Kural 0003 - ЁЯМ╕ роорогроо்роХொрог்роЯ рооро▓ро░்рокோро▓் ро╡ாро┤ுроо் ро╡ாро┤்роХ்роХை — A Life that Blooms in Divine Fragrance

Explore Kural 3: A journey into divine alignment, inner surrender, and the silent power of flowers through insights, stories, and spiritual practices.

Key Questions

  1. What is the true way to live a meaningful life on earth?
  2. What makes a human life spiritually fulfilled and enduring beyond material time?
  3. How can one live in the world yet rise above its impermanence?
  4. Socrates: What is the good life?
  5. Aristotle: What is eudaimonia (human flourishing)?
  6. Heidegger: How can Dasein (being-there) live authentically?
  7. Sri Aurobindo / Integral Yoga: How does the psychic being transform human life?
Thiruvalluvar: Connection with the Divine Presence awakens the psychic life — leading to true growth and permanence.

роХுро▒ро│் 0003

рооро▓ро░்рооிроЪை роПроХிройாрой் рооாрогроЯி роЪேро░்рои்родாро░்
роиிро▓рооிроЪை роиீроЯுро╡ாро┤் ро╡ாро░்
[роЕро▒род்родுрок்рокாро▓், рокாропிро░ро╡ிропро▓், роХроЯро╡ுро│் ро╡ாро┤்род்родு]

роЪொро▒்роХро│ிрой் рокொро░ுро│ுро░ைроХро│்

рооро▓ро░்рокூ; родாрооро░ை; роТро░ுрокேро░ெрог்; роЖропுродроо்рооுродро▓ிропро╡ро▒்ро▒ிрой்рооேро▒்роХுрооிро┤்; ро╡ெрог்рокாро╡ிрой்роЗро▒ுродிроЪ்роЪீро░்ро╡ாроп்рокாроЯுроХро│ுро│்роТрой்ро▒ு; рооுроо்рооро▓рооுроЯைропро╡ро░்.

рооிроЪை - роЙрогро╡ு; роЪோро▒ு; роЙропро░்роЪ்роЪி; рооேро▓ிроЯроо்; рооேроЯு; ро╡ாройроо்; рооுрой்ройிроЯроо்; роПро┤ройுро░ுрокு

рооро▓ро░்рооிроЪை - родாрооро░ைропிро▓ிро░ுрок்рокро╡ройாрой рокிро░роорой்

роПроХுродро▓்  - роЪெро▓்ро▓ுродро▓்; рокோроХுродро▓்; роироЯрод்родро▓்; роХро┤ро▓ுродро▓்.

роПроХிройாрой் - роЪெрой்ро▒ாрой்

рооாрог் - рооாроЯ்роЪிрооை; роороЯроЩ்роХு; рооாрогро╡рой்; рокிро░роороЪாро░ி; роХுро│்ро│рооாройро╡ро░்.

роЕроЯி - рокாродроо்; роХாро▒்роЪுро╡роЯு рооுродро▓் роХроЯро╡ுро│் рокாроЯ்роЯிрой்роЕроЯி; роЕроЯிрок்рокீроЯроо்; роЕрог்рооை рооро░рокுро╡ро┤ி; роЕро│ро╡ு роХீро┤் роороХроЯூроЙрооுрой்ройிро▓ை

роЪேро░்родро▓் - роТрой்ро▒ுроХூроЯுродро▓்; роЗроЯைро╡ிроЯாродுроиிройைрод்родро▓்; роХро▓род்родро▓்; роЪроо்рокрои்родрок்рокроЯுродро▓்; роироЯ்рокாродро▓்; роЗропைродро▓்; роЙро░ிрод்родாродро▓்; роЪேроХро░ிроХ்роХрок்рокроЯுродро▓்; родிро░ро│ுродро▓்; роЪெро▒ிродро▓்; роХிроЯрод்родро▓்; роЙро│родாродро▓்; роЪெро▓்ро▓ுродро▓்; роХூроЯுродро▓்; рокொро░ுрои்родுродро▓்; рокுрогро░்родро▓்; рокெро▒ுродро▓்; роЪெрой்ро▒роЯைродро▓்; роТрок்рокாродро▓்; роиேроЪிрод்родро▓்.

роЪேро░்рои்родாро░் - роЕроЯைрои்родாро░்

роиிро▓роо் - родро░ை; роорог்; рокூрооி; роЗроЯроо்; ро╡ропро▓்; рокродро╡ி; роиிро▓род்родிро▓ுро│்ро│ாро░்; роОро┤ுрод்родுроЕроЪைроЪீро░்роХро│ாроХிропроЗроЪைрок்рокாроЯ்роЯிрой்родாройроо்; ро╡ிроЯропроо்; рооேрой்рооாроЯроо்; роХро│்ро│ிро╡роХை.

роЗроЪை - роЗроЪைро╡ு; рокொрой் роКродிропроо் роУроЪை роЪொро▓் рокுроХро┤் роЗроЪைрок்рокாроЯ்роЯு роиро░роо்рокிро▒்рокிро▒роХ்роХுроо்роУроЪை; роЗройிрооை роПрои்родிроЪை родூроЩ்роХிроЪை, роТро┤ுроХிроЪை роЪீро░் роЪுро░роо் ро╡рог்рооை родிроЪை

роиிро▓рооிроЪை - роЗро░ுроХ்роХுроо் роЗроЯрод்родிро▓ роЗройிрооைропாроп் 

роиீроЯு - роиெроЯுроЩ்роХாро▓роо்; роиிро▓ைрод்родிро░ுроХ்роХை.

ро╡ாро┤்родро▓் - роЗро░ுрод்родро▓்; роЪெро┤ிрод்родிро░ுрод்родро▓்; роороХிро┤்родро▓்; роЪுроороЩ்роХро▓ிропாроХроЗро░ுрод்родро▓்; ро╡ிродிрок்рокроЯிроТро┤ுроХுродро▓்.

ро╡ாро┤்ро╡ாро░் - ро╡ாро┤்ро╡ாро░்роХро│்

рооுро┤ுрок்рокொро░ுро│்

роТро░ுро╡ро░் ро╡ாро┤்ро╡ிро▓ே рооро▓ро░்рооிроЪை (рооро▓ро░்рооிроЪை рокро▒்ро▒ி рокிрой்рокு роХாрог்рокோроо்) роОрой்рокродை роиோроХ்роХி роироЯрои்родுроХொрог்роЯு (роЪெропро▓ாро▒்ро▒ிройாро▓்) рооாроЯ்роЪிрооைропை роЕроЯைрои்родாро▓் роЕро╡ро░் роЗро╡்ро╡ுро▓роХிро▓் (роЗрои்род рокூрооிропிро▓ே, роиிро▓род்родிро▓ே) роиெроЯுроЩ்роХாро▓роо் роороХிро┤்роЪ்роЪிропாроХ ро╡ாро┤்ро╡ாро░்.

роТро░ுро╡ро░் роороХிро┤்роЪ்роЪிропுроЯрой் роиெроЯுроЩ்роХாро▓роо் ро╡ாро┤ро╡ேрог்роЯுроо் роОрой்ро▒ாро▓் роЗро╡்ро╡ுро▓роХிро▓ே  роЗрок்рокிро▒ро╡ிропிро▓ேропே ро╡ாро┤ро▓ாроо் . роЕро╡ро░் роЪெроп்ропро╡ேрог்роЯிропродு роОро▓்ро▓ாроо் рооро▓ро░்рооிроЪை ро╡ேрог்роЯி рооாроЯ்роЪிрооைропை роЕроЯைроп ро╡ேрог்роЯுроо்.

рооро▓ро░்рооிроЪை роОрой்ро▒ாро▓் роОрой்рой? 
1. рооро▓ро░் роОрой்ро▒ாро▓் родாрооро░ை рооро▓ро░் роОрой்ро▒ு рокொро░ுро│் . рооிроЪை роОрой்ро▒ாро▓் рооேро▓ிроЯроо். родாрооро░ை рооேро▓் роЗро░ுроХ்роХுроо் рокிро░роорой் роОрой்ро▒ு рокொро░ுро│். роЕродாро╡родு роХроЯро╡ுро│் роОрой்ро▒ роЕро░்род்родрод்родிро▓் ро╡ро░ுроо்.

роЖродро▓ாро▓் роХроЯро╡ுро│ிрой் рокாродрод்родை роиோроХ்роХி роЪெропро▓ாро▒்ро▒ி рооாроЯ்роЪிрооை роЕроЯைрои்родாро▓் роЕро╡ро░் роЗро╡்ро╡ுро▓роХிро▓ேропே роЗрой்рокрооாроп் роиெроЯுроЩ்роХாро▓роо் ро╡ாро┤்ро▓ாроо்.


роТрок்рокுрооை

1. родாро╡ிрой்ро▒ி роОрок்рокொро░ுро│ுроо் роХрог்роЯுрогро░்рои்родு родாрооро░ைрок்
рокூро╡ிрой்рооேро▒் роЪெрой்ро▒ாрой் рокுроХро┤роЯிропை (роЕро▒роиெро▒ிроЪ். роХроЯро╡ுро│்)
2. “рооро▓ро░்рооிроЪை роОро┤ுродро░ு рокொро░ுро│்” (роЪроо்рокрои்родро░்.роЪிро╡рокுро░роо் 5)
3. “... роЮாройроо்
рокுроХро▓ுроЯைропோро░் родроо்роЙро│்ро│рок் рокுрог்роЯро░ிроХрод் родுро│்ро│ிро░ுроХ்роХுроо்
рокுро░ாрог்ро░் роХோропிро▓்” (роЪроо்рокрои்родро░்.родிро░ுро╡ீро┤ிрооிро┤ро▓ை.6)
4. “рокொро│்ро│ிро▓ிроХ் роХாропрои் родрой்ройுро│் рокுрог்роЯро░ீ роХрод்родி ро░ுрои்род
ро╡ро│்ро│ро▓ை” (роЕрок்рокро░். родிро░ுрод்родுро░ுрод்родி 6)
5. “рокுрои்родிропாроп்рок் рокுрог்роЯро░ிроХрод் родுро│்ро│ாроп் рокோро▒்ро▒ி” (роЕрок்рокро░். родிро░ுро╡ீро░роЯ் 9)
6. ”рокோродுроХрои் родேро▒ுроо் рокுро░ிроЪроЯைропாрой்” (родிро░ுроорои் 632)
7. “родрог்роЯா рооро░ைрооро▓ро░ிрой் рооேро▓்роироЯрои்родாроп்’ (роЪூро│ாроорогி родுро▒ро╡ு 71)
8. “родெроп்ро╡роХ் роХாрооро░் роиро│ிройрод் родрооро░ро░்
роХைродொро┤ роироЯрои்родாроп்” (родிро░ுроХ்роХро▓роо் 92)
9. “......................... роиிройைро╡ொроЯு рокродுроороирой் рооро▓ро░родு рооро░ுро╡ிроп
роЪிро╡ройродு роЪிро╡рокுро░роо் роиிройைрокро╡ро░் роЪெро┤ுроиிро▓ ройிройிро▓்роиிро▓ை рокெро▒ுро╡ро░ே (роЪроо்рокрои்родро░்.роЪிро╡рокுро░роо் 1)


2. рооேро▓ுроо்: роЕро╖ோроХ் роЙро░ை
рооро▓ро░்рооிроЪை роПроХிройро╡ройை рокிро░рооройாроХроХ் роХொрог்роЯாро▓், рокிро░роорой் рокродроо் роОрой்ройுроо் рокிро░роороиிро▓ை роЕроЯைро╡родை роЙро░ுро╡роХрооாроХроХ் роХுро▒ிрок்рокродாроХроХ் роХொро│்ро│ро▓ாроо். роЕрок்рокроЯிрок்рокроЯ்роЯ рокிро░роороиிро▓ை, роЕродாро╡родு родрой்ройை роЙрогро░்рои்родро╡ро░родு рокுроХро┤், роЗрои்роиிро▓роо் роЙро│்ро│ро│ро╡ுроо் роиிро▓ைрод்родிро░ுроХ்роХுроо் роОрой்рокродே рокொро░ுро│்.

ро╡ро│்ро│ுро╡ро░், роЗрои்род роХுро▒ро│ிро▓ுроо் роХроЯро╡ுро│் роОрой்ро▒ு роХுро▒ிропாродு, “рооро▓ро░்рооிроЪை роПроХிройாрой்” роОрой்ро▒ு роЪொрой்ройродு, роЪிрои்родிроХ்роХроХ்роХூроЯிропродு. рооро▓ро░ிрой்роХрог் роЕрооро░்рои்родோрой் роОрой்ро▒ாро▓் рооройрооро▓ро░ிрой்роХрог் роЕрооро░்рои்родро╡рой் роОройроХ்роХொро│்ро╡родா роЕро▓்ро▓родு рокродுроород்родிрой் рооேро▓рооро░்рои்род рокிро░рооройை роЕро▓்ро▓родு рокுрод்родройெройроХ் роХொро│்ро╡родா роОройроХ் роХுро┤роо்рокро▓ாроо். роЕро▓்ро▓родு роЙро░ுро╡роХрооாроХроХ் роХொрог்роЯாро▓், ропோроХроЪாрод்родிро░родிро▓் роЪொро▓்ро▓ிропிро░ுрок்рокродு рокோро▓, роХுрог்роЯро▓ிропை роОро┤ுрок்рокி, роЖро▒ு роЪроХ்роХро░роЩ்роХро│ைроХ் роХроЯрои்родு роЪро╣ро╕்ро░ாроХாро░роо் роОройрок்рокроЯроХ்роХூроЯிроп роЖропிро░рооிродро┤்роХро│் роХொрог்роЯ родாрооро░ைропிрой்роХрог் роХாрогுроо் роЮாрой роиிро▓ைропைроХ் роХுро▒ிрок்рокродு роОройроХ்роХொро│்ро│ро▓ாрооா?

роЕрок்рокроЯிрок்рокроЯ்роЯ роЮாройроЪ்роЪெро▒ிро╡ிройை роЕроЯைрои்родро╡ро░்роХро│родு рооாроЯ்роЪிрооை рокொро░ுрои்родிроп роЕрогுроХ்роХрод்родை роЕроЯைрои்родாро▓், рокூрооிропிро▓் роиீроЯுро┤ி роХாро▓роо் рокுроХро┤ோроЯு ро╡ாро┤ро▓ாроо் (рокூродро╡ுроЯро▓் роЕро┤ிрои்родாро▓ுроо்) роОрой்рокродை роХூро▒ிропிро░ுрок்рокродாроХ роХொро│்ро│ро▓ாроо்.

3. рооிроЪை роОрой்ро▒ாро▓் роЙропро░்роЪ்роЪி роОрой்ро▒ுроо் рокொро░ுро│். рооро▓ро░் роОрой்рокродு рокூ роОрой்ро▒ுроо் роЕро░்род்родроо் ро╡ро░ுроо். рокுродுро╡ை/рокுродுроЪ்роЪேро░ி/рокாрог்роЯிроЪ்роЪேро░ி роЖро░ோрокிрои்родோ  (Aurobindo) роЕрой்ройை (The Mother) рокூро╡ுроо் роЕро╡ро▒்ро▒ிрой் роЖрой்рооீроХрооுроо் рокро▒்ро▒ி роТро░ு роЪிро▒ிроп рокுрод்родроХроо் (Flowers and their Spiritual Significance) роОро┤ுродி роЗро░ுрок்рокாро░். роЕродிро▓் роиாроо் роТро╡்ро╡ொро░ுро╡ро░் рокூ рокோрой்ро▒ு роЗро░ுроХ்роХ ро╡ேрог்роЯுроо் роОрой்рокாро░். рокூ.  роЕродாро╡родு рокூ рокோрой்ро▒ு родிро▒рои்род рооройродுроЯрой், ро╡ெро│ிрок்рокроЯைропாроХ, родாро░ாро│рооாроХ, роЕрой்рокாроХ роЗро░ுроХ்роХ ро╡ேрог்роЯுроо். роЕрок்рокроЯி рокூ рокோрой்ро▒ роЙропро░்роЪ்роЪிропாрой рооாроЯ்роЪிрооைропை роЕроЯைрои்родாро▓் роТро░ுро╡ро░் роЗро╡்ро╡ுро▓роХிро▓ேропே роороХிро┤்роЪ்роЪிропாроХ роиெроЯுроЩ்роХாро▓роо் ро╡ாро┤ро▓ாроо்.

роЕро╡ро░் роХூро▒ிропро╡ро▒்ро▒ிрой் роЖроЩ்роХிро▓ ро╡роЯிро╡роо் роЗроЩ்роХே::

Life must blossom like a flower offering itself to the Divine - The Mother. 

Snippets from "Flowers: Their Spiritual Significance by The Mother"

Be Like a Flower


Be like a flower. One must try to become like a flower: open, frank, equal, generous and kind. Do you know what it means?

A flower is open to all that surrounds it: Nature, light, the rays of the sun, the wind, etc. It exerts a spontaneous influence on all that is around it. It radiates a joy and a beauty.

It is frank: it hides nothing of its beauty, and lets it flow frankly out of itself. What is within, what is in its depths, it lets it come out so that everyone can see it.

It is equal: it has no preference. Everyone can enjoy its beauty and its perfume, without rivalry. It is equal and the same for everybody. There is no difference, or anything whatsoever.

Then generous: without reserve or restriction, how it gives the mysterious beauty and the very own perfume of Nature. It sacrifices itself entirely for our pleasure, even its life it sacrifices to express this beauty and the secret of the things gathered within itself.

And then, kind: it has such a tenderness, it is so sweet, so close to us, so loving. Its presence fills us with joy. It is always cheerful and happy.

Happy is he who can exchange his qualities with the real qualities of the flowers. Try to cultivate in yourself their refined qualities.

THE MOTHER

Soul of a Flower

Have you ever gone into a garden early in the morning? The flowers are facing the sun, awaiting its advent. Have you felt the mighty aspiration that surges all around for the coming light?

Have you watched a bud, completely closed, and how slowly, miraculously, the petals open, one by one? Whence came this force, this energy, this pulsating life?

Have you seen the earth after it has received a few drops of rain. Multi-coloured little hands come out from the earth in a gesture of thanks giving? They are the fairy-lilies named 'Prayer' by the Mother. We can palpably feel the vibration of gratitude and we look in joy at this spontaneous and beautiful response of Nature. Nature, so receptive, so open to the Grace! If only we could be likewise....

And then we wonder: What is it that gives to a flower and so often to a child, its beauty, its sweetness, its feeling of a happy self-giving? It is the presence of the Divine in the flowers, in Nature. It is what we call the 'Psychic Presence'. And love. Love of flowers can help us to find our own psychic being, the Divine within us.

The unselfish movement, uncalculating, is one of the most beautiful forms of psychic consciousness in the world. But the higher one rises in the scale of mental activity, the rarer it becomes. Per with intelligence come all the skill and cleverness,

and corruption, calculation. For instance, when a rose blossoms it does so spontaneously, for the joy of being beautiful, smelling sweet, expressing all its joy of living, and it does not calculate, it has nothing to gain out of it: it does so spontaneously, in the joy of being and living. Take a human being, well, apart from a very few exceptions, the moment his mind is active he tries to get some advantage out of his beauty and cleverness; he wants it to bring him something, either men's admiration or even much more sordid gains yet. Consequently, from the psychic point of view, the rose is better than human beings.

Only, if you climb a rung higher and consciously do what the rose does unconsciously, then it is much more beautiful. But it must be the same thing: a spontaneous flowering of beauty, uncalculating, simply for the joy of being. Little children have this at times (at times, not always). Unfortunately, under the influence of their parents and the environment, they learn to be calculating when yet very young.

But this kind of wish to gain by what one has or does is truly one of the ugliest things in the world. And it is one of the most widespread and it has become so widespread, that it is almost spontaneous in man. Nothing can turn its back on the divine love more totally than that, that wish to calculate and profit.

Do flowers love?

This is their form of love, this blossoming. Certainly, when one sees a rose opening to the sun, it is like a need to give its beauty. Only, for us, it is almost unintelligible, for they do not think about what they do. A human being always

associates with everything he does this ability to see himself doing it, that is, to think about himself, think of himself doing it. Man knows that he is doing something. Animals don't think. It is not at all the same form of love. And flowers, so to speak, are not conscious: it is a spontaneous movement, not a consciousness that is conscious of itself, not at all. But it is a great Force which acts through all that, the great universal Consciousness and the great Force of universal love which makes all things blossom in beauty.

Is there a sense of beauty in flowers?

Directly there is organic life, the vital element comes in, and it is this vital element which gives to flowers the sense of beauty. It is not perhaps individualised in the sense we understand it, but it is a sense of the species and the species

always tries to realise it. I have noticed a first rudiment of the psychic presence and vibration in vegetable life, and truly this blossoming one calls a flower is the first manifestation of the psychic presence. The psychic is individualised only

in man, but it was there before him; but it is not the same kind of individualisation as in man, it is more fluid: it manifests as force, as consciousness rather than as individuality. Take the rose, for example; its great perfection of form, colour, scent expresses an aspiration and a psychic giving. Look at a rose opening in the morning at the first touch of the sun, it is a magnificent self-giving in aspiration.

What is this psychic prayer that flowers represent?

The psychic, when it manifests in a plant, in the form of a flower, is in the form of a wordless prayer; it is the elan of the plant towards the Divine.

You have written: "Love of flowers is a valuable help for finding and uniting with the psychic. Could you explain this more in detail?

Since flowers are the manifestation of the psychic in the vegetal kingdom, love of flowers would mean that one is drawn by the psychic vibration and consequently by the psychic in one's own self.

When you are receptive to the psychic vibration, that puts you in a more intimate contact with the psychic in your own self. Perhaps the beauty of flowers too is a means used by Nature to awaken in human beings the attraction for the psychic.

How can one enter into psychic contact with flowers?

When one is in conscious contact with one's own psychic, one becomes aware of an impersonal psychic behind the whole creation and then, through this, one can enter into contact with flowers and know the psychic prayer they represent.

Mother, when flowers are brought to you, how do you give them a significance?

To the flowers? But it's in the same way, by entering into contact with the nature of the flower, its inner truth. Then one knows what it represents.

Each flower has its special significance, hasn't it?

Not as we understand it mentally. There is a mental projection when one gives a precise meaning to a flower. It may answer, vibrate to the touch of this projection, accept the meaning, but a flower has no equivalent of the mental consciousness. In the vegetable kingdom there is a beginning of the psychic, but there is no beginning of the mental consciousness. In animals it is different; mental life begins to form and for them things have a meaning. But in flowers it is rather like the movement of a little baby - it is neither a sensation nor a feeling, but something of both; it is a spontaneous movement, a very special vibration. So, if one is in contact with it, if one feels it, one gets an impression which may be translated by a thought. That is how I have given a meaning to flowers and plants - there is a kind of identification with the vibration, a perception of the quality it represents and, little by little, through a kind of approximation (sometimes this comes suddenly, occasionally it takes time), there is a coming together of these vibrations

(which are of a vital-emotional order) and the vibration of the mental thought, and if there is a sufficient harmony, one has a direct perception of what the plant may signify.

In some countries (particularly here) certain plants are used as the media for worship, offering, devotion. Certain plants are given on special occasions. And I have often seen that this identification was quite in keeping with the nature of the

plant, because spontaneously, without knowing anything, I happened to give the same meaning as that given in religious ceremonies. The vibration was really there in the flower itself.... Did it come from the use that had been made of it or did it

come from very far, from somewhere deep down. From a beginning of the psychic life? It would be difficult to say.

If our flower-offering depends on our state of consciousness, does it help us to learn the significances of flowers even if it is purely mental to begin with?

Yes, surely.

Have flowers a power in the occult world?

Yes, they have an occult power; they can even transmit a message if one knows how to charge them with it.

Can the flowers transmit other messages apart from the significances you have given

It is not impossible but the person who sends the message must have a great power of formation.

Is the power of formation purely occult or can a mental or vital power of formation also transmit messages?

The mental power of formation can certainly transmit messages. But for these messages to be received and understood, the person to whom they are sent must himself be very receptive mentally and particularly attentive.

When we offer flowers, with what attitude should we offer them? Does it matter if we do not know the significance?

This depends completely on the person who gives the flowers and on his state of consciousness. The same answer may be given to both the questions. According to the degree of consciousness of people what they do has a deep significance.

Do flowers retain the force always, even when they decay?

Decay? No, my child; when they dry up, yes. Decayed flowers are just nothing. A decomposition takes place, so the thing disappears. Perhaps it brings energy to the soil, that's quite possible; but still, when it decays it is good only to make manure

to grow other flowers. But if it dries up, it is preserved, it can remain for quite a long time.

Sweet Mother, what should we do with the flowers which you give us every day?

Flowers? You ought to keep them as long as they are fresh, and when they are no longer so, you must collect them and give them to the gardener (any gardener you know), so that he can put them in the earth to produce other flowers. Yes, one must give back to the earth what it has given us, for otherwise it will become poor.

THE MOTHER

Silent Language of Flowers

I can transmit a state of consciousness more easily to a flower than to a man: it is very receptive, though it does not know how to formulate its experience to itself because it lacks a mind. But the pure psychic consciousness is instinctive to it. When, therefore, you offer flowers to me their condition is almost always an index to yours. There are persons who never succeed in bringing a fresh flower to me - even if the flower is fresh it becomes limp in their hands. Others, however, always bring fresh flowers and even revitalise drooping ones. If your aspiration is strong your flower-offerings will be fresh. And if you are receptive you will be also very easily able to absorb the message I put in the flowers I give you. When I give them, I give you states of consciousness; the flowers are the mediums and it all depends on your receptivity whether they are effective or not.

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When I give flowers, it is as an answer to the aspiration coming from the very depths of your being. It is a need or an aspiration, it depends upon the person. It may fill a void or else give you the impetus to progress, or it may help you find the inner harmony in order to establish peace.

Flowers are extremely receptive. All the flowers to which I have given a significance receive exactly the force I put into them and transmit it. People don't always receive it because most of the time they are less receptive than the flowers, and, they waste the force that has been put in it through their unconsciousness and lack of receptivity. But the force is there, and the flower receives it wonderfully.

I knew this a very long time ago. Fifty years ago.... There was that occultist who later gave me lessons in occultism for two years. His wife was a wonderful clairvoyant and had an absolutely remarkable capacity - precisely - of transmitting forces.

They lived in Tlemcen. I was in Paris. I used to correspond with them. I had not yet met them at all. And then, an a day, she sent me in a letter petals of the pomegranate flower, "Divine's Love". At that time I had not given the meaning to the flower. She sent me petals of pomegranate flowers telling me that these petals were bringing me her protection and force.

Now, at that time I used to wear my watch on a chain. Wrist-watches were not known then or there were very few. And there was also a small eighteenth century magnifying glass... it was quite small, as large as this (gesture).... And it had two lenses, you see, like' all reading-glasses; there were two lenses mounted on a small golden frame, and it was hanging from my chain. Now, between the two glasses I put these petals and I used to carry this about with me always because I wanted to keep it with me; you see, I trusted this lady and knew she had power. I wanted to keep this with me, and I always felt a kind of energy, warmth, confidence, force which came from that thing.... I did not think about it, you see, but I felt it like that.

And then, one day, suddenly I felt quite depleted, as though a support that was there had gone. Something very unpleasant. I said, "It is strange; what has happened? Nothing really unpleasant has happened to me. Why do I feel like this, so empty, emptied of energy?" And in the evening, when I took off my watch and chain, I noticed that one of the small glasses had come off and all the petals were gone. There was not one petal left. Then I really knew that they carried a considerable charge of power, for I had felt the difference without even knowing the reason. I didn't know the reason and yet it had made a considerable difference. So it was after this that I saw how one could use flowers by charging them with forces. They are extremely receptive.


THE MOTHER

The Significance of flowers (this part might have some repetition)


Sweet Mother, how do you give significance to a flower?
By entering into contact with it and giving a more or less precise meaning to what I feel… by entering into contact with the nature of the flower, its inner truth; then one knows what it represents.

Each flower has its special significance, hasn't it?
Not as we understand it mentally. There is a mental projection when one gives a precise meaning to a flower. It may answer, vibrate to the touch of this projection, accept the meaning, but a flower has no equivalent of the mental consciousness. In the vegetable kingdom there is a beginning of the psychic, but there is no beginning of the mental consciousness. In animals it is different; mental life begins to form and for them things have a meaning. But in flowers it is rather like the movement of a little baby - it is neither a sensation nor a feeling, but something of both; it is a spontaneous movement, a very special vibration. So, if one is in contact with it, if one feels it, one gets an impression which may be translated by a thought. That is how I have given a meaning to flowers and plants - there is a kind of identification with the vibration, a perception of the quality it represents and, little by little, through a kind of approximation (sometimes this comes suddenly, occasionally it takes time), there is a coming together of these vibrations(which are of a vital-emotional order) and the vibration of the mental thought, and if there is a sufficient harmony, one has a direct perception of what the plant may signify.
In some countries (particularly here) certain plants are used as the media for worship, offering, devotion. Certain plants are given on special occasions. And I have often seen that this identification was quite in keeping with the nature of the plant, because spontaneously, without knowing anything, I happened to give the same meaning as that given in religious ceremonies. The vibration was really there in the flower itself.... Did it come from the use that had been made of it or did it come from very far, from somewhere deep down. From a beginning of the psychic life? It would be difficult to say.

Have flowers a power in the occult world?
Yes, they have an occult power; they can even transmit a message if one knows how to charge them with it.

Can the flowers transmit other messages apart from the significances you have given?
It is not impossible but the person who sends the message must have a great power of formation.

Is the power of formation purely occult or can a mental or vital power of formation also transmit messages?
The mental power of formation can certainly transmit messages. But for these messages to be received and understood, the person to whom they are sent must himself be very receptive mentally and particularly attentive.

When we offer flowers, with what attitude should we offer them? Does it matter if we do not know the significance?
This depends completely on the person who gives the flowers and on his state of consciousness. The same answer may be given to both the questions. According to the degree of consciousness of people what they do has a deep significance.

If our flower-offering depends on our state of consciousness, does it help us to learn the significances of flowers even if it is purely mental to begin with?

Yes, surely.

THE MOTHER

Flowers on the Samadhi


Concerning the flowers on the Samadhi, does Sri Aurobindo transmit a special message through them, apart from their significance?

I do not think so-that would depend on different cases. It would be rather that he would receive messages if people put them into the flowers. That is quite possible. It may happen that if people put flowers with an intention or a precise prayer, Sri Aurobindo receives the message and answers it and that one receives his answer if one is sufficiently sensitive.

The Offering of Roses


Why do u generally give red roses to men and light-coloured roses to women and different colours to the little boys and girls?
It is because red roses give an impression of force and light-coloured roses an impression of charm and sweetness.

May I ask you with what intention you give me one red rose and one light-coloured one?
The human being transforms all its passions into love for the Divine and the Divine replies with his ineffable love.

The fragrance of flowers


Is there a relation between the perfume of a flower and its significance?
Certainly there should be one but so far I have not studied it.

How can one begin to study this relation? What is the first step?
Study and experience. You take a flower with a strong and definitive perfume. You breathe in the perfume, trying to find what thought or image it evokes. If you find something, you compare it with the significance given to the flower.
It is a long and detailed work. After some hundreds of experiences one may arrive at a conclusion.

In the study of perfumes of which you spoke, one observes that some perfumes seem to made up of several perfumes. Must one study each sub-perfume separately?
Yes, certainly. If one wants to study this is a terribly complicated, for not only are there differences between flowers but even similar flowers must differ among themselves, which means that the study can never come to an end and one cannot reach anything final and complete.
This is, you know, the influence of the hour –day and night-the influence of the time of the year, the influence of the seasons…

Scientists explain that flowers have perfume in order to attract insects. What do u think about it?
It is men who see and find a reason for everything-but I suppose if the Supreme has any such preoccupation.


Contact with the Psychic


You have written: "Love of flowers is a valuable help for finding and uniting with the psychic. Could you explain this more in detail?
Since flowers are the manifestation of the psychic in the vegetal kingdom, love of flowers would mean that one is drawn by the psychic vibration and consequently by the psychic in one's own self.
When you are receptive to the psychic vibration, that puts you in a more intimate contact with the psychic in your own self. Perhaps the beauty of flowers too is a means used by Nature to awaken in human beings the attraction for the psychic.

What is the best way of opening ourselves to the deep influence of flowers?
To love them. If you can enter into psychic contact with them, then that would be perfect.

How can one enter into psychic contact with flowers?
When one is in conscious contact with one's own psychic, one becomes aware of an impersonal psychic behind the whole creation and then, through this, one can enter into contact with flowers and know the psychic prayer they represent.

What is this impersonal Psychic you spoke of?
By impersonal psychic I mean the psychic region which does not belong to any individual in particular-the psychic region which is the creation, as air is in the earth’s atmosphere.

What is this psychic prayer that flowers represent?
The psychic, when it manifests in a plant, in the form of a flower, is in the form of a wordless prayer; it is the ├йlan of the plant towards the Divine.

We have flowers with such significances as ‘Greed for money’, ‘Passion’, ‘Vanity’, ‘Chatter’, etc. How do these flowers represent a psychic prayer?
These flowers offer their bad vibrations for transformation.

Do strong-scented flowers represent a more ardent psychic prayer than the unscented ones?
Their nature gives itself more generously and more integrally.

And is there the same difference among plants and trees?
No, that is like the difference among the animals; some are big some are small. But everyone is like that… in minerals, in animals, in men. Each manifests its own nature and these natures are innumerable.

Dreams, Beings and Forces


What do flowers and gardens in our dreams signify? Sometimes in dreams one sees flowers which don’t exists?
This happens undoubtedly in the subtle physical. But it may also be possible that these flowers exist physically on the earth in a place you don’t know.

What do these flowers symbolise?
These symbols are most often individual and most often different people have different significances. It may happen that certain people have written books and those who regard them adopt their symbology. But it is purely mental question. You give a certain meaning to the flower. For instance to a rose-we have a certain meaning for rose.
As we have given this meaning, in your dreams you see the same symbolism. If you could tell me one of your dreams I could explain it to you. You see, a flower must spontaneously tell you something, then that would be symbolic for you. But it may be what we have already decided.

Are there subtle beings who are in an intimate relation with flowers?
That is possible, even probable. There are children who have experienced this and related it.

Is it possible to become conscious of these beings and work in harmony with them?
Yes. It is a question of nature and capacity.

Is possible to develop this capacity and how to do it?
Certainly one can develop the capacity if one takes sufficient interest in this to put in the time and necessary effort. Naturally it will be more or less difficult according to each one’s nature.
To become conscious of one’s dreams helps to do this. A silent and still concentration helps also.

Are there forces directly hostile to the vegetal nature? Are insects a manifestation of these forces?
There do not seem to exist forces consciously and voluntarily hostile to the vegetal kingdom. Insects do harm because they feed on plants, it is in a way they serve them also; both things are there, good and bad, without any conscious will. They do good they do harm, without knowing it.

Mother, does a plant have its own individuality and does it also reincarnate after death?
This may happen but is accidental. There are trees-trees especially-which have lived long and can be the home of a conscious being, a vital being. Generally it is vital entities which take shelter in trees, or else certain beings of the vital plane which live in forests-as certain beings of the vital live in water. There are old legends like that, but are very based on facts. The plants serve as home and shelter, but the being is not created by the plant itself!

The care of Plants and Flowers


How to develop our consciousness in order to work in a better way with plants and flowers?
First you must learn to be silent, and note carefully what happens in the consciousness.

Why do plants fall ill and what can we do to help them?
When man does not meddle, the illness of plants seems to be accidental. But when man’s action has upset the life of plants, even as that of animals, of course.

There are many plants we are trying to grow here which suffer because of our climate. How can we help them to grow and blossom here?
Naturally, plants which like cold climates grow in greenhouses. Also by planting forests one could have a regulating action on the climate.
Growth of consciousness in the atmosphere will surely have an effect which is difficult to describe beforehand.

Sweet Mother, what should we do with the flowers which you give us every day?
Flowers? You ought to keep them as long as they are fresh, and when they are no longer so, you must collect them and give them to the gardener (any gardener you know), so that he can put them in the earth to produce other flowers. Yes, one must giveback to the earth what it has given us, for otherwise it will become poor.

Can I remove the branches of shrubs which are overhanging and causing inconvenience to the inmates?
I cannot say yes or no, as all depends on the way it has to be done. It is not only the welfare of the inmates that must be taken into consideration but also the welfare of the shrubs.
Answers by Sri Aurobindo

Why is the flower symbolising your compassion so delicate and why does it wither away so soon?

No, the compassion does not wither with its symbol - flowers are moment's representation of things that are in themselves eternal.

What is the significance of the Mother's giving us flowers at Pranam every day?
It is meant to help the realisation of the thing the flower stands for.

Are powers mere symbols and nothing more? Can the flower symbolizing silence, for example, help in the realisation of silence?

It is when the Mother puts her force into the flower that it becomes more than a symbol. It then can become very effective if there is receptivity in the one who receives.


Flowers and their spiritual names

Tapasya - A discipline of aiming at the realisation of the Divine
Consciousness turned towards the Supramental Light - It is the athirst of Truth and will find its satisfaction only in the Truth
Plasticity - Always ready for the progress demanded. 
Progress - The reason why we are on earth
Obedience - To learn to obey is good; to obey only the Divine is better
Life Energy - Powerful and manifold, it meets all needs
Divine Love - A flower which is said to bloom even in the desert 
Psychological Perfection - There is not one psychological perfection but give, like the five petals of this flowers. We have said they are: sincerity, faith, devotion, aspiration, and surrender But as a matter of fact every time I give this flower it is not always the same psychological perfection. It is something very fluid, depending on the circumstances and the need of people
Simple Sincerity  The beginning of all progress 
Transparency - Can come only as a result of perfect sincerity 
Faith - You flame up and triumph 
Trust in the Divine - Very indispensable for the impulsive vital 
Devotion - Modest and fragrant, it gives itself without seeking for anything it return
Gratitude - It is you who open all the closed doors and let the Grace which saves penetrate deeply
Courage - Bold, it faces all dangers
Aspiration - Innumerable and obstinate, repeating itself untiringly 
Endurance - Going to the very end of the effort without fatigue or relaxing
Perseverance - The decision to go to the very end
Faithfulness - We can count on you. You never fail us when we need you.
Surrender - To will what the Divine wills is the supreme wisdom
Victory - Will triumph over all obstacles

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рооро▓ро░்рооிроЪை роПроХிройாрой் рооாрог்роЕроЯி роЪேро░்рои்родாро░் - рооро▓ро░ிрой் роХрог்рогே роЪெрой்ро▒ро╡ройродு рооாроЯ்роЪிрооைрок்рокроЯ்роЯ роЕроЯிроХро│ைроЪ் роЪேро░்рои்родாро░்; роиிро▓рооிроЪை роиீроЯுро╡ாро┤்ро╡ாро░் - роОро▓்ро▓ா роЙро▓роХிро▒்роХுроо் рооேро▓ாроп ро╡ீроЯ்роЯு роЙро▓роХிрой்роХрог் роЕро┤ிро╡ிрой்ро▒ி ро╡ாро┤்ро╡ாро░். (роЕрой்рокாрой் роиிройைро╡ாро░родு роЙро│்ро│роХ் роХрооро▓род்родிрой்роХрог் роЕро╡ро░் роиிройைрои்род ро╡роЯிро╡ோроЯு ро╡ிро░ைрои்родு роЪேро▒ро▓ிрой் 'роПроХிройாрой்' роОрой роЗро▒рои்род роХாро▓род்родாро▓் роХூро▒ிройாро░்; роОрой்ройை? "ро╡ாро░ாроХ் роХாро▓род்родுроо் роиிроХро┤ுроо் роХாро▓род்родுроо் роУро░ாроЩ்роХு ро╡ро░ூроЙроо் ро╡ிройைроЪ் роЪொро▒் роХிро│ро╡ி роЗро▒рои்род роХாро▓род்родுроХ் роХுро▒ிрок்рокொроЯு роХிро│род்родро▓் ро╡ிро░ைрои்род рокொро░ுро│் роОрой்рооройாро░் рокுро▓ро╡ро░்" (родொро▓், роЪொро▓், ро╡ிройை, 44) роОрой்рокродு роУрод்родாроХро▓ிрой். роЗродройைрок் 'рокூрооேро▓் роироЯрои்родாрой்' роОрой்рокродோро░் рокெропро░்рокро▒்ро▒ிрок் рокிро▒ிродோро░் роХроЯро╡ுроЯ்роХு роПро▒்ро▒ுро╡ாро░ுроо் роЙро│ро░். роЪேро░்родро▓் - роЗроЯைро╡ிроЯாродு роиிройைрод்родро▓்).

роорогроХ்роХுроЯро╡ро░் роЙро░ை

рооро▓ро░ிрой்рооேро▓் роироЯрои்родாройродு рооாроЯ்роЪிрооைрок்рокроЯ்роЯ родிро░ுро╡роЯிропைроЪ் роЪேро░்рои்родро╡ро░рой்ро▒ே, роиிро▓род்родிрой்рооேро▓் роиெроЯுроЩ்роХாро▓роо் ро╡ாро┤்ро╡ாро░். 'роиிро▓роо்' роОрой்ро▒ு рокொродுрок்рокроЯроХ் роХூро▒ிропро╡родройாрой் роЗро╡்ро╡ுро▓роХிрой் роХрог்рогுроо் рооேро▓ுро▓роХிрой்роХрог்рогுрооெрой்ро▒ு роХொро│்ро│рок்рокроЯுроо். родொро┤ுродாро▒் рокропройெрой்ройைропெрой்ро▒ாро▒்роХு, рокோроХроиுроХро░்родро▓ுроо் ро╡ீроЯுрокெро▒ро▓ுрооெрой்ро▒ு роХூро▒ுро╡ாро░் рооுро▒்рокроЯрок் рокோроХроиுроХро░்ро╡ாро░ெрой்ро▒ு роХூро▒ிройро░்.

рооு.ро╡ро░родро░ாроЪройாро░் роЙро░ை

роЕрой்рокро░ிрой் роЕроХрооாроХிроп рооро▓ро░ிро▓் ро╡ீро▒்ро▒ிро░ுроХ்роХுроо் роХроЯро╡ுро│ிрой் роЪிро▒рои்род родிро░ுро╡роЯிроХро│ை рокொро░ுрои்родி роиிройைроХ்роХிрой்ро▒ро╡ро░், роЗрой்рок роЙро▓роХிро▓் роиிро▓ைрод்родு ро╡ாро┤்ро╡ாро░்.

роЪாро▓роорой் рокாрок்рокைропா роЙро░ை

рооройрооாроХிроп рооро▓ро░்рооீродு роЪெрой்ро▒ு роЗро░ுрок்рокро╡ройாроХிроп роХроЯро╡ுро│ிрой் роЪிро▒рои்род родிро░ுро╡роЯிроХро│ை роОрок்рокோродுроо் роиிройைрок்рокро╡ро░் роЗрок்рокூрооிропிро▓் роиெроЯுроЩ்роХாро▓роо் ро╡ாро┤்ро╡ро░்.

роХுро▒ро│ுроо் рокொро░ுро│ுроо் - рокா.ро░ாроХро╡рой் роЙро░ை

рооройроЪ்роЪாроЯ்роЪிроХ்роХுрок் рокрогிрои்родாро▓் ро╡ாро┤்ро╡ு роЪிро▒роХ்роХுроо்.

рооேро▓ுроо் : родிро░ுрод்родுроо் рокொрой் роЪро░ро╡рогрой்

рооро▓ро░்рооிроЪை роПроХிройாрой்' роОрой்ро▒ родொроЯро░ுроХ்роХு 'рокро░рои்род рооேро▓ிроЯрооாроХிроп роЕрог்роЯро╡ெро│ிропிройைроХ் роХроЯрои்родுроиிро▒்рокро╡рой்' роОрой்рокродே рокொро░ுро│் роЖроХுроо். 'рооро▓ро░்родро▓்' роОрой்ро▒ ро╡ிройைроЪ்роЪொро▓்ро▓ுроХ்роХு 'ро╡ிро░ிродро▓்,рокро░ро╡ுродро▓்' роОрой்ро▒ு рокொро░ுро│். 'рооிроЪை' роОрой்ройுроо் роЪொро▓்ро▓ுроХ்роХு 'рооேро▓ிроЯроо்' роОрой்ро▒ுроо் рокொро░ுро│் роЖроХுроо். ро╡ிройைрод்родொроХை роЖроХிроп 'рооро▓ро░்рооிроЪை' роОрой்рокродு 'рооро▓ро░்рои்род рооிроЪை' роОрой்ро▒ு ро╡ிро░ிропுроо். роЗродро▒்роХு 'рокро░рои்род рооேро▓ிроЯроо்' роОрой்ро▒ு рокொро░ுро│். роЗродு роЕрог்роЯро╡ெро│ிропிройைроХ் роХுро▒ிроХ்роХுроо். 'рооро▓ро░்родро▓ை' роОрой்рокродு рокро░рои்род роЗроЯрод்родைропுроо், 'рооро▓ро░்родро▓ை роЙро▓роХроо்' роОрой்рокродு рокро░рои்род рокூро╡ுро▓роХிройைропுроо் роХுро▒ிрок்рокродைрок் рокோро▓ 'рооро▓ро░்рооிроЪை' роОрой்рокродு роЕрог்роЯро╡ெро│ிропிройைроХ் роХுро▒ிрок்рокродாроХроХ் роХொро│்ро╡родே рокொро░ுрод்родрооாроХுроо். 'роПроХுродро▓்' роОрой்ройுроо் роЪொро▓்ро▓ுроХ்роХு роЗроЩ்роХே 'роХроЯрод்родро▓்' роОрой்ройுроо் рокொро░ுро│ே рокொро░ுрод்родрооாроХுроо்.

роиிро▒ுро╡ுродро▓்:
роЗро▒ைро╡ройிрой் роЗро░ுрок்рокுроиிро▓ைропிройை роЙрогро░்род்род ро╡рои்род роХுро▒ро│் роЗродு. роЕроЯிрооுроЯி роЕро▒ிроп роТрог்рогாрод роЕрооро▓рой் роОрой்ро▒ு роЗро▒ைро╡ройைрок் рокро▒்ро▒ி роЖроХроороЩ்роХро│ுроо் рокுро░ாрогроЩ்роХро│ுроо் рокроХ்родி роЗро▓роХ்роХிропроЩ்роХро│ுроо் роХூро▒ுроХிрой்ро▒рой. роЗро▒ைро╡рой் роОроЩ்роХே роЗро░ுроХ்роХிро▒ாрой்? роЕро╡ройродு рооுроЯிропுроо்(родро▓ை) роЕроЯிропுроо் роОроЩ்роХே роЙро│்ро│рой? роОрой்ро▒ெро▓்ро▓ாроо் рокро▓ роЖроп்ро╡ுроХро│் роиிроХро┤்род்родрок்рокроЯ்роЯு рокро▓ роХродைроХро│ுроо் роХூро▒рок்рокроЯ்роЯுро│்ро│рой. роЙрог்рооை роиிро▓ை родாрой் роОрой்рой? роЗроХ் роХேро│்ро╡ிропிрой் роТро░ு рокாродிроХ்роХு ро╡ிроЯைропிро▒ுрок்рокродாроХ роЗроХ்роХுро▒ро│் роЗро░ுроХ்роХிро▒родு.

рокூрооிрок்рокрои்родிрой் рооேро▓் ро╡ாро┤ுроо் роироороХ்роХு рооேро▓ே рокро░рои்родு ро╡ிро░ிрои்родு роЗро░ுрок்рокродு роОродு? роЕрог்роЯро╡ெро│ி родாройே. роЗрои்род роЕрог்роЯро╡ெро│ிропிройைропுроо் роХроЯрои்родு роиிро▒்рокро╡рой் роЗро▒ைро╡рой் роОрой்ро▒ு ро╡ро│்ро│ுро╡ро░் роЕро╡ройродு роЗро░ுрок்рокுроиிро▓ைропிройைроХ் роХூро▒ுроХிро▒ாро░். ро╡ро│்ро│ுро╡ро░் роХூро▒ுроо் роЗро▒ைро╡рой் рокро▒்ро▒ிроп ро╡ேро▒ு рокро▓ роЪெроп்родிроХро│ை рооро▒்ро▒ொро░ு роХроЯ்роЯுро░ைропிро▓் роХாрогро▓ாроо்.

роЪро░ிропாрой рокொро░ுро│்:
'рокро░рои்род рооேро▓ிроЯрооாроХிроп ро╡ெро│ிропிройைроХ் роХроЯрои்родுроиிро▒்роХுроо் роЗро▒ைро╡ройிрой் рооாроЯ்роЪிрооை рокெро▒்ро▒ родிро░ுро╡роЯிроХро│ை роЕроЯைрои்родро╡ро░்роХро│் рокூро╡ுро▓роХிро▓் роиெроЯுроЩ்роХாро▓роо் роиிро▓ைрод்родு ро╡ாро┤்ро╡ро░்.'

English Meaning

He who walks upon the flower — the Divine Presence that moves with utmost subtlety and grace, like a consciousness touching the soul's purity — is the One whose great and luminous feet represent the highest realisation one can attain.
Those who unite with, surrender to, or live in alignment with that Supreme Consciousness, which is like a psychic force blossoming in silence, truly live a long life — not merely in years, but in depth, meaning, and spiritual permanence.

Just as a flower wordlessly offers its aspiration, beauty, and self-giving to the Divine, those who dedicate themselves inwardly — with the purity and receptivity of a flower — enter into a life that outlives the physical, grounded in truth and harmony.
In this view, the kural is not only about devotion to Vishnu / Buddha or the Divine Form, but about psychic union with the Divine Force that animates all, like the Force the Mother (Mirra Alfassa) speaks of that flowers silently carry and transmit.

Such souls truly live — not just survive — for their lives are in rhythmic harmony with the Divine Law, like blossoms that open to the sun in a sacred act of prayer.


Poetic Rendering

Upon the flower walks One, unseen and light —
A grace that brushes soul in silent flight.
To touch His feet — bright roots of endless flame —
Is to step beyond both time and name.
The ones who live in tune with that deep call
Do not just live — they outlive all.
Like flowers that offer, pure and free,
Their lives bloom forth in eternity.


Questions by scholars ans Answers by Thiruvalluvar

  • "What is the true way to live a meaningful life on earth?"
→ → Thiruvalluvar: To live meaningfully is to root one’s life at the feet of the subtle Divine, like a flower drawn to the sun, offering itself in silent surrender."

  • "What makes a human life spiritually fulfilled and enduring beyond material time?"

→ → Thiruvalluvar: Union with the highest truth (symbolized by the divine feet on the flower) gives timeless value to life.

  • "How can one live in the world yet rise above its impermanence?"

→ → Thiruvalluvar: By anchoring in the sacred — a path beyond decay, like a flower that gives itself in purity.

  • Socrates: What is the good life?

→ → Thiruvalluvar: "The good life is the life lived in harmony with the Divine rhythm — not in noise or name, but in quiet flowering of the soul."

  • Aristotle: “What is eudaimonia (human flourishing)?”

Thiruvalluvar: True flourishing comes not just from reason, but from being attuned to the sacred (maanaс╕Нi), like a flower that instinctively offers beauty to the light.

  • Heidegger: “How can Dasein (being-there) live authentically?”

→ Thiruvalluvar:: By grounding itself in Being itself — as in Kural 3, where true dwelling (роиீроЯுро╡ாро┤்ро╡ாро░்) comes from inner alignment with the source.

  • Sri Aurobindo / Integral Yoga: “How does the psychic being transform human life?”

→ Thiruvalluvar: The Kural implies: Connection with the Divine Presence awakens the psychic life — leading to true growth and permanence.

ЁЯМ╕ Story : ”The Flower and the Footsteps”

Once, in a quiet village, there was a little boy named Arul who loved flowers. Every morning, he would go into the garden, pick the freshest bloom, and place it near a small shrine in his home — not because someone told him to, but because he felt something good in doing it.

One day, an old traveler came to the village. He had walked across mountains and rivers, searching for wisdom. Seeing Arul offer the flower, he smiled and asked,
"Why do you offer this flower every day?"

Arul thought for a moment and said,
"I don't know fully... but when I do it, I feel peaceful. Like someone kind is near me."

The traveler gently nodded and said,
"That is the beginning of true wisdom. When your heart bows before what is pure, you grow roots in something greater than this world. Like a flower that touches the feet of the sun, you will live in light — not just for a day, but in spirit forever."

Years passed. Arul grew into a wise man, loved by all. Even when storms came and seasons changed, his peace never faded. People wondered how he stayed so steady.

He would smile and say,
"I just kept placing the flower. And one day, I realized… it wasn’t me offering — it was the flower in me that had touched the Divine."

ЁЯМ╝ Moral (Essence of the story)

When we place our love, humility, and sincerity at the feet of what is divine, we become rooted in something unshakable. Like flowers that bloom and fade, our body may change — but our inner being becomes full of lasting life.


ЁЯЫа️ Practice Tools for Daily Life

Ways to live this Kural in modern, everyday life:
1. ЁЯМ╕ Flower Offering Meditation (2–5 mins daily)
Practice: Offer a real or imagined flower at the feet of the Divine (physically or in your mind).

Intention: Focus on humility, surrender, and inner purity — see the act as aligning yourself with higher consciousness.

Benefits: Builds psychic receptivity; deepens stillness and faith.

2. ЁЯХп️ Feet of the Divine Contemplation (Bhakti Micro-Practice)
Imagine the "Feet of the Divine" not as a symbol of submission but of trust and rootedness.

In tough moments (stress, ego, anger), pause and mentally say:

“Let me return to the feet of what is Pure.”

3. ЁЯТ╝ Modern Tie-in: Surrendering Ego in Action
In work, relationships, or ambition — ask:

“Am I operating from my little self, or at the feet of the Greater Truth?”

Let go of attachment to outcomes. Act in alignment with something deeper.

4. ЁЯМ┐ Walking Mantra (Grounding Practice)
As you walk, step with the mantra:

“Feet of the Divine. Ground me.”

Links the Kural's spiritual idea to the body and earth.

Parallels in Other Philosophical and Religious Traditions

ЁЯзШ‍♂️ 1. Hinduism
Bhagavad Gita 9.22
"Ananyashchintayanto mam ye janah paryupasate
Tesham nityabhiyuktanam yoga-kshemam vahamyaham."
Meaning: "To those who are constantly devoted to Me, I carry what they lack and preserve what they have."
ЁЯФ╣ Surrender to the Divine ensures support, stability, and long-standing well-being.

Upanishads – Mundaka Upanishad 3.2.9:
"Those who know the Supreme live rooted in Truth, established in peace."

Saiva Siddhanta – Tirumantiram 1541:
"родாро│ிройிро▓் роЪிрои்родை родро│ро░ா роТро┤ுроХிрой்
ро╡ாро┤்ро╡ிройிро▓் ро╡ீро┤்рои்родிроЯுроо் ро╡ро▓்ро╡ிройை рокோрооே."
➤ Rooting the mind in the feet of Lord Shiva clears karmas and ensures lasting life.

✝️ 2. Christianity
Matthew 7:24–25
"Everyone who hears these words of mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock… it did not fall."
ЁЯФ╣ Foundation on divine truth leads to lasting strength.

John 15:5
“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me, you will bear much fruit.”
ЁЯФ╣ Remaining (surrendering) in Christ ensures flourishing life.

Foot of the Cross (Christian mysticism):
➤ The place of surrender and transformation — aligned with the "maana adi" (noble feet).

☸️ 3. Buddhism
Dhammapada 204
"Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faith the best relationship, and Nirvana the highest joy."
➤ True health and well-being flow from inner realization — not material gain.

Taking Refuge:
➤ Bowing at the Buddha’s feet symbolizes surrender to Truth, which leads to liberation and peace.

ЁЯза 4. Greek Philosophy (Socrates & Plato)
Socrates’ inner daimonion:
➤ "I follow the god — my life is ruled not by me, but by the divine voice."
(Plato, Apology, 31d)
ЁЯФ╣ Listening and surrendering to divine reason brings a stable, meaningful life.

Plato’s Allegory of the Cave (Republic, Book VII):
➤ Only those who turn away from illusion and ascend toward Truth can live rightly and guide others.

☪️ 5. Islam (Sufism)
Qur’an 2:2
"This is the Book about which there is no doubt, a guidance for those conscious of Allah."
ЁЯФ╣ Divine alignment leads to firm living.

Tawakkul (╪к┘И┘Г┘Д):
➤ Trust and surrender to Allah brings peace and protection — like reaching the Divine feet.

Rumi:
“When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about.”
➤ Surrender ends the ego’s chaos; groundedness follows.

ЁЯФп 6. Judaism (Torah & Psalms)
Psalm 1:3
"He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither."
ЁЯФ╣ Deep spiritual alignment leads to enduring, flourishing life — like “роиிро▓рооிроЪை роиீроЯுро╡ாро┤்ро╡ாро░்”.

Deuteronomy 30:19–20
"Choose life, so that you and your children may live… by loving the LORD your God."
➤ Choosing divine connection leads to long, rooted life.

ЁЯХЙ️ 7. Jainism
Samyak Darshan:
➤ True perception (surrender to Reality) leads to right conduct and spiritual stability.

Namokar Mantra:
➤ Bowing at the feet of Siddhas and Arihants is not mere reverence — it brings inner awakening and purification.

ЁЯМК 8. Taoism
Tao Te Ching, Ch. 16 (Laozi):
"Become totally empty, quiet the restlessness of the mind. Only then will you witness everything unfolding from the Tao."
ЁЯФ╣ Rooting oneself in the Tao ensures a life of flow, harmony, and endurance.

Wu Wei:
➤ Surrender to the natural way — leads to firm, effortless living.

ЁЯПЮ️ 9. Tamil Bhakti Traditions
a. Manikkavacakar – Thiruvasagam
"роорог்рогுроо் рооро▓ро░ுроо் роорогிропுроо் роТро│ிропுроо்
роЙрой்ройெроЮ்роЪроо் рокுроХுрои்родிро▓ройேро▓் роЙро░ைроХ்роХுроо்
роОрой்ройை роиிрой்ройро░ுро│ாро▓ே роЗропро▒்ро▒ிроХ் роХொрог்роЯு
роОрой்ройுро│் роиிрой்ро▒ு роЗро░ுрои்родро░ுро│ ро╡ேрог்роЯுроо்."
➤ Let the Divine blossom within, else even Earth, flower, and light mean nothing.

b. Appar (Thevaram)
"рооூро╡ா ро╡ро│роо் родро░ுроо் роЕроЯிрооро▓ро░் роПрод்родுроо் роЙропிро░்роХро│்."
➤ Lives that worship the feet that grant undying abundance remain rich and rooted

c. Periyalvar Thirumozhi (1.6.9)
"роЕроЯிропேрой் роЙроЯро▓்рокோро▓ுроо் роиீропுроо், роЙройродроЯிропே роЪேро░்рои்родாро░் роиро▓рооே"
➤ “You and I are one, like my body is to me — such is the joy of those who have reached Your feet.”
ЁЯкФ The devotee gains firm, unshakable peace upon surrender.

d. Thiruvaymozhi 1.1.1 (Nammalvar)
"роЙропро░்ро╡ро▒ ро╡ுропро░்роиро▓роо் роЙроЯைропро╡рой் роОро╡рой்ропாрой்..."
"...роЕроЯிроЪேро░்родро▓் роЕрооро░ро░ுроХ்роХுроо் роЕрооுродрооாроХுроо்."
➤ “To reach His feet is the nectar not only for humans but for even the immortals.”
ЁЯк╖ Exactly mirrors the Kural's idea: the feet of the Divine grant lasting upliftment.

e. Perumal Tirumozhi (Kulasekara Alvar)
"родிро░ுро╡роЯி роЪро░рогроо் роОройроЪ்роЪொро▓்ро▓ி, ро╡ாро┤்роХ்роХைропெро▓்ро▓ாроо் родிро░ுроХ்роХோропிро▓் ро╡ாроЪро▓் ро╡ைрод்родேрой்"
➤ “I placed my life at the temple gate, uttering ‘Thiruvadi Saranam.’”
ЁЯУ┐ Surrendering at the feet (родிро░ுро╡роЯி) = meaningful, steadfast life.

f. Kandar Anuboothi (Arunagirinathar)
"рооро▓ро░роЯி роиிройைрои்родேрой், рооройрод்родிро▓் роиிро▓ைрод்родாрой்"
➤ “I thought of His flower-like feet, and He took firm seat in my heart.”
ЁЯМ╝ His feet are both gentle and grounding.

g. Thiruppugazh – Verse on Palani Murugan
"роЕроЯிропро░ைрод் родாроЩ்роХுроо் роЕроЯிроХро│் роЕроЯைрои்родாро▓்,
роЕроХிро▓роо் ро╡ро░роо் родро░ுроо் роЕроХройிродி роХாрогுроо்."
➤ “If one reaches His feet that protect devotees, they gain the greatest treasure — even the world becomes a blessing.”
ЁЯУЬ Same as Kural: reaching His feet ensures fulfillment and steadiness.

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