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    Sun Gazing: Why I Stare At The Sun


    PLEASE NOTE: This sungazing information is for educational purposes only. We do not recommend sungazing to anyone. If you are considering sun gazing, please research this as much as possible.

    Sun Gazing: Why I Stare at the Sun
    Sun gazing. Sounds crazy doesn’t it? Doctor’s warn you about how dangerous the sun is, and how harmful it can be to your health. They recommend we wear sun screens, and shades, and limit our exposure. People complain about skin cancer, sun damage, and sun blindness, and yet all of these things have little to do really, with the sun.

    Studies have shown that exposure to sunshine aids the healing of melanoma, and non-hodgkin’s lymphoma. Research indicates it could be an aid in other cancers also. It seems that vitamin D directly from the sun, is an excellent healing agent.

    It is recommended by some who advocate the use of sunshine, to limit sun exposure to some degree, so that you do not incur skin cancer. I suggest this also, for those who eat a normal American diet, or if you include grains in your diet. Your skin is your largest eliminatory organ, whereby unprocessed toxins are released through the skin’s pores. Interactions between the toxins and the sun’s rays, bring about what we know of, as skin cancer.

    Skin damage, such as leathering of the skin, is caused by lack of EFA’s in the diet. Sun blindness or damage to the eyes, is caused by the use of corrective lenses. Glasses, and contact lenses both, cause an unnatural glare on the eyes, when exposed to the sun. This can cause serious damage to the eyes over time.
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    Safe Use of the Sun:

    Common sun screens contain aluminum, a cancer causing substance. I recommend using plain sesame oil, it is an excellent sunscreen. Research shows it blocks the effects of the sun’s ray’s by about 30%.

    If you are going to be sunbathing, remove any corrective lenses you are wearing, or keep your eyes closed.

    If you eat an average diet, or eat grains, limit sun exposure, and wear protective clothing.
    Staring at the Sun:

    My journey with the ancient practice of sun gazing, began in Arizona, a little over three years ago. I had discovered an incredible diet that was to save my life, by the same man who recommended sungazing. His name was Vinny Pinto, and he ran a Yahoo group that focused on a man named Hira Ratan Manek. He was originally from India, and is commonly referred to as HRM.

    HRM has literally subsisted, and lived off of the sun’s energy since June 18th, 1995. That is right, he has not eaten solid food in 12 years. He has been studied by various researchers, such as the Thomas Jefferson University, and the University of Pennsylvania. Not only have they found his claims to be true, but medical evidence suggests this man is more healthy than a normal person of his age. This year he is 76.
    How does he do it?

    The ancient practice of sun gazing. Doctor’s found his neurons were active, and not dying. His pineal gland is actually growing, not shrinking, which is very unusual in someone over the age of fifty. The greatest average in someone over fifty, is a pineal size of 6×6 mm, HRM’s is 8×11 mm.

    I have spoken with HRM, and he has taught myself and others, his sungazing techniques. He now runs a website that can be found here. HRM is a little stricter in his training than I myself practice, but his guidelines are probably a must for the average beginner. Here is his process.
    My Sungazing Story

    In August of 2004, I went in to get a new contact lens prescription. I have a genetic retinal degeneratve disease, and am blind in one eye. My vision in my good eye, sent me home with a prescription of -19. That is a pretty extreme case of near sightedness. After vigilant sungazing one year, I returned to the same doctor in may 2006.

    This man was very mainstream, and when I told him I had been sun gazing, he went through the roof. He checked for eye damage…there was none. He checked my prescription. According to his device, my vision had changed to a prescription of -17.5. When I looked at the eye chart, it was even a vastly greater difference. He refused to give me anything lower than -17.5, saying the whole situation was impossible. This has not been the only situation in which a doctor has said the same thing to me. It took me months for my eyes to adjust, to a prescription that was too powerful.
    The Benefits of Sun Gazing:

    Sun gazers report a variety of benefits. The most basic are improved health, increased energy levels, clearer thinking, an increase in awareness, and results from what is called wish fulfillment.

    Wish fulfillment is practiced during the time that you are gazing at the sun. One focuses on inner desire and needs, and having these things come into one’s life. It is an amazing practice, and partly why I am so addicted to it. I have had countless things manifest for me after doing various wish fulfillments. It is kind of sad that I only get three months of sunshine living in Washington state!
    Am I Recommending Sun Gazing?

    Everyone must make their own choices, and come to their own conclusions. Do not take my word for it, but take the time to really look into it, if you are interested. You can find additional information from the scientist I previously mentioned, Vinny Pinto. Just type in sungazing into Google, and you will find ample information on the subject.

    Enjoy the sun!

    This article is meant to suggest possibilities, not diagnose or treat. Use wisdom in your actions, and consult a natural doctor when needed.


    Sungazing Process:

    HRM experimented on his own body for three years and devised this method based on trial and error. This can be accomplished by anyone in any part of the world at any time of the year. HRM is not a unique figure and anyone can do this. Now thousands are using this method of sungazing are achieving results. In Brazil, Australia, Germany, more than 3000 people are subsisting on light. This is a rebirth of a science that was practiced long time ago. Originally this was a spiritual practice in the ancient times and now it is becoming a scientific practice, which can be followed by anyone as described below. Day by day this practice of sungazing is becoming popular and has become known as the HRM Phenomena.
    Safe Sungazing Practice:

    Sungazing is a one-time practice of your lifetime usually for a period of 9 months. You can break up the practice in three phases. 0 to 3 months, 3-6 months and 6- 9 months. You have to walk barefoot for 45 minutes for the rest of your life. Food makes us commit the maximum pain to others and exploit others. The practice entails looking at the rising or setting sun one time per day only during the safe hours. No harm will come to your eyes during the morning and evening safe hours. The safe hours are anytime within 1-hour window after sunrise or anytime within the 1-hr window before sunset. It is scientifically proven beyond a reasonable doubt that during these times, one is free from UV and IR rays exposure, which is harmful to your eyes. To determine the timings of sunrise or sunset, you can check the local newspaper, which also lists the UV Index as 0 during these times. Both times are good for practice - it depends on individual's convenience. Sun gazing also has the added advantage of getting vitamin A and D during the 1-hour safe period window. Vitamin A is necessary for the health of the eye, the only vitamin that the eye requires. If you sungaze, the spectacles and the associated power in the eye will go away and this will provide better eyesight without glasses.

    For those who cannot initially sungaze during the safe periods, sunbathing is an effective method for receiving the sun energy at a slower pace until one is able to sungaze. Best times to take sunbath is when the UV index is lower 2 or below. This usually occurs within the 2-hour window after sunrise or before sunset. Sun bathing during the day is to be avoided, except for during the winter months, when the UV index usually remains at 2 all throughout which is safe for sunbathing. Check your local newspaper to see the published results for UV Index to be sure. Also do not use sunscreen. When body gets heated up you perspire and sweat is a waste product and needs to go out of the body. When you are painted or coated with lotions and creams -- they get degenerated and the chemicals enter your body. It is our malpractice -our wrong use- why we blame the sun for skin cancers.
    Sungazing: 0 - 3 months.

    First day, during the safe hours, sungaze for a maximum of 10 seconds. Second day sungaze for 20 seconds at the rising sun adding ten seconds every succeeding day. So at the end of 10 continuous days of sungazing you will be looking at the sun for 100 seconds i.e. 1 minute and 40 seconds. Stand on bare earth with bare foot. Eyes can blink and/or flicker. Stillness or steadiness of the eyes is not required. Do not wear any lenses or glasses while sungazing.

    Why don't you watch the sun instead of the TV? The intensity of the TV is much more than the rising or setting of the sun. If you can watch TV at close ranges for extended periods of time, you can easily watch the rising or setting sun safely. Have a belief that the sunrays or lights that you are getting into your eyes are of immense benefit and will not harm you. This will give you earlier, quicker and better results. Even without a belief component also you will get the results provided that you follow the practice, however, it will take longer time. On the other hand, you need not restrict any of your normal daily routines to sungaze. There are no restrictions. You can enjoy your food while applying this practice. Hunger will disappear eventually by itself.

    You may consider sungazing from the same place at the same time daily. Following circadian patterns has its advantages. If you pray, you can have any prayer of your choice. No particular one is suggested and it is not a requirement. As a precaution, have your eyes examined by a doctor. This is to err on the side of caution from a scientific standpoint. Also, you should have periodic check ups. Additionally, you can buy photo sun-cards to monitor UV and IR radiation, which are priced at about $2. (when cards are kept in the sunlight). There is no need to buy an expensive $500 photosensometer. If your cheeks get heated up then stop gazing. Use common sense.

    When you reach three months you will have gazed at the sun 15 minutes at a stretch. If you can watch TV for 3 hours, surely you can see the sun for that long. What is happening as you go up to 15 minutes? The sun energy or the sunrays passing through the human eye are charging the hypothalamus tract, which is the pathway behind the retina leading to the human brain. As the brain receives the power supply through this pathway, it is activated into a brainutor. One of the software programs inherent in the brain will start running and we will begin to realize the changes since we will have no mental tension or worries. Besides, we will have the self-confidence to face life problems by means of developing a positive mind set instead of a negative one. Moreover, we will become fearless since our psychosis will have disappeared so will have all the ills of the mind. This is the first phase of the method and lasts around 3 months.

    Humans have good and bad qualities, which are 2 sides of the same coin. In the absence of the sunlight we develop bad qualities. When sunlight enters the brain, good qualities come into appearance replacing bad ones. Eventually, even spiritual ignorance goes away. Sometimes, you get confused from what you hear and read. You get contradictory information such as red wine is good for you and alcohol is bad for you. You are baffled with life's problems and detest decision-making. But after 3 months of sun gazing, you develop a sense of confidence and know the answers for yourself spiritually. There is a balance of the mind, where you are in a position to judge personal answers - the correct answers. You develop powers that are already inherent in you. Bad qualities disappear, anger, greed, jealousy leave you. You become a lovable creature. Everybody likes you. You will do no wrong. If you are positive or fearless, you will not harm anybody nor pain anybody. You will become a compassionate person. This is a great contribution to world peace. A positive approach creates solutions to problems and waste in society. There will be no need for environmental engineers. We won't throw waste, as there is no away. By 3.5 months everything changes.

    Besides, mental depression will go away. Psychiatrists are observing that sadness is caused by lack of sunlight. With the practice of sungazing you will not have depression in your whole lifetime. You will achieve a perfect balance of mind. Fear of death will go away. The state of mind is such that you will welcome death. What is to happen, you will be able to let it happen. There will be no worries. Everyone has some sort of mental disorder, which is the biggest human problem, which can be removed by the proper use of sunlight.
    Sungazing: 3 - 6 months.

    Next, Physical diseases will start being cured. 70 to 80% of the energy synthesized from food is taken by the brain and is used up in fueling tensions and worries. With a lack of mental tension, brain does not require the same amount of energy as before. As you proceed in sun gazing and as your tensions decrease the need for food intake will go down.

    When you reach 30 minutes duration of continuously sungazing, you will slowly be liberated from physical disease since by then all the colors of the sun will have reached the brain through the eye. Brain regulates the flow of color prana appropriately to the respective organs. All the internal organs get ample supply of the required color prana. The vital organs are dependent on certain sun color prana. Kidney red, Heart yellow, Liver green etc. Colors reach the organs and address any deficiencies. This is how color therapies work... Reiki and Pranic Healing. There is a lot of information available on color therapy. This is the process of getting liberated from physical ailments over a six-month period. After 3-4 months you can become cured of your physical ailments with autosuggestion, which is imagining and visualizing healing your ailments while he sungazing. Scientific methods such as the Solariums, crystals, color bottles, natural stones, gems, all utilize sun energy, which is stored in these natural stones. You can keep natural color stones in drinking water to further hasten healing.

    In solariums there is usually a platform at the height of 100 feet where each of the 7 glass cabinets is constructed for each of the VIBGYOR colors. This platform revolves around the sun whole day and according to the nature of the disease diagnosed, the patient is placed in the appropriate color for healing. Similarly, glass drinking water bottles with different colors are kept in sun for 8 hours. The water gets solarized and water develops medicinal value and is used to treat different diseases.

    Photosynthesis, which we misunderstand, does not in fact need chlorophyll. Only the plant kingdom needs chlorophyll. Human body can do it with a different medium. Photosynthesis is transforming the sun energy into a usable energy format. This is how Photovoltaic cells work and electricity is produced, similarly water is heated, food is cooked in solar cooker, and solar batteries run automobiles.

    Eyes receive the entire spectrum of the sunlight while sungazing, which is distributed to the different parts of the body by the brain on a need per basis. As a result, you are cured from all diseases. A 3rd intermediate medium is avoided. As you continue sungazing, energy is no longer being used up for mental impairments or physical ailments; thus its storage level increases in your body. You are your own master within 6 months.
    Sungazing: 6 - 9months.

    After 6-months of sungazing you will start to have the original form of micro food, which is our sun. Additionally, this can avoid the toxic waste that you take into your body while you eat regular food.

    7.5 months and 35 min of sungazing is when hunger starts going down palpably. Need for food intake decreases. No one needs to eat more than his or her hunger levels. Hunger comes because of energy requirements of the body, which is a must for its existence. Food is not a necessity for the body to function, only energy is. Conventionally, you are indirectly getting the sun energy while eating food, which is a by-product of sun energy. If there is no sunlight, no food will grow.

    Therefore, as you consume the original form of food by sungazing, hunger goes down starting to disappear eventually. By eight months, you should see hunger almost gone. For a dull or weak student or with no belief, this time period may be 9 months or 44 minutes. After that time, hunger disappears forever. All mechanisms associated with hunger like aroma, cravings, and hunger pangs also disappear. Moreover, energy levels are at a higher level. There is a judgment (having had this experience) that the brain is well activated with the sun energy. Well done, you have become a solar cooker.

    Sungazing after 9 Months:

    After nine months or when you reach to a 44 minutes level, you should give up sungazing since solar science prohibits further gazing for the sake of eye care. The body will get discharged when you stop practicing, which has to be recharged. Now you have to start walking on bare foot on bare earth for 45 minutes daily for a total of 6 days. Relaxed walking only. No need to walk briskly, jog or run. Any convenient time of the day is all right, however it is preferred to do that when the earth is warmer and the sunlight is falling on your body. When you walk bare foot, an important gland in the brain's center called the pineal gland or the third eye is activated. The big toe of the foot represents this gland. 25 years ago it was considered a useless gland. Now it has become an important gland for study and up to now, about 18,000 papers have been published about it. It has always been known as the Seat of the soul. The Pineal gland has optic nerve endings. The remaining four toes represent glands too -- pituitary, hypothalamus, thalamus and amygdala. Amygdala for the last 2 years has been gaining importance in medical research. It's a nucleus of the sun or cosmic energy and plays an important role in the photosynthesis via the sunlight reaching the brain through the eye. When you walk bare foot, your body weight stimulates all these 5 glands through your toes. This is strengthened by the earth heat/energy and the sun prana falling on the head or the crown chakra. The chakras are not in the spinal cord that is an imaginary location; they are definitely in the brain. All these create a magnetic field and the body/brain recharges with the energy of the sun entering in you. Relax. Walk 45 minutes for one year and food continues to be away from you. After one year of recharging, if you are satisfied with your progress you can give up barefoot walking. Few minutes of sun energy falling on you once in 3-4 days will be enough from then on.

    But if you want the immune system to strengthen, then keep on the bare foot walking. Also if you want memory power or intelligence to increase, continue the walking practice. As you increase the sun's heat on your feet the brain will activate more and more, which will result in the more activity of the Pineal gland. The Pineal gland has certain psychic and navigational functions. Navigational means one can fly like the birds. You can develop psychic skills of telepathy and have your body at different places simultaneously. Science has validated human psychic functions and medical experiments are being done to ascertain this. Different body parts and its organs get purified once you stop eating due to detoxification. The different internal organs play different mechanical parts for the purposes of space travel and flight. There is another utility value (other than food digestion) for the internal organs. All the glands have a lot of functions and can perform at optimal level via sun energy. If you are fortunate to activate the brain optimally you surely will reach enlightenment. You can read past, present, and future. This method can be safely applied to control obesity. Almost all problems get solved.

    Historically, a lot of people have remained without food. Accordingly in 1922, the Imperial Medical College in London decreed that solar rays were the ideal food for humans. However, no one has mentioned what their technique was-- For e.g. Yogananda in his book 'autobiography of yogi' interviewed many saints and mystics to find out the secret of their lack of eating food. The common reply was that the sun energy entered through a secret door and reached the medulla oblongata in the brain. They did not divulge their secret. This knowledge was lost to common folk at the time.

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    Ancient Hindu scriptures tell us the quickest way to charge the bodies cells is sungazing. To do this... stand barefoot on bare ground and roll the eyes around the sun. This bathes all the rods and cones in the eye and charges the bodies cells.

    You should sungaze only when the sun is fairly low in the sky... never attempt to sungaze when the sun is at or near it's zenith at noon or during an eclipse of the sun. You can sungaze... by looking directly at the sun at sunrise and sunset, without any discomfort. Begin by practicing these sungazing techniques slowly or for a short time at the beginning to see how your eyes are affected. Follow your inspiration. See detailed examples of sungazing methods below.

    Various names for sungazing: sun gazing, solar healing, solar gazing, sun staring, Sun Yoga, Surya Yoga and Solar Yoga.

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    Methods of charging the bodies cells: sungazing, walking barefoot on the earth with most of the body exposed to the sun; bathing or swimming in living sun-charged water of streams, rivers and lakes; drinking sun-charged water; eating living food as fresh as possible; prana breathing; find a power point where prana wells up out of the earth like a small whirlwind and stand in it; (go barefoot to look for these on hilltops, mountain ridges and peaks) exhilarate the mind with prayer, mantras, affirmations and singing to invoke god's grace.

    Illumination means to light up... and that's what we are trying to do here. You've seen paintings of Saints and Angels with a halo around their head... that's an indication of illumination... or spiritual enlightenment. The cells of the body become fully charged and the body begins to glow... the mind is cleared of mental clutter and the body becomes free of toxic waste and dis-ease.

    All of these methods of ascending require that you live a balanced spiritual life in which you are physically and mentally pure to maintain the sanity of your personal mind. As you ascend your reality may change very rapidly and you need to be able to keep your mental balance to continue upward.

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    "Shri Manek has researched ancient Jain and Hindu Scriptures and experimented with sungazing on himself under strict medical Scrutiny to Develop a simple and scientific technique of harnessing energy from the Sun and the Earth. He lived without food, on water alone, for a prolonged period of 411days..." [while under strict observation by medical doctors. He has gone years without eating... only drinking water... gaining all his sustenance from the sun.]

    "He dedicated his life to teaching how our body can gain energy from sources other than food. People who practiced this method have observed negative emotions to drop, chronic illnesses to disappear and all obsession with food become a thing of the past.''

    " Shri Manek’s method: Is to be practiced standing BAREFOOT on BARE EARTH. No wearing shoes, and no standing on concrete, stone or even on grass in a meadow or lawn (The grass absorbs the solar energy). One has to stand either on sand or on gravel/mud/ earth. Bare feet have to be in contact with the bare earth."

    "Practice sungazing in the open, in the first one hour after sunrise or the last one hour just before sunset. During this time, the sun rays are not too strong, and also the UV radiation etc. is supposed to be lower, so no harm will come to the eyes."

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    "Start by simply gazing (or rather, looking) at the sun for 10 seconds only. Do not stare or focus on the sun. Simply just look at it. No stress or strain on the face, facial muscles or eyes. Stand relaxed. No need to maintain an unblinking, unwinking stare. Blink as and when it naturally happens."

    "During the practice, the attitude of “surrender” to the natural divine cosmic sun energy must be there, as also an “auto-suggestion” and implicit belief that this is going to help/heal/nourish you. Increase the time you gaze at the sun by ten seconds each day."

    "In about three months time, you will be doing it for about 15 minutes. At this time, all your mental tensions, problems etc. will go away. This itself is a major thing. If this is your objective, you can stop the practice at this time and go to the 'Post sungazing practice'."

    "If you wish to go ahead, continue for another three months, increasing again by ten seconds each day. When you are six months into the practice, you will be somewhere around 30 minutes."

    "At this time, all your physical ailments will also be gone. If this is your objective, you can stop the practice at this time and go to the “Post sungazing practice”. If you wish to go ahead, continue for another three months, increasing again by ten seconds each day."

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    Sungazing Methods Most Commonly Used

    by Vinny Pinto

    My own experience with sungazing is that one should do it while standing (most preferable) or sitting with feet firmly on the ground, and first very briefly visualize (for only a few seconds) a tube running up and down the entire length of the spine, very clear and open (I believe this helps to open the 3 spinal energy channels [central channel, ida and pingala] to the energy flow.)

    Alternatively, or additionally, one can also briefly focus on, and relax, the throat and jaw areas. This seems to help the energies flow and reduce untoward symptoms or after-effects. Most beginners seem to start slowly, perhaps looking only at the sun with eyes closed for a few weeks, and then progressing to looking at a spot near the sun with eyes open for a few weeks, and then progressing finally to direct sungazing for very short periods at first, at times before 10:00 AM and after 3:30 PM. Some die-hard sungazers in temperate latitudes then seem to sometimes eventually progress to sungazing in midday even in summertime.

    When I sungaze, I draw the energy first to the heart center and then to the solar plexus and navel centers, and then, on exhale, out to the rest of the body. We all seem to notice that we may have some loss of vision in the center of the visual field (I see blurred light image of the sun) for about 10 minutes following a session, and some folks report really nasty headaches and sinus pains which may last for days afterward, especially when first starting, and my opinion (and that of others as well) is that this is especially severe if there are lots of pre-existing toxins or damaged tissue in that area.

    For those who have been practicing for some time and who are serious adherents,
    sungazing often may involve staring directly at the sun, often between 10 AM and 3 PM, when it is brightest (even in summer!), with eyes wide open, for many minutes at a time. Again, as noted before, most practitioners feel that one must also consciously circulate the energy received by the eyes through certain energy centers of the body as well.

    As noted earlier, I have sungazed occasionally for years. The practice can lead to very heavy cleansing symptoms in the beginning if one has lots of toxins on an energy level or the physical level. Again, please note that I am not advising this sungazing technique for anyone else.

    Sungazing: to stare directly at the sun, eyes open, usually while sitting with the feet on the ground, for anywhere from a minute to a half-hour, with appreciation and gratitude in the heart for all the sun gives us. In the 15-plus years in which I have been practicing this, I, along with others who do it, find that while early morning works well, the best times, at least in cool temperate climates, seem to be between 10 AM and 3 PM, when the sun is at its highest position and "brightest".

    A newcomer may get rather severe cleansing headaches at first (or is it major damage? who knows?). Please do not do this just on my word; please research it first!

    For those of us who do sungaze: We usually sit, face the sun, open our eyes, look at the sun, and then allow the the sun energy down to our heart chakra, solar plexus chakra, and navel chakra, and then allow it to flow to the rest of the body!

    If you are seriously contemplating sungazing, especially just outside the times just after sunrise or just before sunset, then you are likely a bit crazy. If you are considering it, then I would urge you to research the matter thoroughly and to consult deeply and sincerely with your intuition and heart intelligence before doing any sungazing, and do not push yourself if you do not feel ready! I do NOT recommend trying this!

    This page [except] was authored by Vinny Pinto, a scientist, mystic and spiritual healer.

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    What to Expect When You Sun Gaze

    by Mason Dwinell

    Sungazing is tool for tapping the potential of your human being. Some change may occur to reach these peaks; your perceptions may alter circumstances, you will begin to change from the inside out, and as we all know change can be uncomfortable. Nonetheless, when we release our physical and emotional energetic blockages these changes will become trivial relative to the incredible expansiveness of the universe. We are all energetic beings, vibrating at different frequencies, so we should be comfortable with the concept that all of us are different. There may be many different reactions, sensations and experiences; remember, whatever happens to you is perfect. It is yours and yours only. Be positive and open-minded; feel all there is to feel.

    Once you reach about 15-18 minutes (3-4 months) of sungazing many of your mental tensions: irritability, anger, fear, grief, and general personal frustrations will go away. This is just the beginning, but what a beautiful beginning it is. Life will become easier, more comfortable and more enjoyable as you get closer and closer to finding out who you really are. A blissful, euphoric sensation may envelope you. Your energy levels may increase and the benefits of having a routine in conjunction with the earth's rhythms will begin to have a peaceful affect on your perception of the world.

    At about 25-30 minutes (6-7 months) of sungazing, your hungers will begin to diminish. How and why you make the choices you make may come forth with remarkable clarity. Your self confidence may begin to increase, as your comfort level with being you is heightened. And yes, your physical hunger for food will also begin to lessen.

    Between 35 and 40 minutes (9-10 months) of sungazing physical disharmonies, injuries, and diseases will be remedied. Also your hunger for food will begin to substantially diminish. At this point you may also feel awakenings in your charkas as well as possible energy beginning to stir within your kundalini. Each day more energy blockages will be dissolved as you get closer and closer to your higher self. At about 35 minutes your brain reaches its ability to store an energetic charge.

    You have reached the final step…40 to 44 minutes. Wow. Now you stop sungazing. To continue on can be very detrimental to your eyes. At this time, sungazing is concluded and there is no need to continue the practice any more. During the first three months, the pineal gland is getting activated, and the hypothalamus or pathway to the brain from the eye is getting charged. After that period the solar energy starts reaching your brain and charging it. After this period, the solar energy starts getting stored in each and every cell in your body. When all the cells in the body are purified there is no need to sungaze any more. Now your brain is fully charged, the ability to control your destiny is in your hands.

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    SUNLIGHT WILL HELP HEAL YOUR EYES

    "Gazing directly into the sun actually improves sight and aids in overcoming disease,," wrote Dr. Herbert Shelton.

    WITHOUT SUNLIGHT YOU WILL DIE"Without sunshine, there would be no life possible on earth," writes Dr. Edwin Flatto. The sun provides the basis for all life on earth.

    The sun is the source of energy for all plants, and indirectly, for all animals. Sunlight purifies water, air and the surfaces of objects.

    "Shut up the strongest man in a dark dungeon, and he becomes pale like a corpse, his blood loses its vitality, and he is liable to scrofulous disease. He loses the power of resisting disease influences," wrote Dr. Thomas Low Nichols.

    "Take away the sunlight and all life on earth would soon perish. Deprived of sunlight, man loses physical vigor and strength and will develop a disinclination for activity," wrote Dr. Herbert Shelton. Shelton wrote that the "jailbird" who has been locked in his cell for sometime with a lack of sunlight, is in line for disease and will waste away.

    Feed two animals the same diet but keep one in a dark closet and allow the other to be out in the sunshine. The animal that's kept in the closet will be weak, stunted and die prematurely.

    FOR BEST RESULTS WHEN EXPOSED TO SUNLIGHT, DO NOT USE EYEGLASSES, SUNGLASSES, SUNLAMPS, SUNSCREENS, SUNTAN LOTIONS OR TANNING PILLS

    Eyeglasses and contact lenses rob you of energy by blocking some of the ultra violet rays that travel through the eyes to the pineal gland, writes Patricia McCormac.

    After discontinuing wearing his eyeglasses, Dr. John Ott writes that he exposed his eyes to the sunlight without lenses. His vision was much improved. He recommended similar therapy to his friends and they received similar improvement in their vision. Ott writes that nothing should block out the full spectrum of sunlight, no glasses of any kind to block the ultra violet rays, and especially, no dark glasses.

    Sunglasses block healing ultra-violet light and thus contribute to the increased incidence of blindness and eye disease in this country, writes Dr. Jacob Liberman.

    Suntan lotions should not be used because they can cause cancer, writes Dr. Zane R. Kime.

    "Artificial sun-lamps can do irreparable damage. None of the lamps, regardless of the price, contain more than a few of the rays found in the sun. The ultra-violet rays, because of their short length in artificial lamps, can be very harmful," writes Dr. William Esser.

    Sunscreen may actually increase the risk of cancer, so proposed California researchers in a paper published in January, 1993, in the Annals of Epidemiology. The researchers contended that UVB- blocking sunscreens had contributed to increasing skin-cancer rates, by disabling the body's natural alarm mechanism: sunburn. The researchers also posited that because UVB rays are the main source of vitamin D, and because vitamin D may inhibit the progression of melanoma, and because sunscreens block UVB rays- sunscreens might promote vitamin D deficiencies and cause melanomas. (UVB is the shorter wavelength of ultraviolet light that damages the skin. UVA is the longer of the two types of ultraviolet light that reaches the earth. UVA is responsible for tanning.)

    In a study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute in January,1993, researchers from the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center applied three common types of sunscreen to mice and then exposed most of them to sunlamps twice a week for three weeks. Melanoma cells were then injected into all the mice. The mice exposed to the ultraviolet (UV) rays, even if they were treated with sunscreen, had a higher incidence of melanoma than those not exposed to UV rays. The researchers theorized that sunscreens may allow enough UV to penetrate the skin to suppress the immune response and/or damage DNA, thus allowing tumors to develop.

    UVA can cause skin cancer, particularly melanoma, according to the Texas researchers. The sunscreens used in the mouse study blocked little or no UVA.

    Tanning pills are unsafe, writes Consumer Reports. Consumer Reports write that Canthaxanthin, a dye, used in tanning pills, builds up in the retina and liver, causes skin reactions and itching, and leads to a type of hepatitis.

    If we choose to expose our nude skins to the sunshine, all we need do is pay attention to our bodies. Our bodies are always talking to us and we must learn to listen. If the sunshine is going to be harmful to us, our bodies will feel uncomfortable in the sunshine. This will force us to withdraw our bodies from the sunshine before the sunshine can injure us. DON'T BLOCK THE SUN OR YOU MAY DEVELOP CANCER BY REDUCING VITAMIN D ABSORPTION

    Anything that blocks sunshine from penetrating the skin will reduce the amount of vitamin D that the body makes.

    People with lower levels of activated vitamin D are at greater risk for colon cancer, writes the Lancet.

    Vitamin D "in man, absorption is through the skin," by the influence of sunlight, writes Dr. Viviana Virginia Vetrano.
    HOW TO SUNBATHE CORRECTLY


    "Wild animal life spends the cool portions of the day in the sun and seeks the shade and rest when it is hottest," wrote Dr. Shelton.

    "Absorb the sun's rays during the early morning or just before sunset, when the sun's rays are slanting, and when your shadow is longer than you are," writes Dr. Edwin Flatto.

    "Rooms which are poorly ventilated, into which the sunshine is not permitted to shine and which are damp and not dried by your home heating system are destructive of both life and health," writes Rise Rafferty. Rafferty also writes, shutters and heavy curtains block the life-giving rays of sunlight from the chamber. This should not be so.

    A sunny exposure, plenty of large windows, and no blinds or curtains, wrote Dr. Thomas Low Nichols.

    CANCER OF THE BREAST, PROSTATE, REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS & COLON ARE CAUSED BY NOT EXPOSING THESE VITAL ORGANS TO THE SUN & AIR

    Unfortunately we are forced in our "un-civilization to constantly keep covered with tight, restrictive garments and undergarments, brassieres, panties, underpants,& bathing suits, our breasts, prostates, reproductive organs and colons.


    "Man's resistance to atmospheric changes is also lowered to such an extent that every time he meets a sudden change in temperature he suffers. The Indian could travel all day in a blinding snowstorm or swim frozen streams but if his 'pale face' brother attempted this he died a few days later of pneumonia. A skin debilitated by the hot house conditions produced by clothing is not an adequate protection for its owner. The sooner he begins to harden and revive it the better it will be for his health."


    The fact is, clothing is both artificial and harmful." "In truth man was designed by the Creator to enjoy the direct rays of the sun and the soothing and strengthening influence of the winds over the whole surface of his body. He is by nature a nude animal."


    Sylvester Graham, wrote in "Lectures on The Science of Human Life": "If man were always to go entirely naked, the external skin, the anatomical structure and functional character and relations of which we have fully contemplated, would be preserved in a more healthy and vigorous state, And perform its functions more perfectly, and thereby the whole human system in all its properties, powers and interests, would be benefited; the circulation, and particularly the venous circulation which is near the surface, would be more free, full and perfect; respiration or breathing would also be more free, full and perfect; voluntary action would be more u~restrained and easy; the bones would be less liable to disease and distortion; all the muscles of voluntary motion would be better developed and more powerful; in short, the anatomical development and symmetrical proportion, and the physiological power, and functions of every part in the whole system, would be more perfect; and, as a natural consequence, the sensual appetites would be more purely instinctive, and exert a less energetic and despotic influence on the mental and moral faculties, and imagination would be deprived of its greatest power to do evil".

    EAT FRUITS & PLANTS TO GET STORED SUN ENERGY

    Fruits and plants have the ability to trap and store sun energy. We get our energy from eating fruits and plants. When we eat fruits & green leafy vegetables, we are eating stored sun power.

    SUNBATHING HAS BEEN USED TO HEAL, SINCE THE DAWN OF HISTORY

    "For untold centuries the sun has been worshiped as the visible symbol of the creative power," wrote Bernarr McFadden.

    "From the dawn of history the sun has been utilized specifically as an aid to the restoration of health and as a means of maintaining and increasing it.

    Hippocrates used "medicine (drugs) very little but relied upon sunlight, hydrotherapy, diet and water drinking, rest, and gymnastic exercise," wrote Bernarr McFadden.

    SUNBATHING HELPS EVERYONE LOOK, FEEL, GET AND FUNCTION BETTER

    Everyone sick or well, looks better, feels better, gets better and functions better, after exposing every part of their nude bodies to the beautiful sunshine. Sunbathe each moment you can. It helps you in every possible way!

    source

    Warning! Blindness can result from doing this wrong! Extensive research could not confirm these claims. Hira Ratan Manek teaches how we can live on just the energy of sunlight and water. He has eaten solid food just five to seven times in the last 10 years. He once fasted under 24-hour medical supervision for more than 200 consecutive days. SolarHealing.com.

    Sungazing: History

    The Sun is the biggest planet in our planetary system. Its circumference is 109 times bigger than that of the earth and it can accommodate 1.3 million earths in it. Due to all these magnificent powers of the sun, it is no wonder that it has inspired the mankind throughout the history. It has been worshiped from the earliest of times by many societies living in different parts of the world. Each civilization had a different story about it.

    In ancient Egypt, the sun was worshiped as Ra. Mankind and animals were said to have come into being through his tears. The king himself was believed to be the "Son of Ra".

    Science has proved the need for sunlight for growth, agriculture, health and numerous other aspects of human life. To get energy for their body, Native Indians take sunbath by standing in the sun for two hours exposing maximum parts of their body and they don't need to eat food on those days. They sustain on micro food of the sunlight. When clouds gather we become gloomy. We see the sun and get energetic.

    Additionally, the rays of the sun with seven colors have a cure for all kinds of diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, obesity, arthritis, osteoporosis, cancer and others. If world peace is to be achieved, everyone should have a perfect balance of mind. Thus, this method can also contribute to the world peace.

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    I've been sungazing for several months now, but not everyday because we get more cloudy days than clear ones.
    What all this proves to me is that we've been lied to about the Sun's purpose in our lives. We NEED the Sun....
    Thanks for sharing...

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    I haven't been regularly, but I am going to start!

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    today 18min 30sec sungazing
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    Have enjoyed the staring at the sun since a young age still to this day. Perhaps foolishly, I don't know, but even would do so around middle of the day. For no more than a few seconds I'd try to keep my eyes fixed on the disc but my eyes quickly flooded with water. (I am NOT suggesting anyone try this, only did it when I was a kid but not these days). Now I just like to enjoy it close to setting and quite comfortably gaze at the disc for several minutes. At times it looks like a dancing snake circling the circumference, a bit brighter than the disc, and with mental will can make it go clockwise then in reverse. It has always felt like a natural compulsion to stare at the sun for as long as I can remember and don't think I'll ever stop.. not when it's this beautiful.

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    the sun is a picture of our spirit, as is the moon a picture of our soul and the earth in picture our flesh ... 3 always relates to perception as in wisdom/flesh, knowledge/soul and understanding/spirit and theses three in all three or 3 + 3 + 3 = 9 or nine months of labor to bring fourth a son ( no gender implied )

    the moon has no light of its own, but reflects the suns light, and as a lesser light rules the night ... or in picture Eve the mother of all living ...

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    With reference to EFA's mentioned in original post, it's been just shy 1 year that I turned around my eating habit and my breakfast is the same thing everyday.. A mix of grains seeds and nuts as well as supplementing with omega-3 & Mg. Since making this change and combined with usual Sun gazing I have noticed the following...

    1. ability to gaze comfortably for longer periods, 30mins but could go longer, and at higher angle in the sky, though still pretty close to sun set.

    2. Increase in mental alertness & clarity plus improved feeling of general well being. Mediation quality feels like it has improved too.

    3. Eat way less food because I'm hardly ever hungry throughout the day I don't snack. Only eat the basic breakfast mentioned earlier & light dinner. 6hrs apart, so an intermittent fast I guess.

    Almost everyday I awake and go on a 6-7km hike through the hills and then before dinner hit the weights so I think I'm burning more calories than I am putting in... So the Sun picks up the difference?. I don't know... Now I can't say for sure this is because of only staring at the sun since I also have used nearly 30kg of my body fat stores since last year too... I'll put it down to 50% nourishment from sun just because reasons.
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    Quote Posted by Ankle Biter (here)
    With reference to EFA's mentioned in original post, it's been just shy 1 year that I turned around my eating habit and my breakfast is the same thing everyday.. A mix of grains seeds and nuts as well as supplementing with omega-3 & Mg. Since making this change and combined with usual Sun gazing I have noticed the following...

    1. ability to gaze comfortably for longer periods, 30mins but could go longer, and at higher angle in the sky, though still pretty close to sun set.

    2. Increase in mental alertness & clarity plus improved feeling of general well being. Mediation quality feels like it has improved too.

    3. Eat way less food because I'm hardly ever hungry throughout the day I don't snack. Only eat the basic breakfast mentioned earlier & light dinner. 6hrs apart, so an intermittent fast I guess.

    Almost everyday I awake and go on a 6-7km hike through the hills and then before dinner hit the weights so I think I'm burning more calories than I am putting in... So the Sun picks up the difference?. I don't know... Now I can't say for sure this is because of only staring at the sun since I also have used nearly 30kg of my body fat stores since last year too... I'll put it down to 50% nourishment from sun just because reasons.
    The lifestyle you describe here is very attracting to me. I live in Washington state so the regular practice of sun gazing has not been a daily thing, but I have practiced it. One thing I am noticing very strongly lately is my lack of desire for much food and when I do eat it is in smaller amounts. I am eating a very good diet of foods in their natural state for the most part. There was no conscious decision to eat less it is happening organically. Two quite small meals and sometimes that seems like more than I want. I have a great amount of vitality like this. It is a very interesting thing that this is happening. Is it part of different frequencies? I don't know. I am even doing a strength training routine in place of my ability to work outside due to weather and rain/snow and still no increase in appetite.

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    Quote Posted by Pam (here)
    Quote Posted by Ankle Biter (here)
    With reference to EFA's mentioned in original post, it's been just shy 1 year that I turned around my eating habit and my breakfast is the same thing everyday.. A mix of grains seeds and nuts as well as supplementing with omega-3 & Mg. Since making this change and combined with usual Sun gazing I have noticed the following...

    1. ability to gaze comfortably for longer periods, 30mins but could go longer, and at higher angle in the sky, though still pretty close to sun set.

    2. Increase in mental alertness & clarity plus improved feeling of general well being. Mediation quality feels like it has improved too.

    3. Eat way less food because I'm hardly ever hungry throughout the day I don't snack. Only eat the basic breakfast mentioned earlier & light dinner. 6hrs apart, so an intermittent fast I guess.

    Almost everyday I awake and go on a 6-7km hike through the hills and then before dinner hit the weights so I think I'm burning more calories than I am putting in... So the Sun picks up the difference?. I don't know... Now I can't say for sure this is because of only staring at the sun since I also have used nearly 30kg of my body fat stores since last year too... I'll put it down to 50% nourishment from sun just because reasons.
    The lifestyle you describe here is very attracting to me. I live in Washington state so the regular practice of sun gazing has not been a daily thing, but I have practiced it. One thing I am noticing very strongly lately is my lack of desire for much food and when I do eat it is in smaller amounts. I am eating a very good diet of foods in their natural state for the most part. There was no conscious decision to eat less it is happening organically. Two quite small meals and sometimes that seems like more than I want. I have a great amount of vitality like this. It is a very interesting thing that this is happening. Is it part of different frequencies? I don't know. I am even doing a strength training routine in place of my ability to work outside due to weather and rain/snow and still no increase in appetite.
    Ditto Pam. It came about organically for me too... I had actually planned to increase my number of meals and range of foods because I went on a fitness spree and that's just how it's done or so I thought. As well as the reduction in frequency of meals and portion sizes, like you, will avoid anything that has had several levels of processing and as close to it's natural state as possible. My favourite so far has been the swiss chard & perpetual spinach I planted a couple months back and now wish I planted way more.

    I also went from 7-8 double shot coffees per day to now just 1, instead opting for more kinds of teas. Then I've got some Tulsi plants and lots of Rosemary to which I add to normal drinking water, and I think it was only after I started doing that did I read that Tulsi has been found to support pineal gland health. So yeah interestingly you raise the point of frequencies, certainly it does feel that way. Through 2020 and into start of 2021 everything that was happening in the global theatre had a certain energy signature that was all too familiar and based on past experiences with them was easy to discern the bs that needed to be dodged... and with that most of the changes started to fall into place by themselves so maybe my antennae got realigned and intuitively locked in better habits, including the Sun gazing... at risk of sounding too cliche, The Sun, It calls to me. I hope you get some days with clear skies and opportunities to let your eyes take in the beautiful golden light.
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    I did some of this last Summer! Not a lot but it was quick acting enough for me to notice acute affects. They didn't last too long afterwards since I didn't commit - and now it's pretty lame to even try because it's Winter and it's overcast most days here. I absolutely didn't start with a measly 10 seconds though. I'm a go big or go home kind of person, for better or worse. This time it was for the better; I was doing 15 minutes and I felt splendiferous afterwards and I'd already been feeling really good before. It seemed to have a compounding effect with the rest of my healthy lifestyle and that may be well it was so acute for me, and maybe even why I was able to withstand 15 minutes starting out without any negative side effects. Pretty much any day that's it's above the freezing point, I never wear shoes except for work or errands in places that are, as I call them, shoddist(!). So I'm almost always grounded/earthed. I fast a lot as well, almost never having more than one meal a day.

    I didn't see it mentioned yet. I believe a big part of why this is beneficial is because of the red light from the sun that is most abundant during sunrise and sunset. Red light (therapy) is a very beneficial thing that, in short, supercharges your mitochondria, which will in turn promote better biogenesis and ultimately a better body all around. Since -- if you learned anything in science class at all -- the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell! And every single cell has mitochondria.

    I think that contemporary red light therapy treatment will pretty much mimic the exclusive affects of sungazing. They're getting pretty popular. I know some Planet Fitness location have a red light therapy booth, though this limit on this is only 12 minutes a day. I still feel quite good after I get out of one of these though. The caveat, however, is that this is only the light. No earthing/grounding involved and whatnot. It could even be that being presently grounded, with soles on soil, has a special synergy with red light and you miss out on that synergy with artificial treatment.

    When my feet won't freeze in the cold I'm going to return to doing this and commit to it.
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    I've been doing this every day for a while now and I feel significantly more lucid and aware.

    I never really wear shoes and make sure I'm not when sun gazing, but that is my technique, no shoes and stare at the sunrise or sunset.

    Your eyes should not have to squint or notice any sensation of the sun being "too bright" if you do notice this stop staring!

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    Quote Posted by Metalaane (here)
    I did some of this last Summer! Not a lot but it was quick acting enough for me to notice acute affects. They didn't last too long afterwards since I didn't commit - and now it's pretty lame to even try because it's Winter and it's overcast most days here. I absolutely didn't start with a measly 10 seconds though. I'm a go big or go home kind of person, for better or worse. This time it was for the better; I was doing 15 minutes and I felt splendiferous afterwards and I'd already been feeling really good before. It seemed to have a compounding effect with the rest of my healthy lifestyle and that may be well it was so acute for me, and maybe even why I was able to withstand 15 minutes starting out without any negative side effects. Pretty much any day that's it's above the freezing point, I never wear shoes except for work or errands in places that are, as I call them, shoddist(!). So I'm almost always grounded/earthed. I fast a lot as well, almost never having more than one meal a day.

    I didn't see it mentioned yet. I believe a big part of why this is beneficial is because of the red light from the sun that is most abundant during sunrise and sunset. Red light (therapy) is a very beneficial thing that, in short, supercharges your mitochondria, which will in turn promote better biogenesis and ultimately a better body all around. Since -- if you learned anything in science class at all -- the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell! And every single cell has mitochondria.

    I think that contemporary red light therapy treatment will pretty much mimic the exclusive affects of sungazing. They're getting pretty popular. I know some Planet Fitness location have a red light therapy booth, though this limit on this is only 12 minutes a day. I still feel quite good after I get out of one of these though. The caveat, however, is that this is only the light. No earthing/grounding involved and whatnot. It could even be that being presently grounded, with soles on soil, has a special synergy with red light and you miss out on that synergy with artificial treatment.

    When my feet won't freeze in the cold I'm going to return to doing this and commit to it.
    Currently I am in the central Australian desert where Summer is starting to taper off and move into Autumn (Fall). What that means, in Australia, is the ground isn't molten lava but still quite hot so I decided I would mix things up a bit and go no shoes. It was amazing! I mean once I picked out all of the three-cornered jacks from the bottom of my feet and then relocated to a patch of earth not directly over a bull ant colony it was amazing.. (laughs in Australian). In all seriousness though, I like this addition to the practice and will continue to witness to any effects.

    Thanks for raising the bit about the red light.. it wasn't that long ago that I was researching this for a friend who confessed to having trouble sleeping and was exploring things that would be helpful which is where I ventured down the rabbit hole of red light therapy. Now reading it in your post it's lines up perfectly and makes total sense!

    May we all find somewhere safe and comfortable to plant our feet and then take in the mana of the greatest Star in the sky!
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    Thank you, to the original poster for opening the subject.

    Yes when the time comes for this practice, we are called. It is important to not engage sooner.

    Sun gazing is a form of what the ancients call "tratak", for easy reference "conscious gazing". It is a concentration practice, and a main practice for those who engage in "jnana", less so for those whose path is "yoga" but it is included in the mix. Tratak has been a main practice for me in life and it is how the vision center, and what I do now, has been made possible to manifest.

    I began the practice, as taught, with a DOT ( bindu ), just a large round dot drawn onto a piece of paper and pinned to the wall at eye level >>> this gradually worked into practice upon light sources, beginning with a beeswax candle and culminating, once sufficient concentration had been developed, with sun gazing. I practiced this inside the period of the onset of my awakening ( 2009 ) for roughly 7 months. Then I rested. I now am called to it in moments for specific purpose.

    This link is for anyone who may be interested in how to intelligently practice tratak.


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    In a perfect tratak the concentration is steady, uninterrupted, and evidenced by the eyes no longer blinking.

    In this video you will see an example of the consciousness being fixed in a perfect tratak.

    Even while the mind moves and the young man speaks.

    It is palpable. Feel this and it will help you.


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    Documentary on sun gazing

    Synopsis:

    Is it possible to stare at the sun and not eat? Meet Mason.

    Mason is a modern day 'sungazer' and subject of Peter Sorcher’s award-winning and suspenseful documentary film that follows Mason on an unbelievable and often hilarious cross-country tour into the little known world of sungazing – an ancient practice of looking directly at the sun to derive physical and spiritual benefits.

    Sungazers claim improved health including, better eyesight, weight loss, higher levels of energy and, in some cases, the loss of the desire and the need to eat food.

    Throughout his journey, Mason is riddled with uncertainty. Will he damage his eyes? Is the man who inspires thousands to sungaze lying? Will Mason succeed in his quest to uncover the truth?



    https://www.cultureunplugged.com/pla...MbH_dc1Z3ClE6A

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    Thank you for posting, leavesoftrees, I look forward to watching this later tonight.
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    Default Re: Sun Gazing: Why I Stare At the Sun

    Quote Posted by leavesoftrees (here)
    Documentary on sun gazing

    Synopsis:

    Is it possible to stare at the sun and not eat? Meet Mason.

    Mason is a modern day 'sungazer' and subject of Peter Sorcher’s award-winning and suspenseful documentary film that follows Mason on an unbelievable and often hilarious cross-country tour into the little known world of sungazing – an ancient practice of looking directly at the sun to derive physical and spiritual benefits.

    Sungazers claim improved health including, better eyesight, weight loss, higher levels of energy and, in some cases, the loss of the desire and the need to eat food.

    Throughout his journey, Mason is riddled with uncertainty. Will he damage his eyes? Is the man who inspires thousands to sungaze lying? Will Mason succeed in his quest to uncover the truth?



    https://www.cultureunplugged.com/pla...MbH_dc1Z3ClE6A

    Thanks .... I haven't taken much notice of this thread before but I took a look at this and ended up watching it all and found the documentary really fascinating.... thought provoking - mind blowing when the implications hit.... the implications aren't even that clear to me yet but they are hovering around under the surface waiting and wanting to coalesce ....

    I have never and still don't have the desire to stop eating or to stare at the sun... but maybe I will one day, dunno... what is the sun anyway... I'm not going to start down that path here right now because it's quite late in the UK and I'm a bit tired... I didn't intend to watch the whole documentary but I did...

    Imagine if loads of people had to stop eating because of the coming (deliberate) food shortages but they didn't die they just kept on going.... then all we have to do is learn how to fly and BINGO.... those who like to control us and rule us and curb our development will be thwarted.... with a bit of luck ...

    what is the sun anyway...

    that documentary was so good...........................

    mind blown



    (will be reading the rest of the thread soon...)
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    WARNING, WARNING WILL ROBINSON: At this present day in 2022, PLEASE DO NOT ATTEMPT LOOKING INTO THE SUN UNLESS YOU WISH TO BURN OUT YOUR EYES. I have had some experience with this which I will try to explain briefly which may answer a question or two raised in the video. At this time, however, it is said that the sun is THREE MILLION MILES CLOSER TO EARTH, and at sunset is a blazing nightmare promising total blindness. Here in mid-Florida, it is not possible to look at the orb of the sun even obliquely. It is painful. It is coming to get us and they are not telling you this. In 1994, the US Government sent something into the sun. It possibly took time to develop and turn into its present nightmare or daymare. If B. Gates and gang had anything to do with it, he will be heading to Mars or underground shortly. The following is my experience of a brief look at the Sun as it peeped over the horizon at first DAWN many decades ago. In those days, it was a normal Orb which did not threaten blindness as you watched it.

    I was sitting on a sea cliff facing where the sun was about to rise, as the top of the Orb became visible, a shaft of first light entered my eyes and hit my pineal gland in the center of my head. I felt it and heard it at the same time. That moment was the beginning of what I call the "Beatific Vision." My consciousness left my physical location. After the experience, I recalled there was a saucer-shaped craft overhead and a very large being looked over the side and asked, "What do you want?"

    My consciousness was then no longer on the cliff but looking at a 25 ft. tall male being with a holy presence. There were two large orbs of light on my right side. I answered the question, "I want a home." He replied, "I am your home. When you complete your life you will return to me." The next thing I knew, I was floating some distance from him on his right, and was presented with extreme experiences of Love, Joy, Peace, a feeling of Unity with All Living, and Eternal Life. The experience ended and I found myself in what felt as though only a second had passed. I was back on the cliff watching the Sun rise. I have never forgotten that experience.

    It may seem off topic to the strong sun causing blindness as it now exists, but I am about to make a point. In Egypt, one of the Pharos started a new religion, looking into the sunrise. He probably had the same experience and wanted to share it with his followers, which the former priests would not approve. The first ray of the rising sun hit the pineal gland and triggered our connection to Prime Being, God.

    In the Caribbean, where I had this experience, around sunset, all the birds of every kind would line up on the electric wire Facing the Sun. They were absorbing something in a hypnotic state from the Sun. The Sun and the Universe are now said to be ALL ELECTRICAL, as are we, so the connection makes perfect sense. However, whatever may have formerly been absorbed through the eyes before the Sun moved closer to us, threatening a Nova some time soon, will only BURN YOUR EYES OUT OF THEIR SOCKETS NOW. IT IS SO STRONG, IT IS NO LONGER POSSIBLE TO LOOK INTO IT.

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    Default Re: Sun Gazing: Why I Stare At the Sun

    Sun gazing, itself, is NOT a practice for beginners, and NOT a practice for the great majority of those currently on the planet.

    Those who it is for, it is for, and these ones will know how to proceed.

    Because I wear glasses I have my eyes checked regularly. Generally every 4 years.

    I have no burns or such damage to my eyes.

    Listening inwardly is always good advice. - do and/or not do, not so much.

    Aligning inwardly within ourself, with ourself ( our own greater self ) is the answer.

    This will always yield well.


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    Default Re: Sun Gazing: Why I Stare At the Sun

    Quote Posted by Casey Claar (here)
    Sun gazing, itself, is NOT a practice for beginners, and NOT a practice for the great majority of those currently on the planet.

    Those who it is for, it is for, and these ones will know how to proceed.

    Because I wear glasses I have my eyes checked regularly. Generally every 4 years.

    I have no burns or such damage to my eyes.

    Listening inwardly is always good advice. - do and/or not do, not so much.

    Aligning inwardly within ourself, with ourself ( our own greater self ) is the answer.

    This will always yield well.


    Casey
    This whole idea is new to me. All my life I have believed that eye damage would be incurred, without exception. Now I am interested in the mechanism/biology that allows it. I do know that our bodies are images of our inner makeup, wholly and always.

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    Quote Posted by Casey Claar (here)
    Sun gazing, itself, is NOT a practice for beginners, and NOT a practice for the great majority of those currently on the planet.

    Those who it is for, it is for, and these ones will know how to proceed.

    Because I wear glasses I have my eyes checked regularly. Generally every 4 years.

    I have no burns or such damage to my eyes.

    Listening inwardly is always good advice. - do and/or not do, not so much.

    Aligning inwardly within ourself, with ourself ( our own greater self ) is the answer.

    This will always yield well.


    Casey
    This whole idea is new to me. All my life I have believed that eye damage would be incurred, without exception. Now I am interested in the mechanism/biology that allows it. I do know that our bodies are images of our inner makeup, wholly and always.
    Johnny,

    What I would say is that gazing practices/disciplines are not fundamentally about the object that is gazed upon, the discipline is concentration, developing a concentrated point of focus. <--without this first and fundamentally in place there is no ground, the practice is groundless. The concentrated point of focus is requisite, and itself is first/foremost a union of the outer being, with the Inner/Supreme being. <--this union is what unlocks ones capacities and lets abilities and experiences beyond what is more normal to take place. It is also what prevents one from (mis)stepping into thought/energy/action that is out of alignment. The union is directed by Divine alignment. Does this help you begin to understand the mechanism?
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