The Sun’s Energy

 

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The Sun’s Energy

Before the sun begins to come up on the horizon, at approximately 3:20 to 4:00 a.m., the sun’s energy starts reaching us. Light will not yet come, but the solar energy significantly rises on the planet at that time. In the night, the solar energy actually goes down well before sunset. In different parts of the world, the sun sets at different times, also depending on the time of the year. As you get closer to the equator, the sunset is somewhere between 6:00 and 6:30 p.m.

In India the sun usually starts setting around six o’clock. Somewhere around 5:20 p.m., the solar energies start dwindling away. Light is still seen, but the energy will recede. Because of the turning of the planet, the sun is moving away from us and energy begins to withdraw. It is that withdrawal of energy that people experience as a kind of ethereal happening. If we really pay attention to the sunset, we will see there is a transcendent nature to it because what was there and at full blast around noon is suddenly gone. It almost takes our breath away.

In the morning, somewhere from 3:20 a.m. onwards, the solar energy begins to rise. We call this brahma muhurta. Brahman is an abstract source of creation. As far as we are concerned, in this solar system, the fundamental source of our energy and creation is the sun. Trillions of chemical reactions that are being conducted every second in our body would not happen without solar power. The moment the brahma muhurta starts, our body wakes up by itself in a deep way within ourselves.

When we practice yoga and then meditate, it is more about bringing our own body in alignment with nature. We may do Surya Kriya or any other sun related exercise – the basic objective is to absorb the solar energy, tune in with nature.

It was not the exercise. It is just that we get in tune with that energy, and suddenly everything is on. This is what kriyas are about. A kriya is not about driving us in some direction – it is about getting into proper alignment with everything. When everything is in alignment, it is so smooth, there is no friction. Where there is no friction, there is no wear and tear, no stress. Where there is no friction, it can go on continuously, non-stop! Where there is friction, it needs more breaks.

The process of yoga is just this – on many levels – to create an alignment with the rest of the existence. The only way we will know yoga is when we are in perfect alignment. We do not have to create an alignment with something outside. If we come into perfect alignment with our own system, naturally, there will be a perfect alignment with everything. When this happens, everything will happen according to the natural order.

There will be no struggle about how much to eat, how many calories to consume, how much to exercise, what to do – all this nonsense will disappear. We will just know what to do with our life, without even a thought, because the necessary intelligence is invested in this life. It is the same intelligence that manufactures our body and our brains from within.