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animals. Taoist legends tell us that
throughout the ages, some Taoist masters
have been able to live for months or even
years without taking any food and without
losing weight, while maintaining and even
enhancing their vitality. Today, there are
reports that a number of people from
different backgrounds throughout the
world are living only on water, tea, or fruit
juice. This practice may be possible
because such advanced practitioners tap
into cosmic light, the original source of
human life and all other forms of being.”
Once again we hasten to add the caution
that nobody should attempt obtaining their
principle supply of energy from the Sun
without the training and supervision of
qualified teachers.
Being aware that we can transmit
as well as receive light, Sun-gazers might
well reap extra benefit by using their ritual
as a time of prayer, expressing intentions,
desires and, most beneficially, gratitude.
Quantum science describes ‘The Role of
the Observer’ in these terms: "Whatever is
being watched is affected by whoever is
watching it". Those who do not Sun-gaze
can nevertheless benefit from facing the
morning or evening Sun with eyes closed
and focusing their attention on the pineal
gland as their transceiver, while intoning
their chosen mantra. According to
Canadian blogger Molly A. Chapman,
“When you look directly at the sun’s rays,
send intent, visualizations, thoughts,
feelings, and sensations of divine virtues
and situations to bless all, and send any
request, through the optic nerve into the
rays of the sun. […]Looking at the sun at
sunrise or sunset is safe on the eye, and
over time, the eye is capable of looking for
longer periods of time at brighter light…
Remember to send blessings and prayers
as well as receive when you gaze at the
light.” 8
Additionally, it is believed that
bright light stimulates the production of
serotonin and melatonin in the pineal, and
it has been suggested that the pineal gland
is involved in the production of
Dimethyltryptamine (DMT), and other
peptides that have psychoactive effects.
The pineal sits above the mouth,
suspended in the third ventricle, a chamber
filled with cerebrospinal fluid which, it is
said, can be released by combining Sun-
gazing rituals with mantras. These
secretions have been called by various
names: nectar of the gods, ambrosia, the
living water, and amrita. During Sun-
gazing or deep meditation, this amrita is
produced, fills the chamber then drips
down the back of the throat. Amrita has an
intensely sweet taste described as nectar,
honey, gold dust, euphoric, ecstatic or
intoxicating. A teaching from Sri
Chinmoy states, “There are quite a few
mantras that also help in opening the third
eye. The Gayatri Mantra, for example,
helps in opening the third eye, for it
invokes the infinite knowledge, wisdom
and light.” Sun yogis usually recite the
Gayatri mantra while sun-gazing. The last
line of this mantra can be translated as
“May it [the Sun] activate the brain.”
People report that amitra usually is
secreted while practicing the Khechari
mudra (tongue upward on palate). 9
One does not need to stare directly
at the bright orb to be inspired by its poetic
splendour as it rises and sets on colourful
horizons. ‘Green Flashes’ and ‘Green
Rays’ are particularly pleasant optical
phenomena that sometimes occur right
after Sunset. When the conditions are
right, a green spot is visible above the
upper rim of the disc of the Sun. The
green appearance usually lasts for no more
than a second or two. Occasionally, the
Green Flash can resemble a ray shooting
upward from the point of Sunset. Green
Flashes occur because our atmosphere
refracts the light from the Sun.
These phenomena may be observed
from any altitude and at any latitude;
although at the equator the flash rarely
lasts longer than a second. They are best
seen at an unobstructed horizon, such as