All those who have a Brahamakamal plant at home, would know what it is to wait for that once in a year occasion when the divine blooms usher in infinite glory, divine glow, ethereal beauty and endless blessings each time they bloom in your garden, usually at midnight!
This year I witnessed more than 18 buds growing on my plant, between mid-July to early September, some reaching full maturity (the bud invariably takes 10 to 15 days to grow and reach full bloom stage and the flower blooms just for few hours between 9 pm to 4 am, blossoming to its full glory at midnight)..
BUT ALAS, monkeys from the nearby National Park, who are regular visitors to our building, mercilessly tore away the buds , one by one, some of them just few hours before blossoming, filling me with disillusionment and disappointment and breaking my heart each time...
I was reminded of the story...Try, Try, Try again...in which an ant, trying to climb a wall, kept on falling again and again, finally succeeding after failing 17 times!
WHAT A COINCIDENCE... I too had to wait for seventeen buds to be cruelly snatched away by the monkeys( who did not know what a divine beauty they were destroying) till finally this one bloomed in my garden today and filled my heart and home with its divine glow and glory....
Gratitude!!!
Nature does teach us profound lessons through its unique ways!
"Divine blessings do not come to you without the trials and tribulations!"
Now for the Visual Treat:
The bud ready to bloom...
Few buds destroyed by the monkeys...
Countdown to midnight...
Eight pm
Nine pm
Ten pm
Eleven pm
MID-NIGHT
At this stage the flower emanates a very sweet fragrance,
which attracts the ants (have a closer look at the bloom)
It is past midnight and I can sit near this divine flower and meditate whole night but I am tired and need to sleep, thank you Lord for letting this beauty bloom in my garden, so what if it was after seeing bud after bud being broken, torn apart and destroyed, it was worth the long and patient wait!
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