The Blossoming Balance

Strolling through the beautiful campus of Rishihood University last weekend got me completely consumed in the beauty of flowers and it cheered me up to capture its beauty on my phone. In some time I found myself lost in contemplation of florals, its growth, colours, beauty, design, fragrance, texture and touch. I wondered about the philosophy of flowers and how they inspire us to live a life in its entirety, encompassing joy, aspiration, progress, balance, truth, and the highest possibilities.

(Views from Rishihood Campus)

Flowers are the vibrations of our consciousness emitting abundant purity. Have you ever wondered about the spiritual significance of flowers? Or have you tried to decode their language of communication with us? Every flower in its own journey from blossoming till they die out teaches about willpower to progress, patience, balance, transformation and eternal giving.

In the words of Buddha, Samatta (balance) isgained through the virtuous quality of balancing or equalbrizing  the essential elements of a healthy and a spiritual life viz faith, wisdom, effort, and concentration. Any imbalance between them can lead to misleadings and an unsatisfying life. Visshuddhimagga, the great Buddhist treatise further explains with an example, that if a man is strong in faith and weak in wisdom, it can lead to cunningness, whereas strong concentration and lack of efforts can lead to idleness and distraction. We all seek a way to balance our lives, not being too rigid or loose but living with the right amount of pressure. 

Mother, the spiritual collaborator of Sri Aurobindo in her vision sees deepest aspirations of around 900 flowers in her book “The Spiritual Significance of Flowers' calling them by spiritual names. She describes Begonia (a genus of perennial flowering plants having around 2000 species) as possessing the aspiration of “Balance”. She further explains Perfect balance, Mental balance, Psychic balance, and Integral balance through flowers.

Balance :

Balancing  is “striving for”. Balance gives us stability and clarity. Clarity of thoughts, intentions and ideas. It is the art of managing.

Perfect Balance :

It is an art of efficient balance. So by virtue of perfect balance, we mean to become a person with exceptional successful capacities. It is a personality of competing with oneself and discovering a better version of ourselves.

Psychic Balance :

Being psychic is the divine connection with the soul where all efforts lead to a perfect approach with inevitable observations and profound optimistic approach. Here efforts are aspired for success.

Perfect Psychic Balance:

 “Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly”. The life cycle of a butterfly is the most fascinating one where a caterpillar transforms into a butterfly with sheer hard work and loneliness.  Transformation is giving birth to a new life. It is the meditation to the soul. Being in perfect psychic balance is the journey from self observation to self actualisation. It tends to give us a higher framework to connect with a broader cause where the boundaries of mind get broken down.

Mental Balance: 

Reasoning by logic is the cause of mental balance. More the logical framework, the better is the mental balance. Along with observation and physical balance, it is the most important balance in our life which connects the conscious level to subconscious level. With physical balance we can achieve perfection but a mental balance can lead us to transformation.

Perfect Mental Balance : 

It is mandatory to have perfect mental balance to face the hardships in life and sail through it. In order to attain success, mental balance with a positive approach leads to remarkable achievements in life. One can attain perfect mental balance through long and consistent practice of meditation and breathing exercises.

Integral Balance : 

Integral balance is the comprehensive approach of maintaining harmony between heart, mind, body and soul. It is a multiplier effect of efforts and an exercise of conscious thoughts. Integral balance encourages and inspires for accomplishments which is self aspiration for the goal. Integral balance is the one which visualizes the dream to achieve and aspire for.

Perfect Integral Balance: 

It is the final product of perfect psychic balance. It is an universal and holistic approach to go beyond rationalism and materialism. It is a process of validation of mystical experience which  leads to divinity. Divinity is the last stage of perfect integral balance.

Balanced use of integral power: 

Any result depends on efforts and balanced use of mental power. Integral power is the summation and accumulation of all powers (i.e Mental, Physical, Emotional, Spiritual, Social) and its balanced approach results in divine results and success in life. It is the only balance which produces the beauty of nature and humankind.

Hence the art of balancing is an art of giving right energy to right effort and flowers are the best illustration to learn from. Flowers are the medium which uses all kinds of balances, transformation, power and nature’s bliss. A flower demonstrates its journey from an implant to the transformed stage where it gives birth to many other flowers and implants. All such approaches are actually combined and very interlinked. Without one process the next process can not be moved and this is the summarized form of human development. Human kind tends to grow only with such power and balance. Every “check and balance” has to be endorsed under the light of balances and power struggle. Hence spirituality and its significance goes through such Balance and it is the only medium to achieve it. Mother nature is the last resort and embodiment of the balance and at last everything covers and uncovers under her  womb.