Red lotus - Nymphaea rubra
Meditation practitioners find inner peace with the help of the lotus - this applies to all lotus essences. The speciality of the red lotus is that it calms distracting emotions. It’s not just circling thoughts that can distract you, feelings, worries and physical sensations can do the same. Suddenly you start to get angry because you are thinking again instead of meditating. Because your back hurts or because you are uncertain about your children’s health. Some people get upset because their own development is not going fast enough and the hoped-for depth of meditation is missed. Red lotus helps to notice all the tension, anger and worries - but instead of fighting them or suppressing them, to recognise their justification and give them their place. You learn to deal with them, they are not enemies, they are part of life.
Red lotus brings you back into your own heart, allowing compassion and forbearance to develop. Unity with oneself is a great art. Not letting the pain take over without denying it alleviates it. A suppressed pain will seek attention all the more, after all it has something to tell you. But now you can focus on the message instead of the pain. You let go of self-criticism and self-judgement and look at things as they are. Not through the lens of the inner critic.
This lotus has more feminine energy (just as the yellow lotus has more masculine energy).
It is about love, compassion, passion and spiritual awakening. In some Buddhist traditions, the red lotus also represents heart energy, while in Hindu traditions its connection to prosperity and abundance is emphasised.
All lotus flowers aim to help us on our spiritual path. They do this in slightly different ways, but they are united in their goals of inner stillness and peace, communion and co-operation with all living things, compassion and love.
Red lotus - Nymphaea rubra
Meditation practitioners find inner peace with the help of the lotus - this applies to all lotus essences. The speciality of the red lotus is that it calms distracting emotions. It’s not just circling thoughts that can distract you, feelings, worries and physical sensations can do the same. Suddenly you start to get angry because you are thinking again instead of meditating. Because your back hurts or because you are uncertain about your children’s health. Some people get upset because their own development is not going fast enough and the hoped-for depth of meditation is missed. Red lotus helps to notice all the tension, anger and worries - but instead of fighting them or suppressing them, to recognise their justification and give them their place. You learn to deal with them, they are not enemies, they are part of life.
Red lotus brings you back into your own heart, allowing compassion and forbearance to develop. Unity with oneself is a great art. Not letting the pain take over without denying it alleviates it. A suppressed pain will seek attention all the more, after all it has something to tell you. But now you can focus on the message instead of the pain. You let go of self-criticism and self-judgement and look at things as they are. Not through the lens of the inner critic.
This lotus has more feminine energy (just as the yellow lotus has more masculine energy).
It is about love, compassion, passion and spiritual awakening. In some Buddhist traditions, the red lotus also represents heart energy, while in Hindu traditions its connection to prosperity and abundance is emphasised.
All lotus flowers aim to help us on our spiritual path. They do this in slightly different ways, but they are united in their goals of inner stillness and peace, communion and co-operation with all living things, compassion and love.