….Sri Aurobindo wants us to have the same simple joy as a blossoming rose: Be simple, be simple, be simple. And when I hear it or see it, it’s like a rivulet of golden light, like a fragrant garden—all, all, all is open. Be simple.
The Mother – Agenda, Vol. 2, p. 331
….Above all the complications of the so-called human wisdom stands the luminous simplicity of the Divine’s Grace, ready to act if we allow It to do so.
The Mother – Agenda, Vol. 6, p. 45
To express Harmony, of all things Simplicity is the best.
The Mother – Words of the Mother – II : CWM, Vol. 14, p. 151
We ought to be in a constant state of aspiration, but when we cannot aspire let us pray with the simplicity of a child.
The Mother – Words of the Mother – III : CWM, Vol. 15, p. 208
Flowers and trees are the poetry of Nature; the gardener is a romantic poet who has added richness, complexity of effect and symmetry to a language otherwise distinguished merely by facility, by directness and by simplicity of colour and charm.
Sri Aurobindo – Early Cultural Writings : CWSA, Vol. 1, p. 84
As soon as all effort disappears from a manifestation, it becomes very simple, with the simplicity of a flower opening, manifesting its beauty and spreading its fragrance without clamour or vehement gesture. And in this simplicity lies the greatest power, the power which is least mixed and least gives rise to harmful reactions….
Simplicity, simplicity! How sweet is the purity of Thy Presence!…
The Mother – On Education: CWM, Vol. 12, p. 17
Be simple,
Be happy,
Remain quiet,
Do your work as well as you can,
Keep yourself always open towards me―
This is all that is asked from you.
The Mother – Words of the Mother – I : CWM, Vol. 13, p. 77
It is better not to worry about progress, because worrying only hinders the advance. It is better to open in all trust and simplicity to the divine help and to have faith in the Victory.
The Mother – Words of the Mother – II : CWM, Vol. 14, p. 223
You know, we are surrounded by complications, but there is always a place where it all opens out simple and straight—this is a fact of my experience. You go around in circles, seeking, working at it, and you feel stuck; then something in the inner attitude gives way, and all of a sudden it opens out—quite simply.
And he [Sri Aurobindo] says repeatedly, insistently: Be simple, be simple. Say simply what you feel. Be simple, be simple, insistently. These are only words, but as a matter of fact, when he spoke these words it was like a path of light opening up, and everything became very simple: ‘Just take one step after another, that’s all we have to do!
The Mother – Agenda, Vol. 2, p. 329
As soon as all effort disappears from a manifestation, it becomes very simple, with the simplicity of a flower opening, manifesting its beauty and spreading its fragrance without clamour or vehement gesture. And in this simplicity lies the greatest power, the power which is least mixed and least gives rise to harmful reactions….
Simplicity, simplicity! How sweet is the purity of Thy Presence!..
The Mother – Prayers and Meditations : CWM, Vol. 1, p. 17
The true attitude is neither to be an ascetic nor to indulge in desire. The true attitude is to take in all simplicity what I give, to be perfectly satisfied with it and neither to ask for more nor to refuse what is given. This is the true example to give, the one that can help the others towards a better understanding of their duties as sadhaks.
Remain my child, simple, quiet and content, and all will be all right.
The Mother – Words of the Mother – II : CWM, Vol. 14, p. 47
All things are so simple and at the same time so COMPLEX….
For instance, that relationship of simplicity (like that of a child) in which you very simply ask for the thing you feel the need for, but without mental complications; without explanations, without justifications, without all that useless farrago—simply, “Oh, I would like!” And it happens…. but this particular way is chosen because of the simple, pure, candid beauty of the aspiration—that is lovely, that is powerful in its simplicity. And, you know, without mental complication, without hypocrisy of any sort, without pretence of any sort: very simply, but from a luminous, pure, loving heart, without any egoism, “just like that.” So that’s a lovely light which has its place; and because of it, things may be this way or that (good health, favourable circumstances), it doesn’t matter, it’s unimportant….
If we could catch hold of that and keep it … That trust for which evil doesn’t exist—not “trust” in what takes place here: trust up above, in that all-powerful principle of Harmony.
The Mother – Agenda, Vol. 8, p. 203
After the falling of mortality’s cloak
Lightened is its weight to heighten its ascent;
Refined to the touch of finer environments
It drops old patterned palls of denser stuff,
Cancels the grip of earth’s descending pull
And bears the soul from world to higher world,
Till in the naked ether of the peaks
The spirit’s simplicity alone is left,
The eternal being’s first transparent robe.
Sri Aurobindo – Savitri: CWSA, Vol. 33, Book Two, pp. 105-106
Integral Simplicity
The simplicity that comes from perfect sincerity.
Vittadinia triloba
Creeping daisy
Small compositae flower with a double row of numerous narrow rounded white ray florets and a button like centre of yellow disc forets; borne singly on thin stems. A small floriferous perennial herb or subshrub.
The Mother – Spiritual significance of flowers
