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Our entire life is linked to two energies – that of the sun (surya) and of the moon (chandra). Surya is the devta of gyan. Its shakti is Gayatri ji, the source of all other shaktis in Creation. Sanatan Kriya details the Surya sadhna, through which one experiences the energy of the sun and its true character is revealed to the practitioner. For general understanding, it is enough to know that the sun is closely linked to our lives. The importance of sun can be gauged to an extent from the role it plays in the physical creation – plants use sunlight to make food and in turn provide nourishment to all beings on earth, the water cycle, the winds, the ocean currents all are regulated by the heating effect of the sun, the planets are held in their respective orbits because of the attraction of the sun, it is sun that brings the change in day and season. Having studied the sun for many years now, I can say with certainty that Surya sadhna is a highly potent practice, which if perf...

#HappyNewYear…What’s New? Ever wondered? You have been here before – in a similar body, among similar people, with similar desires, goals and aspirations and the same set of five problems (which were discussed in a previous article). The change is that your body is weaker, relationships more temporary, jobs less satisfying, the surroundings more polluted, the tastes and pleasures grosser than before. And this change too is not new, the trend has been with every birth and in the present birth, with every passing year, month, day and hour… The Garbha Upanishad, which is a treatise on conception and birth of a child as documented by Sage Pippalada, details the continuity of life and how the fetus in the ninth month of pregnancy remembers its previous births and lives and makes a promise that this birth will be different. But the moment it comes in contact with the outside world, it forgets its promise. This happens, every time the soul takes a body…it is this forgotten ...