The central circle represents the Divine Consciousness.
The four petals represent the four powers of the Mother.
The twelve petals represent the twelve powersof the Mother manifested for Her Work.
January 24, 1958 The Mother- page 28 ,Mother's Agenda , volume - 13 , 1972-73 ,
12th January 1972 .
Do you happen to remember where I wrote the twelve attributes of the Mother (the symbol with twelve petals)? There's one, four, and twelve.
Yes, I think it was for Auroville.For Auroville? But I said it years ago....
I saw it recently.The twelve?(Sujata goes out in search of the paper)On this one there aren't any details.(Mother extends a note in English)The Mother's SymbolThe central circle represents the Divine Consciousness. The four petals represent the four powers of the Mother.The twelve petals represent the twelve powersof the Mother manifested for Her Work.
January 24, 1958 The Mother
page 27-28 - Mother's Agenda , volume 13 , 12th Jan - 1972-1973
Did you find it? There aren't any details. Oh! No details....You simply say: The dot at the center represents unity, the Supreme. The inner circle represents the creation, the conception of the city [Auroville].
The petals represent the power of expression, the realization. [[Original English. ]]
No that's not it. I wrote something, or rather I told Sri Aurobindo, who wrote down what the twelve petals were (the four petals are the four main aspects of the Mother, and the twelve are the twelve qualities or "virtues" of the Mother, her powers). I said it one day, and Sri Aurobindo wrote it down; that's when we were living in the other house.
[["Library House," or west wing of the Ashram, which they left on February 8, 1927, to move to "Meditation House," in the east wing.
These two houses, along with two others ("Rosary" and "Secretariat"), form the Ashram compound. ]]
I put it in a drawer among other papers of mine, but the drawer disappeared when we moved here, someone took it. Who, why, how, I have no idea. But the drawer disappeared. Then, I remember writing the twelve names again on a piece of paper which I kept with me, but now I can't find that one either.... Strange.
[[According to Sri Aurobindo, "The twelve powers are the vibrations necessary for the complete manifestation." (Cent. Ed., XXV.359) ]]
page 28-30 - Mother's Agenda , volume 13 , 12th Jan - 1972-1973Last time I told you I was looking for the twelve attributes (Mother takes out a sheet of paper). Here they are, someone found this.
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Sincerity - Humility - Gratitude - Perseverance
Aspiration - Receptivity - Progress - Courage
Goodness - Generosity - Equanimity - Peace
The first eight concern the attitude towards the Divine, and the last four towards humanity.
And we also found a text from Sri Aurobindo (with a colored chart of the twelve petals):
The center is gold.Centre and four powers, white. The twelve all of different color in three groups: top group red, passing to orange towards yellow. Next group, yellow passing through green towards blue. And third group, blue passing through violet towards red. If white is not convenient, the center may be gold (powder).
Sri Aurobindo
March 20, 1934
page 41 - Mother's Agenda , volume 13 , 19th Jan - 1972-1973
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