at the book: The Mother. The Spiritual Significance of Flowers.- 1-st Ed. / Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry (India).- Singapore: Ho Printing, 2000.- ISBN 81-7058-609-7
Classification
► Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
► Class Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
► Subclass Asteridae
► Order Scrophulariales
► Family Gesneriaceae - Gesneriad family
► Genus Episcia Mart. - Episcia
Synonyms
≡ Achimenes cupreata (basinom) Hook.
Common names
Episcia (English)
Flame-violet (English)
Description
Bright coral pink flower with a horizontal corolla tube and a limb divided into five rounded petals with fringed edges and with a yellow throat; leaves are dark greenish brown with olive green midribs.
Will manifested in life
Never forget the purpose and goal of your life. The will for the great discovery should be always there above you, above what you do and what you are, like a huge bird of light dominating all the movements of your being.
The Mother
The Mother. Collected Works of the Mother.- Volume 12. - On Education
The will is a part of the consciousness and ought to be in human beings the chief agent in controlling the activities of the nature.
Sri Aurobindo
Sri Aurobindo. Sri Aurobindo Birth Centenary Library in 30 Volumes. - Volume 24. - Letters on Yoga.-P.4