Guest guest Posted December 3, 2002 Report Share Posted December 3, 2002 AUM gaNapataye namaH More on flowers: Who doesn't love a rose? It is arguably one of the most beautiful flowers. Although surrounded by thorns, the rose is a great symbol of beauty, love, and life. In fact, it is used as symbol used by poets and spiritualists from all traditions: The rose was sacred in ancient Greece and Rome as it represented Aphrodite (or Venus to the Romans) who is the Goddess of beauty and love. In Islam, the rose signifies the blood of Mohammed and his two sons. The rose of Baghdad represents the path and knowledge, together symbolizing Truth and Allah. The white rose is linked to the Virgin Mary (the "rose without thorns") and was also a medieval symbol of virginity. The red rose is symbolic of the blood of Christ, martyrdom, charity, the passion and resurrection. The fragrance of roses provides nourishment to our emaciated spirit. Everyone knows that rose essence is the base for most of the perfumes in the world. Rumi writes: "Every rose that is sweet-scented within, That rose is telling of the secrets of the Universal. Their scent, to the confusion of the skeptics, Spreads around the world, rending the veil." Finally, (most) women would say that a bouquet of red roses does more for the soul than a cluster of pearls! So men, offer some roses to your lady and surely you will delight the Goddess within her! AUM tripurasundarya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 3, 2002 Report Share Posted December 3, 2002 I reckon kadamba and jasmine are better; also think hibiscus is good as well. That's cause kadamba makes good wine, jasmine makes good tea and hibiscus is big, luscious and vibrant just like a mother's heart. Roses are too over commercialised; sure they look good and smell good but the thorns they prick big time; a lot of poetic analogies in relation to spirituality can be brought up using the rose as the medium like opening the Kundalini it is liking going up a rose plant, you get pricked by thorns but then you rest on a beautiful silky soft smelling flower; well something along the lines of that. But Roses also have a lot of medicinal uses, I think it is a good laxative as well as deodorant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 3, 2002 Report Share Posted December 3, 2002 I think of the rose as the western ideal of beauty and heaven, and the lotus that of the same in the East. Kathy kalika Putra <dakinic_monk wrote: I reckon kadamba and jasmine are better; also think hibiscus is good as well. That's cause kadamba makes good wine, jasmine makes good tea and hibiscus is big, luscious and vibrant just like a mother's heart. Roses are too over commercialised; sure they look good and smell good but the thorns they prick big time; a lot of poetic analogies in relation to spirituality can be brought up using the rose as the medium like opening the Kundalini it is liking going up a rose plant, you get pricked by thorns but then you rest on a beautiful silky soft smelling flower; well something along the lines of that. But Roses also have a lot of medicinal uses, I think it is a good laxative as well as deodorant. Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 5, 2002 Report Share Posted December 5, 2002 Roses are more than just inspiring, poetic and beautiful. They can be ingested (rosehips too) and I believe act as an uterine tonifier. In days of old when the use of herbs and plants was more commonplace and a suitor gave a woman a boquet of red roses, it was a gesture of care for her reproductive system and its health. As a Goddess Worshipper, this gives the rose great magickal importance to me. I don't eat my roses (even though sometimes smelling them makes me want to bite off the flower) but I often burn dried rose pedals when meditating. -Lena. , "kalika Putra" <dakinic_monk> wrote: > > > I reckon kadamba and jasmine are better; also think hibiscus is good as > well. That's cause kadamba makes good wine, jasmine makes good tea and > hibiscus is big, luscious and vibrant just like a mother's heart. > > Roses are too over commercialised; sure they look good and smell good but > the thorns they prick big time; a lot of poetic analogies in relation to > spirituality can be brought up using the rose as the medium like opening the > Kundalini it is liking going up a rose plant, you get pricked by thorns but > then you rest on a beautiful silky soft smelling flower; well something > along the lines of that. > > But Roses also have a lot of medicinal uses, I think it is a good laxative > as well as deodorant. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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