Dark red Matter
Bright red the physical
Purple, dark blue, violet, lavender the vital
Pink the psychic
Yellow Most often the mind
Orange and gold the Supermind
Light blue the colour of Krishna and Sri Aurobindo and occasionally the higher realms of mind
White most often represents purity, perfection, and integrality
In my travels from south to north India I came across dense plantings of bougainvillea but even a small hedge presents an insurmountable obstacle to anyone attempting to breech its protective mass. If one tried to go through a bougainvillea hedge one's skin would be torn into shreds, so on the physical plane we see that bougainvilleas also symbolize protection.
Here is an eye-catching display of bougainvilleas that I photographed in India, in Mexico, Florida and California.
Bougainvillea arborea, a tree form
bougainvillea photographed in Florida, with Mary Helen Eggenberger and
John Lucas, President of the Bougainvillea Society of America.
A home and garden shed covered in 'Physical Protection'
Mother's comment: "It is possible only with a total surrender to the Divine and the absence of all desire.
Physical Protection
John Lucas, President of the Bougainvillea Society of America
A home and garden shed covered in 'Physical Protection'
Mother's comment: "It is possible only with a total surrender to the Divine and the absence of all desire.
Physical Protection
John Lucas, President of the Bougainvillea Society of America
John is the worlds expert in
bougainvilleas. He is shown above with a grand display of
bougainvilleas. His nursery, Tradewinds, in Florida, specializes
in rare bougainvilleas.
To conclude this blog I would like to make special mention of one the most special Bougainvillea books in my collection Brighten Your Life with Bougainvillea by Eric Simon.
This is a soft cover book of about 100 pages and was presented to me by John Lucas, President of the Bougainvillea society of America and 'Tradewinds' his bougainvillea company that supplies plants throughout the U.S.
Mr. Simon's states that his book is "A friendly guide for the busy gardener or armchair admirer of tropical gardens", but it is much more than that for it is one of the most beautifully designed books I have seen, with excellent photographs and breathtaking colour plates of bougainvilleas in the landscape.
His motto is: "He who plants a garden, plants happiness."
I find his quote from a page in The Children's Prayers especially revealing of the man and his love for Nature and flowers.
"Make me like the flowers - content to grow just where they are, making the most of even the poorest soil, yet bringing colour, brightness and pleasure to all who see them"
The above inspires me to conclude with these two quotations from The Mother:
"Be like a flower. One must try to become like a flower: open, frank, equal, generous and kind_
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.
I give you flowers so that you may develop the Divine qualities they symbolise. And they can directly transmit into the psychic all that they contain, pure, unalloyed. They possess a very subtle and very deep power and influence. Do you understand? Now, it seems to me that you wish to become like a flower or cultivate these qualities. And, you know, each flower symbolises an aspect, an emanation,an aspiration and a progress in the evolution of the earth.
Written in Mother's hand.
To conclude this blog I would like to make special mention of one the most special Bougainvillea books in my collection Brighten Your Life with Bougainvillea by Eric Simon.
This is a soft cover book of about 100 pages and was presented to me by John Lucas, President of the Bougainvillea society of America and 'Tradewinds' his bougainvillea company that supplies plants throughout the U.S.
Mr. Simon's states that his book is "A friendly guide for the busy gardener or armchair admirer of tropical gardens", but it is much more than that for it is one of the most beautifully designed books I have seen, with excellent photographs and breathtaking colour plates of bougainvilleas in the landscape.
His motto is: "He who plants a garden, plants happiness."
I find his quote from a page in The Children's Prayers especially revealing of the man and his love for Nature and flowers.
"Make me like the flowers - content to grow just where they are, making the most of even the poorest soil, yet bringing colour, brightness and pleasure to all who see them"
The above inspires me to conclude with these two quotations from The Mother:
"Be like a flower. One must try to become like a flower: open, frank, equal, generous and kind_
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.
I give you flowers so that you may develop the Divine qualities they symbolise. And they can directly transmit into the psychic all that they contain, pure, unalloyed. They possess a very subtle and very deep power and influence. Do you understand? Now, it seems to me that you wish to become like a flower or cultivate these qualities. And, you know, each flower symbolises an aspect, an emanation,an aspiration and a progress in the evolution of the earth.
Written in Mother's hand.
Narad (Richard Eggenberger)
Copyright 2015
Copyright 2015