The Spirit of Auroville

Here is a message from the Mother in connection with Love:

Do you know what is true love? There is only one true love, the love from the Divine, which, in human beings, turns into love for the Divine.

Shall we say that the nature of the Divine is Love.

The Mother, On Education: The New Age Association

Somebody questioned the Mother:

What is it in a flower which makes it take and reflect a certain colour?

She answered:

The scientists say that it is the composition of its atoms but I say that it is the nature of its aspiration.

Many of these flowers—with significances—are varieties of Hibiscus. The Mother very much wanted these varieties of Hibiscus in all these gardens, ranging from white to multicoloured, small to big, single to double or multiple petals. In fact she loved all flowers.

So by early 1970, Richard and his helpers had started a Nursery, close to the Matrimandir, to start preparing all the plants for the future gardens. But he was also deeply interested in music, and was a lover of Sri Aurobindo's wonderful Epic poem Savitri.