from Flowers and Their Messages

"Mother, when flowers are brought to you, 
how do you give them a significance?"
"By entering into contact 
with the nature of the flower, its inner truth. 
Then one knows what it represents."

ABUNDANCE
Nature always shows us what true abundance is:
one is overwhelmed.

ARISTOCRACY
Incapable of baseness and pettiness,
it asserts itself with dignity and authority.

ARISTOCRACY OF BEAUTY
Of so perfect a form that it compels admiration.

BALANCE
Each seeks his own balance
in order to stabilize himself.

CERTITUDE
Assured and calm it never argues.

CHARITY
Simple and sweet,
attentive to the needs of all.

COLLECTIVE PURITY
A very precious achievement
but one difficult to obtain.

COMMON SENSE
It is very practical and avoids mistakes,
but it lacks flight.

CONCILIATION
Likes smooth contacts.

CONTINENCE
Control over oneself.

CORRECT MOVEMENT
All movements are under the right inspiration.

CREATIVE WORD
Belongs only to the Divine.

DELICACY
Charming to refined tastes.

DETERMINATION
Knows what it wants and does it.

DEVOTION
Modest and fragrant, it gives itself
without seeking for anything in return.

DIGNITY
Affirms its worth, but demands nothing.

DIGNITY OF THE EMOTIONS
Not to permit one's emotions
to contradict the inner Divinity.

DISCIPLINE
Sets the example and hopes to be followed.

DIVINE LOVE
A flower which is said to bloom
even in the desert.

DIVINE PURITY
It is happy just to be, in all simplicity.

ENDURANCE
Going to the very end of the effort
without fatigue or relaxing.

ENTHUSIASM
True enthusiasm is full of a peaceful endurance.

EQUANIMITY
Immutable peace and calm.

FAITH
You flame up and triumph.

FEARLESSNESS
Without fear and without hesitation,
it will obey the Divine's order.

FIRE
Fears no obstacle.

FIRE IN THE MIND
An ardour which sets ideas ablaze.

FLAME
Elegant and triumphant in its ardor.

FLAME OF ASPIRATION
A flame which illumines but never burns.

FORESIGHT
A perception which is under the divine influence.

FUTURE
A promise yet unrealized.

HAPPY HEART
Smiling, peaceful, wide open,
without a shadow.

HIGHER MIND
Its superiority consists in its capacity
to open to the divine light.

HUMILITY
Adorable in its simplicity.

KINDNESS
She is kind when she is loving.

KNOWLEDGE
Is conversant with all sides of a question
whatever it may be.

LASTING REMEMBRANCE
The remembrance of that
which has helped the being to progress.

LIBERATION
The disappearance of the ego.

LIFE ENERGY
Powerful and manifold, it meets all needs.

MENTAL PURITY
A mirror which does not distort.

MENTAL SIMPLICITY
Does not like complications.

MIRACLE
Marvellous, strange, unexpected.

MODESTY
Is satisfied with its own charm
and does not draw attention to itself.

NEW BIRTH
Birth of the true consciousness,
that of the Divine Presence in us.

NEW WORLD
The result of transformation.

NOBILITY
The incapability of any pettiness
either of sentiments or of action.

OBSERVATION
Likes to prolong its attention
in order to see better.

OPENING
The help is constant in all the domains.
It is for us to know how to benefit from it.

OPENING TO THE LIGHT
Co-operates with all that leads towards the light.

ORGANIZATION
Indispensable for all good work.

PEACE
To will what Thou willest
always and in all circumstances,
is the only way of enjoying an unshakable peace.

PERFECT PATH
For each one of us
the path which leads fastest to the Divine.

PERPETUAL VITALITY
A vitality that is not affected
by external circumstances.

PERSEVERANCE
The decision to go to the very end.

POWER
In truth, power cannot become integral
until it is used in equilibrium.

PRAYER
Self-giving is true prayer.

PROGRESS
The reason why we are on earth.

PROMISE OF REALIZATION
The best encouragement.

PURITY
True purity gives a lovely fragrance.

PURITY IN ACTION
When action is initiated by the Divine Will it is pure.

QUIET MIND
The best way of learning.

REGULARITY
Indispensable for all serious accomplishment.

RESOLUTION
Nothing can stop its development.

RETURN
The salvation of those who have wandered away.

RIGHT ATTITUDE
Simple and open, it is without any complications.

SENSITIVITY
One of the results of the refinement of the being.

SPIRITUAL ASPIRATION
Rises like an arrow
caring for neither obstacles nor laggards.

SPIRITUAL SPEECH
All-powerful in its simplicity.

STRAIGHTFORWARDNESS
Shows itself as it is, without compromising.

SURRENDER
To will what the Divine wills
is the supreme wisdom.

SWEETNESS
Adds its smiling touch to life
without making a fuss.

THIRST TO UNDERSTAND
Very useful for transformation.

THOROUGHNESS
Indispensable for all true progress.

TRANSPARENCY
Can come only as a result of perfect sincerity.

WEALTH
True wealth is that which one offers to the Divine.

-from Flowers and Their Messages