The Mother on Kali Puja Day - Year 1954
The Mother's Message for the 1955, Kali Puja
A very long time ago, in the barren country that is now Arabia, a divine Being became incarnate to awaken the earth to the supreme Love. Of course, he was persecuted by men, harried, suspected, misunderstood.
Mortally wounded by his assailants, he wanted to die alone and quietly so that he might complete his task. Being pursued, he ran; all of a sudden in the vast bare plain, he came across a small pomegranate bush.
The Saviour crept in among the lower branches, so that he might leave his body in peace; and all at once the bush grew miraculously, became broad, thick and deep, and when the pursuers arrived there, they did not suspect that the man they were hunting for was hiding in it and they went along.
As the sacred blood fell drop by drop, fertilizing the earth, the tree blossomed out with marvellous, large flowers, covering the ground with their petals, innumerable drops of blood.
These are the flowers that for us express and contain the divine Love.
The Flowers
The Flowers were : Punica granatum L., Punicaceae. Pomegranate
Physical description:
Medium-sized double orange red flower with innumerable tightly held crinkled petals - borne singly or in small clusters. A spiny shrub or small tree with many stems and glossy leaves.
Common name: Grenadier
The Mother’s message of November 14, 1955, given at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, is a spiritual reflection on the flower known as "Divine Love".
It explains that Divine Love lies at the core of all manifestation, working eternally to reawaken consciousness from even the deepest layers of ignorance and inconscience.
The November 14 message serves as a commentary on the "Divine Love" flower (scarlet petals). The Mother distributed petals of this flower the morning prior, as the night of November 13, 1955, corresponded to Deepavali (the darkest night of the year and a major festival).
The message can be found in Words of the Mother - II (Volume 14 of the Collected Works of the Mother). You can read the full text and explore her related writings on Sri Aurobindo Ashram Site(https://www.sriaurobindoashram.org).
The Mother on Kali Puja Day - Year 1954