May 2006 Healing Crystals Newsletter

“Crystals and Sungazing”

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Dear Healing Crystal Enthusiast:

We are excited to share an article with you that was submitted by one of our customers.  The article is about Crystals and Sungazing and is a wonderful introduction into the ancient art of sungazing. 

Transformation and Empowerment via Sungazing with Quartz Crystals

by Wes Peterson

There exists a little known, yet powerful practice referred to as “sungazing”. This consists of gazing upon the Sun, preferably and ideally at sunrise and/or sunset. The benefits of this practice can be many. It can have beneficial effects for one’s physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual aspects. This article will not guarantee or promise you anything in terms of benefits to be experienced. However, if you gaze upon the Sun with an open mind and heart, you more than likely will benefit. Expect nothing, but be ready for anything!

At its finest, sungazing is a type of meditation. During sungazing, one’s focus is directly upon the Sun, with open eyes, allowing the power of the Sun’s rays to enter your being. Optimally and ideally, this is done in a fully relaxed manner, either standing or sitting, and meditating upon the Sun and your experience during this time. If you choose, affirmations and/or visualizations, etc. can also be done during this time. Sunrise and/or sunset are the ideal times to sungaze, especially within the first 30-60 minutes following initial sunrise, and within the last 30-60 minutes leading up to official sunset. Check your local sunrise and sunset times to get a good idea when this is. Other times of day can also be used for sungazing, and some practitioners do in fact sungaze at any time of day. However, this is not generally recommended, unless you truly feel you are ready for it. Otherwise, do it at your own risk!

For the best view of the sunrise and/or sunset, you may find it necessary to go to a special location — if there are too many trees and/or buildings, etc. blocking the view, you may need to change locations.  Standing near open fields or lakes or the ocean are some possibilities that will usually allow for a good view.  Try to make sure you won’t have any distractions during this time.  Initially, you may want to start off with a low duration session length (i.e. a few minutes) and/or at lower intensity (i.e. very close to initial sunrise or very close to official sunset).  If you’re more daring, you can choose to try a more intense timing and/or longer duration session.  And remember, this article makes no guarantees of anything — expect nothing, but be ready for anything.  If you decide to pursue sungazing, it is recommended that you be in tune with your intuition, and allow your intuition to assist you with deciding upon your own personal best sungazing “protocol”.  In the author’s experience, there is no one “right” way to sungaze. There are many possible approaches. This article shares aspects of one possible method. Ultimately, it will be up to you to decide how to go about doing your sungazing, if you are daring enough to try it, and persevere with it.

Some sungazing practitioners recommend standing barefoot on bare Earth, during sungazing. However, I have found that this is unnecessary, and can in itself be a distraction and/or inconvenient, due to a number of reasons. What I have discovered is that holding onto large clear quartz crystals is a great enhancement to the sungazing practice, and seems to provide much greater benefit than standing barefoot on bare Earth during sungazing. Operating on a hunch, I acquired some large clear quartz crystals from this website in June 2005. I didn’t know what to expect, but I thought I’d at least experiment with them during my sungazing sessions and take note of any differences in effects experienced. The main benefits initially experienced (and still experienced) include:

Sun intensity “lessened” — i.e. Sun appears and feels “softer” to the eyes.  In relation to the above, afterimage more quickly and substantially reduced (following sungazing sessions).  Time seems to “speed up” and the sungazing sessions seem to go by much faster.  Increased focus and concentration ability; deeper meditative state more readily and easily achieved.  The sungazing experience has been more enjoyable aided by the crystals, as compared to sungazing without them.  The overall Energy/”Vibe” experienced within my being has been seemingly amplified, strengthened, and enhanced more with the help of the crystals, as compared to sungazing without them.  Certain other “intangible”, hard-to-describe effects…  So, there definitely can be some real benefits to using large clear quartz crystals in conjunction with sungazing.  Whether or not your experience will be similar to mine, is up for you to find out.  If you’re reading this article, chances are that you already have experience with crystals, or at least have a curiosity and would possibly like to learn more and maybe experiment with crystals.

It’s been written that clear quartz crystals are “Stones of Power” and have the capability of receiving and transmitting light and energy, as well as focusing and amplifying energy. Well, what more powerful of a source of “light” and “energy” do we have tangible physical access to other than the Sun itself?  Indeed, it’s been my experience that quartz crystals and sunlight go “hand in hand” — a potent tandem.  Sungazing and quartz crystals can be deemed powerful tools for self-improvement and empowerment.  This can take you places.  Try it and see.

There is much more that can be written about both the science (and art) of sungazing, as well as the use of quartz crystals.  However, that is not the purpose of this article.  This is meant only as an “appetizer” or introduction to these concepts.  Further information can be readily obtained on the internet for free, and also by way of certain books.  There is a substantial amount of information about crystals freely available on this website.  I will include some links to more information about sungazing below.  There is more information available elsewhere beyond
what I have listed here, but what follows will prove to be of value for those seeking more information about sungazing.  Further information may be accessed via other links one can find within these websites.

Collections of Articles:

Solar Healing Center
International Sun Imbibers Society (ISIS)
“Life Mysteries” Website - Sungazing

http://www.sunlight.as.ro/
Sungazing.com
Sunyogi Umasankar
Sungazing, aka Sun Gazing, Solar Gazing, Sun
Staring, Solar Yoga - Some Notes - (comprehensive article)

Discussion Forums/Listgroups:

Life Mysteries Forums
Yahoo! Groups : sun_lit
Yahoo! Groups : sungazing

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Disclaimer:  Generally accepted medical advice states that looking directly at the sun for long periods of time may cause damage to the eyes.  The intensity of the sun is lesser at sunrise and sunset.  Please use your own intuition and best judgement when sungazing and proceed at your own risk.