Sourayog is another rite observed in Sadhanapatham, based on the sun. It is impossible for the human mind to imagine that a celestial sphere with 333,000 times more mass than the earth, standing in the endless sky and providing life and light to the millions of creatures and controlling the planets and their satellites. But the science also has proved that it is so. The man is also formed by this God of vitality. The self principle of that God convinces us that He brings us up by providing heat, light and love. This principle should be considered as our guidance. Then only the mysterious feel of life will become true.
The sun is the pioneer in science and divine power. The sun has been worshipped as the visible God from the ancient times before the development of science. After the development also it continues. The evidences of sun worshipping have been found not only from India, but also from other world countries. Only the sun is the protector of all living and nonliving objects and controller of the nature and time. The sun has been worshipped as the ruler of the planets, the king of Veda and as the master of astrology. All the divine persons who were the incarnations of God have started their Karmas only after saluting the Sun God with devotion. The Vedas, Upanishads, Puranas and Legends have described in detail about this lustrous God who leads the entire universe as a figure of ‘existence, consciousness and bliss.’
It is seen in the Veda that the Sun is the God who eradicates all the diseases and that the sunlight is the effective medicine, especially for the skin diseases. The modern medical science also has discovered that many diseases can be cured by sunbath.
As the existence of the entire creatures is based on the sun, anybody can observe Sourayog without any discriminations of caste or religion. Sourayog is composed in such a way that any fortunate person who loves to salute the sun can understand it easily.
Anybody can transform, arrange and balance the chemical, Bioelectric and Biomagnetic abilities in us by using the sun and its tremendous universal energy.
By observing Sourayog, we absorb the prophylactic energy from the sun required for our mental and spiritual health.
Sourayog is a safe and simple program to absorb the energy from the sun and to activate the pineal gland (the third eye) for our spiritual growth.
The factors of Sourayog:
1. The method to bring in the solar energy at the time of sunrise and sunset through the Ajnachakra (Ajna, or the third-eye chakra, is the sixth primary chakra in the body).
2. Chathurveda Sooryanamaskaaram (Sun salutation).