FLOWERS - THEIR SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE

Simplicity

Simplicity, simplicity! How sweet is the purity of Thy presence!

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As soon  as   all   effort   disappears   from   a
manifestation,  it  becomes very simple,  with the
simplicity of a flower  opening,  manifesting  its
beauty and spreading its fragrance without clamour
or vehement gesture.  And in this simplicity  lies
the greatest power, the power which is least mixed
and least gives rise  to  harmful  reactions.  The
power  of the vital should be mistrusted,  it is a
tempter on the path of  the  work,  and  there  is
always  a  risk  of falling into its trap,  for it
gives you the taste of immediate results;  and, in
our  first  eagerness to do the work well,  we let
ourselves be carried away  to  make  use  of  this
power.  But  very  soon it deflects all our action
from the right course and  introduces  a  seed  of
illusion and death into what we do.               
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