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(7) 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, sūkṣma deha, though one has the feeling of their activities as if in the physical body when the consciousness is awake.
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Chakras
 
The thousand-petalled (head) lotus—Chakra or centre of the higher will and knowledge
The lotus in the forehead—Will, vision, mental dynamism
The lotus of the abdomen—Lower vital
The lotus at the end of the spine (Muladhara)—Physical consciousness
***In the process of our Yoga the centres have each a fixed psychological use and general function which base all their special powers and functionings. The ''mūlādhāra '' governs the physical down to the subconscient; the abdominal centre—svādhiṣṭhāna—governs the lower vital; the navel centre—nābhipadma or maṇipūra—governs the larger vital; the heart centre—hṛtpadma centre—''hṛtpadma'' or anāhata—governs ''anāhata''—governs the emotional being; the throat centre—viśuddha—governs centre—''viśuddha''—governs the expressive and externalising mind; the centre between the eyebrows—ājñācakra—governs eyebrows—''ājñācakra''—governs the dynamic mind, will, vision, mental formation; the thousand-petalled lotus—sahasradala—above commands the higher thinking mind, houses the still higher illumined mind and at its highest opens to the intuition through which or else by an overflooding directness the overmind can have with the rest communication or an immediate contact.***
I never heard of two lotuses in the heart centre; but it is the seat of two powers, in front the higher vital or emotional being, behind and concealed the soul or psychic being.
 
The colours of the lotuses and the numbers of petals are respectively, from bottom to top:—(1) the Muladhara or physical consciousness centre, four petals, red; (2) the abdominal centre, six petals, deeper purple red; (3) the navel centre, ten petals, violet; (4) the heart centre, twelve petals, golden pink; (5) the throat centre, sixteen petals, grey; (6) the forehead centre between the eyebrows, two petals, white; (7) the thousand-petalled lotus above the head, blue with gold light around. The functions are, according to our Yoga,—(1) commanding the physical consciousness and the subconscient; (2) commanding the small vital movements, the little greeds, lusts, desires, the small sense-movements; (3) commanding the larger life-forces and the passions and larger desire-movements; (4) commanding the higher emotional being with the psychic deep behind it; (5) commanding expression and all externalisation of the mind movements and mental forces; (6) commanding thought, will, vision; (7) commanding the higher thinking mind and the illumined mind and opening upwards to the intuition and overmind. <ref>https://incarnateword.in/cwsa/28/the-system-of-the-chakras</ref>