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For as Being is one yet multiple, so also the same law prevails in ourselves and our members; the spirit, the Purusha is one but it adapts itself to the formations of Nature. Over each grade of our being a power of the Spirit presides; we have within us and discover when we go deep enough inwards a mind-self, a life-self, a physical self; there is a being of mind, a mental Purusha, expressing something of itself on our surface in the thoughts, perceptions, activities of our mind nature, a being of life which expresses something of itself in the impulses, feelings, sensations, desires, external life activities of our vital nature, a physical being, a being of the body which expresses something of itself in the instincts, habits, formulated activities of our physical nature. These beings or part selves of the self in us are powers of the Spirit and therefore not limited by their temporary expression, for what is thus formulated is only a fragment of its possibilities; but the expression creates a temporary mental, vital or physical personality which grows and develops even as the psychic being or soul personality grows and develops within us. Each has its own distinct nature, its influence, its action on the whole of us; but on our surface all these influences and all this action, as they come up, mingle and create an aggregate surface being which is a composite, an amalgam of them all, an outer persistent and yet shifting and mobile formation for the purposes of this life and its limited experience.
<ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/22/the-triple-transformation#p8</ref>
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'''The Functions of the Chakras or Centres'''
The centres or Chakras are seven in number—
(1) The thousand-petalled lotus on the top of the head.
(2) In the middle of the forehead—the Ajna Chakra—(will, vision, dynamic thought).
(3) Throat centre—externalising mind.
(4) Heart-lotus—emotional centre. The psychic is behind it.
(5) Navel—higher vital (proper).
(6) Below navel—lower vital.
(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.
'''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 in the throat—Expression—external mind
The lotus of the heart—Emotion, dynamic vital feeling (behind the heart is the seat of the psychic being)
The lotus of the navel—Higher vital
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'' or ''anāhata''—governs the emotional being; the throat centre—''viśuddha''—governs the expressive and externalising mind; the centre between the 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>
===Mental Being===
The three lines of education—physical, vital and mental—deal with that and could be defined as the means of building up the personality, raising the individual out of the amorphous subconscious mass and making him a well-defined self-conscious entity. With psychic education we come to the problem of the true motive of existence, the purpose of life on earth, the discovery to which this life must lead and the result of that discovery: the consecration of the individual to his eternal principle. <ref>https://incarnateword.in/cwm/12/psychic-education-and-spiritual-education</ref>
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'''Personality Traits of a Successful Teacher'''
1) Complete self-control not only to the extent of not showing any anger, but remaining absolutely quiet and undisturbed under all circumstances.
2) In the matter of self-confidence, must also have a sense of the relativity of his importance.
Above all, must have the knowledge that the teacher himself must always progress if he wants his students to progress, must not remain satisfied either with what he is or with what he knows.
3) Must not have any sense of essential superiority over his students nor preference or attachment whatsoever for one or another.
4) Must know that all are equal spiritually and instead of mere tolerance must have a global comprehension or understanding.
5) “The business of both parent and teacher is to enable and to help the child to educate himself, to develop his own intellectual, moral, aesthetic and practical capacities and to grow freely as an organic being, not to be kneaded and pressured into form like an inert plastic material.” <ref>https://incarnateword.in/cwm/12/teachers#p7,p8,p9,p10,p11,p12,p13</ref>
<ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/22/the-triple-transformation#p20</ref>
==Helpful Practicesto Mould Ourselves into the Divine Personality==
There is a personality on his surface that chooses and wills, submits and struggles, tries to make good in Nature or prevail over Nature, but this personality is itself a construction of Nature and so dominated, driven, determined by her that it cannot be free. It is a formation or expression of the Self in her,—it is a self of Nature rather than a self of Self, his natural and processive, not his spiritual and permanent being, a temporary constructed personality, not the true immortal Person. It is that Person that he must become. He must succeed in being inwardly quiescent, detach himself as the observer from the outer active personality and learn the play of the cosmic forces in him by standing back from all blinding absorption in its turns and movements. Thus calm, detached, a student of himself and a witness of his nature, he realises that he is the individual soul who observes the works of Nature, accepts tranquilly her results and sanctions or withholds his sanction from the impulse to her acts. <ref>https://incarnateword.in/cwsa/23/the-supreme-will#p14</ref>
In order to bring peace and wisdom one must be wise and peaceful; you say that you are weak, but nobody is asking you to rely on your own strength; your strength, your wisdom and your peace belong to the Divine and you must rely on Him alone. Have an absolute trust in the Grace, set aside your little personality and allow the Grace to act; it will make you do what is needed and everything will be all right.
<ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/14/trust-in-the-divine-grace-and-help#p27</ref>
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