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Plasticity

Always ready for the progress demanded.

Tagetes Spp. L. (Asteraceae [= Compositae])

Marigold

Several colours

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To be plastic towards the Divine means not to oppose Him with the rigidity of preconceived ideas and fixed principles. And this requires a great strength, for the more you are plastic to the divine will, the more you come in conflict with the human wills that are not in contact with the divine will.

The Mother

The Mother. Collected Works of the Mother.- Volume 14. - Words of the Mother

That which can easily change its form is "plastic". Figuratively, it is suppleness, a capacity of adaptation to circumstances and necessities. When I ask you to be plastic in relation to the Divine, I mean not to resist the Divine with the rigidity of preconceived ideas and fixed principles.

The Mother

The Mother. Collected Works of the Mother.- Volume 4. - Questions And Answers (1950-51)

The physical being and physical consciousness must be very plastic to be able to lend themselves to all the necessary changes, so as to be of one kind one day and another the next, and so on.

The Mother

The Mother. Collected Works of the Mother.- Volume 4. - Questions And Answers (1950-51)

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