Arrhostoxylum costatum (Ruellia elegans)

Gulf Swampweed

Message of the Flower

Heroic Action

The Mother’s Comment

Fights for the true and the beautiful without fear of obstacles or opposition.

Spiritual Message by the Mother/ Quotes by Sri Aurobindo

Fear is an impurity, one of the greatest impurities, one of those which come most directly from the anti-divine forces which want to destroy the divine action on earth; and the first duty of those who really want to do yoga is to eliminate from their consciousness, with all the might, all the sincerity, all the endurance of which they are capable, even the shadow of a fear.

The Mother, Questions and Answers 1956: 15 August 1956

True courage, in its deepest sense, is to be able to face everything, everything in life, from the smallest to the greatest things, from material things to those of the spirit, without a shudder, without physically… without the heart beginning to beat faster, without the nerves trembling or the slightest emotion in any part of the being. Face everything with a constant consciousness of the divine Presence, with a total self-giving to the Divine, and the whole being unified in this will; then one can go forward in life, can face anything whatever.

The Mother, Questions and Answers 1955: 26 January 1955

Colour

Bright red, white

Family

Acanthaceae