Throughout many cultures the lotus flower has been a powerful image and a spiritual symbol. In Hindu, Buddhist and Egyptian religions the lotus is considered a sacred flower. Among its many meanings and significance it is a symbol of spontaneous generation, purity, spiritual development and non-attachment.
In the same way the lotus grows each day from the bottom of muddy water before emerging to become a beautiful unsoiled flower, the individuals consciousness does the same on its path to enlightenment as the so-called impurities of unenlightened thinking gradually fade away.
