Tuesday, November 4, 2014

The Spiritual Significance of the Clove

Students often seek blessings from Bhagawan during their birthday occasions. They would be carrying trays containing yellow rice, dry grapes, cardamom, cloves etc. and often Bhagawan would take a small bit of clove to slip the piece into His mouth. 

How many of us really know the significance of this blessed aromatic dried flower bud that is synonymous with auspiciousness? Rita Bruce writes about her perceptions on the significance of the clove as directed by Bhagawan in her book "Love of Conscience".

"Sai Baba dropped a clove on this manuscript during darshan. That night I silently asked “Why the clove?” He replied within, “The stem of the clove is symbolic of the root, the Divine source of all energy, which is God. This root source splits into the four prongs that represent the four energies, four pillars, four corners on which the world sits. The round ball in the middle of the clove is symbolic of the world. These four energies support the world. The very meaning of the word clove is c-love. C-LOVE means Conscious Love."

(Source: Radio Sai)
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