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Result of harmonious organisation

More effective than showy. An effective simplicity.

   

Pseuderanthemum Spp. Radlk. (Acanthaceae)

Pseuderanthemum

White flower with reddish purple dots mostly towards the outer edge of the lobes, the lower central lobe heavily dotted reddish purple with a large maroon centre and a long corolla tube. A small herbaceous shrub with green ovate- lanceolate leaves.

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For all problems of existence are essentially problems of harmony. They arise from the perception of an unsolved discord and the instinct of an undiscovered agreement or unity. To rest content with an unsolved discord is possible for the practical and more animal part of man, but impossible for his fully awakened mind, and usually even his practical parts only escape from the general necessity either by shutting out the problem or by accepting a rough, utilitarian and unillumined compromise. For essentially, all Nature seeks a harmony, life and matter in their own sphere as much as mind in the arrangement of its perceptions.

Sri Aurobindo

Sri Aurobindo. Sri Aurobindo Birth Centenary Library in 30 Volumes. - Volume 18. - The Life Divine: Books 1

Art is a living harmony and beauty that must be expressed in all the movements of existence. This manifestation of beauty and harmony is part of the Divine realisation upon earth, perhaps even its greatest part.

The Mother

The Mother. Collected Works of the Mother.- Volume 3. - Questions and Answers (1929)

Spiritual progress and the service of Truth are based on harmony

The Mother

The Mother. Collected Works of the Mother.- Volume 12. - On Education

Excess in any direction is a violence; and only in peace, poise and harmony can the truth be discovered and lived.

The Mother

The Mother. Collected Works of the Mother.- Volume 10. - The Thoughts and Aphorismes

Truth is supreme harmony and supreme delight.

The Mother

The Mother. Collected Works of the Mother.- Volume 15. - Words of the Mother

A clear and precise vision of what is to be done and a steady, calm and firm will to have it done are the essential conditions for an organisation to be run properly.

The Mother

The Mother. Collected Works of the Mother.- Volume 17. - More answers from the Mother

Well, for oneself, one must organise one's own things... And those who can do that are generally those who can put their ideas into order and can also organise their character and can finally control their movements. And then, if you make progress, you succeed in governing your physical life; you begin to have a control over your physical movements. If you take life in that way, truly it be comes interesting. If one lives in a confusion, a disorder, an inner and outer chaos in which everything is mixed up and one is conscious of nothing and still less is master of things, this is not living.

The Mother

The Mother. Collected Works of the Mother.- Volume 6. - Questions And Answers (1954)

What did You mean to tell me by giving the flower "Organisation"?

Organise your life, your work, your consciousness.

Organisation consists in putting each thing in its true place.

The Mother

The Mother. Collected Works of the Mother.- Volume 17. - More answers from the Mother

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