perfect purity and peace of the whole being and the soul transcends thought, can the Self which exceeds and originates all activities and becomings, the Silence from which all words are born, the Absolute of which all relativities are partial reflections manifest itself in the pure essence of our being. In a complete silence only is the Silence heard; in a pure peace only is its Being revealed. Therefore to us the name of That is the Silence and the Peace.
Sri Aurobindo
Sri Aurobindo. Sri Aurobindo Birth Centenary Library in 30 Volumes. - Volumes 20-21. - The Synthesis of Yoga
The condition you were in while embroidering the "Silence" flower, cannot return as it was before, for in this world things never repeat themselves in exactly the same way everything changes and progresses. But the state of mental peace you have known is nothing compared to the one much deeper and completer - which you will come to know.
You must keep your aspiration intact and your will to conquer all obstacles; you must have an unshakable faith in the divine grace and the sure victory.
The Mother
The Mother. Collected Works of the Mother.- Volume 16. - More answers from the Mother
The condition of the being when it listens to the Divine.
The Mother
The Mother. Collected Works of the Mother.- Volume 14. - Words of the Mother
The silence of the Ineffable is a truth of divine being, but the Word which proceeds from that silence is also a truth.
Sri Aurobindo
Sri Aurobindo. Sri Aurobindo Birth Centenary Library in 30 Volumes. - Volumes 20-21. - The Synthesis of Yoga