Complexity of the Centres[The soul] is, according to our psychology, connected with the small outer personality by certain centres of consciousness of which we become aware by yoga .... The inner centres are for the most part closed or asleep - to open them and make them awakeSRI AUROBINDO
The centres or Chakras are seven in number:
- The thousand-petalled lotus on top of the head.
- In the middle of the forehead - the Ajna Chakra - (will, vision, dynamic thought).
- Throat centre - externalising mind.
- Heart-lotus - emotional centre. The psychic is behind it.
- Navel- higher vital (proper).
- Below navel- lower vital.
- Muladhara - physical.
All these centres are in the middle of the body; they are supposed to be attached to the spinal cord; but in fact all these things are in the subtle body, sukshma deha, though one has the feeling of their activities as if in the physical body when the consciousness is awake.SRI AUROBINDO
Within us there are two centres of the Purusha, the inner Soul through which he touches us to our awakening; there is the Purusha in the lotus of the heart which opens upward all our powers and the Purusha in the thousand-petalled lotus whence descend through the thought and will, opening the third eye in us, the lightnings of vision and the fire of the divine energy. The bliss existence may come to us through either one of these centres. When the lotus of the heart breaks open, we feel a divine joy, love and peace expanding in us like a flower of light which irradiates the whole being ....
When the other upper lotus opens, the whole mind becomes full of a divine light, joy and power, behind which is the Divine, the Lord of our being on his throne with our soul beside him or drawn inward into his rays; all the thought and will become then a luminosity ,Power and ecstasy...SRI AUROBINDO
The two most important things ... are the opening of the heart centre and the opening of the mind centres to all that is behind and above them. For the heart opens to the psychic being and the mind centres open to the higher consciousness and the nexus between the psychic being and the higher consciousness is the principal means of the Siddhi. The first opening is effected by a concentration in the heart, a call to the Divine to manifest within us and through the psychic to take up and lead the whole nature. Aspiration, prayer, Bhakti, love, surrender are the main supports of this part of the Sadhana - accompanied by a rejection of all that stands in the way of what we aspire for. The second opening is effected by a concentration of the consciousness in the head (afterwards, above it) and an aspiration and call and a sustained will for the descent of the divine Peace, Power, Light, Knowledge, Ananda into the being - the Peace first or the Peace and Force together.SRI AUROBINDO
Responds to several influences at a time.
Canna Xgeneralis
Canna lily
Large showy flowers with three soft round irregular petals in shades of white, yellow, and pink, including several multicoloured borne in terminal clusters on sturdy stems; erect perennial rhizomatous herb with lush foliage.
Physical Centre
Occupied mainly with material things, it likes to have an ordered life.
Canna Xgeneralis
Canna lily
Large showy orange red flower with three soft round irregular petals borne in terminal clusters on sturdy stems; erect perennial rhizomatous herb with lush foliage.
Vital Centre
Passionate and strong, it needs to be controlled.
Canna Xgeneralis
Canna lily
Large showy dark red flower with three soft round irregular petals borne in terminal clusters on sturdy stems; erect perennial rhizomatous herb with lush foliage.
Emotional Centre
Vibrant and sensitive, it needs to be controlled.
Canna Xgeneralis
Canna lily
Large showy deep rose pink flower with three soft round irregular petals borne in terminal clusters on sturdy stems; erect perennial rhizomatous herb with lush foliage.
Photo Courtesy: Forest & Kim Starr Psychic Centre
Luminous and calm, it is meant to govern the human being.
Canna Xgeneralis
Canna lily
Large showy predominantly salmon pink flowers marked with any other colour borne in terminal clusters on sturdy stems; erect perennial rhizomatous herb with lush foliage.
Illumined Mind Centre
In the peace that comes from the perfect light.
Canna Xgeneralis
Canna lily
Large showy pale yellow flower with three soft round irregular petals borne in terminal clusters on sturdy stems; erect perennial rhizomatous herb with lush foliage.
Intuitive Mind Centre
The activity of correct perception.
Canna Xgeneralis
Canna lily
Large showy light or dark yellow flowers having a few red specks towards the centre with three soft round irregular petals borne in terminal clusters on sturdy stems; erect perennial rhizomatous herb with lush foliage.
Photo Courtesy: KENPEIFuture Supramental centre
What is involved in Nature will evolve and become manifest.
Canna Xgeneralis
Canna lily
Large showy predominantly orange flower with three soft round irregular petals borne in terminal clusters on sturdy stems; erect perennial rhizomatous herb with lush foliage.
Ananda in the Centres
This will be one of the benefits resulting from physical conversion.
Canna Xgeneralis
Canna lily
Large showy cream white flower having pink specks with three soft round irregular petals borne in terminal clusters on sturdy stems; erect perennial rhizomatous herb with lush foliage.
Photo Courtesy & Copyright: Forest & Kim Starr Broadening of the Emotional Centre
It opens and widens itself in order to receive better.
Gloxinia perennis
Canterbury bells
Medium-sized fragrant purplish blue downy campanulate flower with a darker throat, borne singly from the leaf axil on a sparse terminal raceme. A rhizomatous perennial herb with fleshy spotted stems and waxy heart-shaped leaves.
Photo Courtesy: Eric in SFOpening of the Emotional Centre to the Light
An important event in human development.
Pandorea jasminoides
Pandora vine, Bower vine, Southern Bell
Medium-sized sweetly fragrant white salverform flower with a flattened corolla tube, five deeply cut rounded lobes and a pinkish lavender throat covered with fine hairs; borne in terminal panicles. A light vine with attractive glossy foliage.
Purity in the Emotional Centre
Indispensable for progress.
Thunbergia fragrans
Medium-sized white salverform flower with a delicate limb divided into five somewhat spatulate lobes and a flattened corolla tube that arises from the side of two small light green bracts; borne singly. A light climber with lanceolate to triangular leaves.
Sex centre Aspiring to be Purified
The awakening of the consciousness to a higher life.
Anthurium andreanum
Flamingo flower, Flamingo lily, Oilcloth flower
Firm waxy heart-shaped large to very large pink spathe and a prominent thick erect pink and white spadix; borne singly on a long stiff stem. A perennial herb with large leathery somewhat heart-shaped leaves.
Purified Sex-Centre
Is transformed into a force for progress.
Anthurium andreanum
Flamingo flower, Flamingo lily, Oilcloth flower
Firm waxy heart-shaped large to very large white spathe and a prominent thick erect white spadix; borne singly on a long stiff stem. A perennial herb with large leathery somewhat heart-shaped leaves.
Supramental Influence in the Sex Centre
It is the assurance of the coming conquest of desires.
Cosmos
Medium-sized single compositae flower with eight overlapping delicately toothed ray florets and a tufted centre, in shades of rose, pink and purple; borne singly or in panicles. An annual herb with finely cut leaves.
Photo Courtesy: Kamoda Tranquility of the Sex Centre when it is under the Influence of the Supramental Light
The Supramental influence liberates man from all that binds him to the animal.
Cosmos bipinnatus
Medium-sized single white compositae flower with eight overlapping delicately toothed ray florets and a tufted centre; borne singly or in panicles. An annual herb with finely cut leaves.
The Supramental influence liberates man from all that binds him to the animal.
Cosmos bipinnatus
Medium-sized single white compositae flower with eight overlapping delicately toothed ray florets and a tufted centre; borne singly or in panicles. An annual herb with finely cut leaves.
Photo Courtesy: NemoSupramental Light in the Sex Centre
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Cosmos sulphurous
Medium-sized single yellow compositae flower with eight overlapping delicately toothed ray florets and a tufted centre; borne singly or in panicles. An annual herb with finely cut leaves.
Photo Courtesy: Dinesh ValkePeace in the Sex Centre
Indispensable for beginning the Yoga.
Morinda Citrifolia
Indian mulberry, Awl tree, Painkiller
Small highly fragrant white salverform flower with five fleshy recurved lobes that create a starlike appearance; borne in terminal or axillary heads from a hard rounded base. A small tree.
Transformed Sex Centre
Has no more desires and offers itself to the Divine.
Caladium
Angel wings, Elephant's-ear, Mother-in-law plant
Medium-sized mildly fragrant flower consisting of an erect white spadix partly enfolded by a hooded greenish white spathe; borne singly on a slender stalk. A tuberous perennial herb with large colourful patterned leaves.
