It is perhaps because flowers transmit this sacred energy that worship of the divine with an offering of flowers is a custom among many cultures and religions of the world.

Have you noticed how different it is when you walk into gardens around temples, churches and other places of worship? The vibrations and the energy fields arounds such places are so different. There is a stillness, a feeling of great peace that seeps into you.

Serenity. Tranquility. These may be some adjectives that come to your mind when you step into such spaces.

This weekend, feel the surreal experience of visiting such a flower garden.

Before you decide to go visiting remember to brief everyone in the family about the sacredness of such a place.

If you have children who are very noisy - tell them to be still and silent for just the time that you explore the place. Make sure that your pets too remain still for the short time that you explore the place.

It is only when the mind is calm and silent that the divine energies start communicating. That is why, learning the art of meditation is a necessary pre-requisite for those who wish to be initiated into the path of divinity.

Mystics and psychics around the world have often held the view that flowers have a receptivity to take up one's psychic consciousness.

It is believed that when flowers are given by a holy person, those flowers transmit a positive healing energy to the recipient.

Different flowers are associated with different emotional states too. The use of the Bach flower remedies are based on this principle.

For the Divine Mother of the Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, India, flowers were a way of transmitting the divine energy. Her followers say that a dynamic healing force was transmitted by her through the flowers that she gave.

Below are listed the spiritual significance or qualities associated with some flowers according to the Divine Mother, Pondicherry