Everything that surrounds us is also part of us;
everything has a consciousness and can give energy. The things that surround us have an effect on our beings
either positive or negative, the colours we observe, the smells, the shapes and
feel of things can all bring healing or disturbance to the balance of our inner
selves. Flowers can hold so many
different meanings and symbolise many different aspects of this human existence,
they share their beauty with anyone willing to notice them. I found these words by Shambhavi Lorain
Chopra the author of Yogini, and found them so lovely I wanted to share, so
enjoy!
“Each flower symbolises an aspiration, an emanation,
and a Divine quality. A flower
radiates beauty, joy and tenderness, a sweet aroma to all that surrounds
it. The Indian woman always adorns
her hair with flowers. Beauty is
the joyous offering of Nature.
Flowers symbolise the deep connection between the cosmos and our psychic
world. They absorb the pain, negativity,
stress and excessive heat from our beings and release it, giving us peace and
happiness.
Flowers find expression through silence, stillness
and beauty. This is because their
means of expression is less developed than that of the human being, but their
soul still has a voice. They are
truly a manifestation of the psychic in the plant world. Forming a deep love and consciousness
contact with flowers will make us receptive to our higher self and awaken us to
our psychic or heart consciousness.
Plants need sunlight to live, there whole lives is a
true worship of light, a light that contains divinity. The sun represents the supreme
consciousness. Plants aspire
intensely to catch the rays of sunlight and will make every effort to reach out
to it for their survival. This is
their consciousness their will to live! They will find a way to touch the
strains of sunlight even at the cost of mangling their shapes.”
When I do my sun salutations I think of these words
and the plants and flowers reaching for the light and I learn from them. Reaching reaching for that wonderful
light to bring it to my heart, bringing creation and illumination.
Oh for the joy of plants and their generosity giving
us beautiful flowers, we too can blossom with this beautiful practice of yoga.
Have beautiful days
Om shanti shanti shanti
Mangala / Nicky
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