Anemopaegma carrerense

Catuaba

Message of the Flower

Voice of the Higher Mind

The Mother’s Comment

In quest of Truth.

Spiritual Message by the Mother/ Quotes by Sri Aurobindo

Higher Mind is one of the planes of the spiritual mind, the first and lowest of them; it is above the normal mental level.

Sri Aurobindo, Letters on Yoga - I: Classification of the Parts of the Being

I mean by the Higher Mind a first plane of spiritual consciousness where one becomes constantly and closely aware of the Self, the One everywhere and knows and sees things habitually with that awareness; but it is still very much on the mind level although highly spiritual in its essential substance; and its instrumentation is through an elevated thought-power and comprehensive mental sight—not illumined by any of the intenser upper lights but as if in a large strong and clear daylight. It acts as an intermediate state between the Truth-Light above and the human mind; communicating the higher knowledge in a form that the Mind intensified, broadened, made spiritually supple, can receive without being blinded or dazzled by a Truth beyond it.

Sri Aurobindo, Letters on Poetry and Art: Higher Mind and Poetic Intelligence

Colour

yellow or orange

Family

Bignoniaceae

Flower Size

Medium-sized

Flower Texture

smooth and delicate

Number of Petals

Typically five, fused to form a tube.

Floral Symmetry

radially symmetrical.

Leaf Texture

smooth

Leaf Arrangement

opposite or in whorls.

Leaf Color

Green

Structural Variation (Shrub or Tree)

a vine or liana

Life Cycle

Perennial