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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[p.230] 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>
==Yellow==
''A.'' Greenish yellow is mental.
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Orange yellow is the symbol of light. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/15/colours#p1,p2,p3</ref>
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Yellow is the light of mind growing brighter as one goes higher till it meets the golden light of the Divine Truth. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/30/colours#p3</ref>
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''Q. In the picture which I received today from Thee, I see someone offering with two hands a full-bloomed red lotus, a lotus bud and a garland. The background of the picture is yellow in colour . What do all these signify?''
The pale blue light is Sri Aurobindo’s light—the white light is the Mother's. The world you saw above the head was the plane of the illumined Mind which is a level of consciousness much higher than the human intelligence. It is there that the Divine Light and Power come down to be transmitted to the human consciousness and from there they work and prepare the transformation of the human consciousness and even the physical nature. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/30/colours#p23</ref>
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The red lotus is the flower of Sri Aurobindo, but specially for his centenary we shallchoose the blue lotus, which is the colour of his physical aura, to symbolise the centenary of the manifestation of the Supreme upon earth... <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/13/centenary#p27</ref>
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(About "the Mother's flag", which contains her symbol in gold centred on a silver-bluebackground). <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/13/india#p13</ref>
[https://savitri.in/books/narad-richard-eggenberger/inspiration-from-savitri-vol-vi-colours-and-gems Inspiration from Savitri - Colours and Gems]
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