Botanical
Name :Pentas
Lanceolata
Common
Name :Egyptian
star-cluster
Spiritual Name :Movements
in the Light
This
is possible only with a great sincerity.
"Movements in the
Light" is the name given by the Mother to this star-shaped
flower when it is pure white. But it is also found in several other
colours, and for each of these the Mother has given a special significance.
Vivid
Pink
Psychic light in the physical movement
The first step towards the transformation
of the physical.
Bright
Red
Psychic light in the material movements.
Essential condition for transformation.
Mauve
to Pale Purple
Light in the vital movements.
That clearly means the beginning of wisdom.
General Information
This is a pretty evergreen
small shrub, with a height of around 60 cm. It grows best in partial
shade in tropical and subtropical areas. It is easy to grow and
is multiplicated by softwood cuttings during the rains or cooler
months. It is a good cut flower with its small star-like flowers
in dense corymbs. The beauty of the plant is that it blooms practically
around the year and requires little pruning. Its place of origin
is tropical Africa.
In a way it looks like
a dwarf Ixora with its tubular five lobed flowers in compact circular
heads. It makes an attractive group or hedge. The leaves are bright
green, opposite, elliptic and covered with soft hair.
God and Light
Here are two beautiful
quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother on Light and its manifestation
in the world.
Our sense by its incapacity
has invented darkness. In truth there is nothing but Light, only
it is a power of light either above or below our poor human vision's
limited range. For do not imagine that light is created by the
suns. The suns are only physical concentrations of Light, but
the splendour they concentrate for us is self-born and everywhere.
God is everywhere and wherever God is, there is Light.
- Sri Aurobindo
The light is everywhere.
The force is everywhere. And the world is so small.
- The Mother
