Well we have the first blooms of the season on my water lillies. As I've said before they look like lotus but I think lotus are just for tropical climates. These water lillies are indigenous to BC. I saw them on my road trip along the sunshine coast as well as in the small ponds on Black mountain on Cypress. They pull back and hibernate during winter then spread out and bloom during summer. I have two. One's red the other is white.
There's series called White Lotus which isn't relevant. Generally Buddhists see the lotus as an inspiring metaphor. Rise above it all like the lotus is the popular phrase. It talks about how a lotus can rise up out of the mud and dirty water to bloom in the sunshine. Likewise humans can aspire to something higher by rising above the mud and filth in the world to bloom in the sun. We are resilient. Hope floats.
The White Lotus tv series is actually very relevant to a lot of modern societies issues. It is like a darker version of Faulty Towers that pokes sarcastic humour at trends and beliefs. Year one was Greed, year two was Lust, and year three was Death and Renewal.
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