Libra 147centre. This shows that there is only the A
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jna--centre (new
centre below the A
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jna- to control the solar plexus also).
These new centres are located through the process of the
building of Antahkaran.a. These new centres are called
lotuses and different from the wheels of force (chakra-s).
There is much confusion between these two centres in
many yogic schools of thought. Many books of yoga give
distorted pictures of the whole syllabus of yoga. A clear-
cut path at this stage can be got only through word, glance
and group co-operation. It is better for the student to
follow the path of surrender to his Guru at this stage than
to try to gain from the records of various schools of
thought.
These lotuses are of an unfolding nature and have
no rotating force controlling them and binding them.
Gradual unfolding of the petals of man, in tune with the
solar activity, is the only process that exists at this phase.
These centres are called lotuses, because they respond to
the solar activity, which is the grosser manifestation of
the grace of the Solar Logos. Even the Sahasra-ra has its
higher centre, the “Sahasradal.a Padma” (the thousand-
petalled lotus). Sahasra-ra means the wheel of thousand
rays. We therefore find that the end of the activity of the
chakras and the wheel (the zodiac) marks the beginning
of the activity of the lotuses. From the path of the zodiac,
the disciple enters the path of the Sun through the third,
fourth and fifth steps of Ra-ja yoga. Through the sixth and
the seventh steps, he transcends the seven-fold planetary
path of the Sun and enters into the soul of the Sun. In the
eighth phase he attains the centre of the Spiritual Sun who
is the Lord above all creations. He sits in the lotus above
the head-centre. But he is one with the centre which is
everywhere, with its circumference nowhere. The sign