You Could be Staring at Perfect Health

The ancient practice of "Sun Gazing" is enjoying a revival.

The Theory:

The sun is the primary source of energy on our planet. Just as plants convert the sun's energy via photosynthesis and solar cells trap and convert solar energy, so our minds and bodies can receive and convert the sun's rays into life and healing energies. While this energy can be received through the skin, it is most effectively absorbed and retained through our eyes.

The Benefits:

* Improved eyesight, dispensing the need for eyeglasses (vitamin A is absorbed directly from the sun);

* Reduction of mental problems, tensions, fear and depression (from the sun's healing rays received via the retina into the brain);

* Increased sense of harmony, compassion and confidence;

"Look at the rising sun.
Look at the setting sun.
Your mind's inspiration
And your heart's aspiration
Will immediately increase."


- Sri Chinmoy (1)

* Reduction of physical ailments over time. Different organs and maladies of the body are said to respond to specific spectra of sunlight;

* Some claim the practice supplants the need to take food, eventually removing hunger. As all food comes from either plants or animals (which in turn get their food from plants), the sun is the ultimate source of all food through photosynthesis. Sun gazing bypasses the "middle-men" of plants and/or animals by receiving energy direct from the sun, thereby eliminating the costly and wasteful by-products of the food chain. Some sun gazers do not eat solid food at all, though most who have undertaken the full course of sun gazing continue to eat at least some solid food.

The Practice:

A "course" of sun gazing takes about 9 months to complete, with a commitment of one session per day. It is claimed that only one course of sun gazing is necessary in order to establish perfect health, whereafter it is not necessary to continue the practice, though it is advised that one should walk barefoot in the open air for 45 minutes each day to maintain the benefits of the practice.

How and When to Sun Gaze:

* Sun gazing should be performed once a day, during either the first hour after the sun rises or the last hour before the sun sets. These are the times when UV and IR levels are at their lowest;

* Look directly at the sun, preferably from a vantage point where neither you nor your view of the sun will be impeded or disturbed;

* Do not wear glasses or look through lenses of any sort, including windows;

* It is OK to blink;

* Some proponents advise standing barefoot on the bare earth while sun gazing to better absorb the energy from the earth as well as the sun;

* On rainy or overcast days, simply look at where the sun is and imagine it even if you cannot see it directly;

* On the first day, look directly at the sun for only 10 seconds;

* On the second day, and each day thereafter, add 10 seconds to the time spent sun gazing. After 10 days, you would be spending 100 seconds, ie one minute and 40 seconds gazing directly at the sun. By the completion of the course, ie after 9 months you will be sun gazing for 44 minutes continuously.

What to avoid:

* If the eyes squint to the point where they close, or if the cheeks flush then it is advisable to stop sun gazing for that day.

(1) Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 145, # 14,404.

Article Source: http://www.content.onlypunjab.com

Prachar Stegemann is a member of the Sri Chinmoy Centre in Canberra, Australia. He also helps to organise the popular Sri Chinmoy Triple-Triathlon and Sri Chinmoy Triathlon Festival events in Australia. Prachar contributes to: www.srichinmoybio.co.uk/

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