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Safe sun gazing

Safe Sun Gazing How to do Safe Sun gazing Sun Gazing is an ancient practice that has been rediscovered, researched and retaught by Hira Ratan Manek. Warning:  It can be harmful to look at the sun during non-safe hours (the time between one hour after sunrise and one hour before sunset). Even during safe times, use your own intuition and common sense to gauge whether the sun is safe or unsafe at the time you are watching it. If you eyes are blinking very rapidly or if your face is getting heated up during the practice, you are probably watching the Sun during non-safe hours. Beginners are encouraged to do sun-gazing when UV index is absolutely zero when the sun is dark orange or red in color (towards the beginning of sun-rise or toward the end of sunset). Sungazing is a very simple practice (read the detailed method below before your start the sun gazing practice) where you watch the Sun during safe hour...

Sun Yogi Umasankar

Sun Yogi Umasankar Normally, how long can an average human being survive without food or water? Or without sleep? The answer would probably be: a few days. Is there a possibility that a human being can procure necessary nutrients and energy directly from the sun energy and get rid of the need to eat or drink water? There indeed is one such man, now becoming well-known as Sun Yogi, who has discovered a unique method of absorbing energy directly from the chief source of energy in our world: the sun. Armed with this less known Indian system, he is travelling barefoot across the country to spread the message of ‘Universal Unity, Peace and Brotherhood’. He has already logged in 62,000 km. Born Umashankar in 1967 in Midnapore, West Bengal, he developed an early interest in yoga and religion. A Calcutta university graduate with a diploma in electronics, he was managing his electronics shop when in 1995 he decided to chuck it all up and headed for the Aurobindo Ashram in Pondic...

Sun Yoga Basics

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Sun Yoga Basics            When we hear the word "yoga," we imagine a yogi twisting his body into a pretzel or performing special breathing exercises. This is hatha yoga or physical yoga. "Yoga" means union. The goal of every type of yoga is union with God, the Solar Presence. Hatha yoga tries to reach this union through the body, karma yoga through service, kriya yoga through light and colors. Jnana yoga attempts to unite us to god through study, reflection and intellectual activity. Bhakti yoga os the yoga of devotion. Raja yoga teaches concentration and self-control. Agni yoga is the yoga of spiritual fire and shabda yoga connects us through sacred words or mantras.                  Surya yoga or sun yoga is the highest yoga and the fastest path to union. Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov wrote, “Surya yoga includes them all: adoration, wisdom, power as well as purity, activity and dedication, l...