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1. The Solar Plexus is a reflection in the personality of the "heart of the sun," just as the Heart center is. It is the central factor in the life of the personality for all humanity below the grade of probationary disciple. At that point the mind definitely begins to function, however faintly. It is the outlet—if such a word can be used—of the Astral body into the outer world, and the instrument through which emotional energy flows. It is the organ of desire. It is of supreme importance in the life of the average man, and its control is a vital goal for the aspirant. He must transmute desire into aspiration.
2. The Solar Plexus came into full functioning in Atlantean times, during the period wherein the second great human race was developing. These lower centers are not so specifically related to initiations as are the centers above the diaphragm, for they are personality centers and have to be under the full control of the Soul when initiations of a certain degree are taken.
3. The Solar Plexus center is the great clearing-house for all energies below the diaphragm. This refers to the three major centers and the minor centers which were enumerated earlier. The relation of this center to the Astral plane is (to use a peculiar but most expressive word) acute. It is the recipient of all emotional reactions and of desire impulses and energies and, because humanity is today becoming active in a group sense and is more inclusive than ever before in human history, the situation is one of acute and extreme difficulty. Mankind, through the individual and also through the collective Solar Plexus, is being subjected to almost unendurable pressure. Such are the tests of initiation.
4. The Solar Plexus is the center in the Etheric vehicle through which humanity (average, unenlightened humanity) lives and moves and has its being. Humanity is conditioned by desire—good desire, selfish desire, wrong desire, and Spiritual desire. It is the center through which most of the energies flow which make a man progressive because he is ambitious, selfish because his personal desires are of importance, and fluidic because Astrally polarised. Through it the "bright light generated in Atlantis" is poured, and the Astral light is contacted. It is therefore the center through which most mediums work and clairvoyants function. Later, these people will learn to work as intermediaries, consciously and intelligently using their powers; they will possess clear perception, and this will supersede clairvoyance. They will then be polarised in the Ajna center. It is consequently a most disturbing center in the body, and is a basic cause of the majority of stomach complaints and troubles connected with the liver. The entire area immediately below the diaphragm is in a constant state of turmoil, where average man is concerned; this is due to individual and collective causes.
It is interesting to note here that just as the Ajna center (the synthesis of the personality forces, when highly developed) is a great directing and distributing agent, so the Solar Plexus center (the synthesis of the average developed personality energies, prior to the process of integration) is a center for collection, for a gathering-in of all the lower energies, and is finally a focal point for the direction and distribution of these collected energies—remitting them to their receptive higher centers:
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