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September 23rd, 2025 by SunYogi
Sunyogi Umashankar is one of India’s most well known sun gazers and yogis. In 1995, Umashankar began his sun gazing practice after noticing how the rising sun gave him energy during his morning meditations. In just over 1 year, Sunyogi Umashankar successfully stopped eating physical food and lived on sunlight energy alone. In this 2010 video interview, Sunyogi Umashankar speaks about his experience with sun gazing, breatharianism, and yoga.
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September 23rd, 2025 by SunYogi
Research published by the British Medical Journal confirms that low vitamin D levels obtained in the past are a risk factor for developing colon cancer in the future. Even more significant is that vitamin A, even in relatively low amounts, can reduce vitamin D’s reduced rates of colon cancer. This is the largest study to date showing that vitamin A blocks the benefits of vitamin D.
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September 23rd, 2025 by SunYogi
Manly P. Hall is honored as one of the greatest spiritual philosophers of the early 20th century. In 1928, Manly P. Hall published a 640 page book on the history of world religions in which he dissected religious symbolism, rites, rituals, and doctrines. One of the most remarkable findings that Manly P. Hall presented was the evidence that all modern religion have their roots in Sun worship. In this excerpt from his book The Secret Teachings of All Ages, Manly P. Hall presents a small portion of his evidence that the Sun has long been the supreme diety in all religions.
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September 23rd, 2025 by SunYogi
Sun gazer Stefan Strecker has just announced a Sun Yoga workshop with the world famous Sun Yogi Umasankar. The workshop is scheduled for September 2011 in Europe. Please visit his Sun Gazing Germany website to learn more and vote to select the exact location of this Sun Gazing workshop.

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September 23rd, 2025 by SunYogi
In her book Jesus as the Sun throughout History, D.M. Murdock / Acharya S presents evidence that many aspects of Jesus Christ, and of Christian tradition in general, represent motifs from solar mythology. In part 5 of this ebook excerpt, the writings of Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499) and Charles Francois Dupuis (1742-1809) are examined. The origins of the terms “Sun of God” is found to be an original term of Plato and Socrates in early Greece.
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September 23rd, 2025 by SunYogi
Full spectrum lighting has been shown to reduce hyperactivity in school-aged children and increase learning abilities and overall health. This research by Dr. John Ott shows the importance of natural sunlight exposure for children, especially children experiencing hyperactivity or ADHD.
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September 22nd, 2025 by SunYogi
Following a 1 year study on the positive effects of Vitamin D on severe seasonal influenza, Canada will expand its study to include the Swine Flu. Science has already confirmed the benefits of Vitamin D for increased immunity and better overall health. Can the Sun’s light protect us from the Swine Flu virus?
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September 22nd, 2025 by SunYogi
The book Om Yoga – Its Theory and Practice by Swami Nirmalananda Giri contains a section called “The Solar Path of Liberation”. This section shares knowledge from the inner yoga teachings and Upanishads about the significance of the Sun. “As the germinating seed struggles upward toward the sun and out into its life-giving rays, so all higher forms of life reach out for the sun, which acts as a metaphysical magnet, drawing them upward and outward toward ever-expanding consciousness. Sunlight is the radiant form of Om, so the sun initiates the entire solar system into Om.”
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September 22nd, 2025 by SunYogi
For 40 years Gene Savoy kept the secrets of cosolargy – using the sun’s rays for health and enlightenment – secret, giving them only to select initiates of his church. Now his sons have teamed up with Dr. Mitchell Gibson, a former initiate, to reveal these secrets to the public at a one-day seminar.
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September 22nd, 2025 by SunYogi
Hello Sun gazers! Sun Yogi Umashankar’s first book is ready to print. Donations and loans are being requested to help fund the publication costs. If interested supporting sun gazing and sun yoga, please Read the rest of this entry »

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September 22nd, 2025 by SunYogi
This article by Dr. Mitchell Gibson tells how the hidden nature of sunlight holds an important key to higher human evolution. Part 3 of this article looks at the spiritual and multi-dimensional nature of the Sun itself.
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September 22nd, 2025 by SunYogi
Cardiologist Stephen Sinatra, M.D., F.A.C.C. shares ground-breaking new science in his book Earthing: The Most Important Health Discovery Ever?
Learn why standing barefoot on the Earth may be the most important health change that a person can make. In his new book, Dr. Stephen Sinatra presents science that shows how the human body must receive electromagnetic energies from Earth to stabilize the body’s fundamental biological rhythms and restore all the body’s systems to optimal health.
For anyone practicing Sun Gazing – where Earthing (standing barefoot on the Earth) is necessary – I highly recommend this reading this article and buying Dr. Stephen Sinatra’s book Earthing: The Most Important Health Discovery Ever?
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September 22nd, 2025 by SunYogi
This Washington Post article shares “remarkable” research that proves vitamin D’s benefits in longevity, bone health, increased immunity, cancer prevention and diabetes prevention. Citing research from Harvard School of Public Health and the Medical Research Council’s Human Nutrition Research Laboratory in Cambridge, England, this article will open your eyes to the body’s need for sunlight and vitamin D.
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September 22nd, 2025 by SunYogi
In this The Times of India article, Surya Swami said that constant practice of “Suryayog” cures several chronic diseases like heart problems, depression, blood pressure and phobias which are a result of materialistic society. The general secretary of International Naturopathy Organisation has said that thousands of people have so far been cured by worshipping the Sun.
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September 22nd, 2025 by SunYogi
Today, Sunlightenment – the internet’s largest source of Sun Gazing, Surya Yoga, and Sunlight Energy Research information – has joined the Twitter community. Twitter is one of the internet’s most popular social networking websites. Twitter provides a way for people to communicate with each other in short messages, called “Tweets”. By subscribing to Sunlightenment on Twitter, you will receive Tweets when new articles are added to the Sunlightenment website. This is one more way that Sunligthenment is reaching out to the global community to spread the light about the amazing benefits of Sun light and the potential of every human being to evolve in a spiritual being while living on Earth.
A new addition to the Sunlightenment website is the “Tweet This” button added to each post. “Tweet This” buttons let you send out a Tweet from your Twitter account to share an article or video. This informs your friends of what you just reaad and helps to share the valuable information posted on Sunlightenment.
Join Sunlightenment on Twitter and spread the light.
https://twitter.com/sunlightenment
Tweet articles and inform humanity about the power of our beloved Sun.
Shine on!
~ Sun Yogi

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September 21st, 2025 by SunYogi
This Vitamin D Coucil article discusses the appropriate levels of Vitamin D intake that are recommended to maintain optimal health. To accurately test your levels of Vitamin D, the non-profit group The Vitamin D Council has partnered with ZRT Labs to offer a discounted take-home Vitamin D Test Kit that you can order on the Internet.
This article has been removed from Sunlightenment.com at the request of the Vitamin D Council.
May we all one day learn to share our love, light, and knowledge as freely as the Sun, whom shares itself without restriction to all of life upon this planet.

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September 21st, 2025 by SunYogi
This video by Jasmuheen teaches the fundamentals of breatharianism – the practice of being fed and nourished by life force energy (prana, chi, qi). This 6 minute video introduces some of the more well-known breatharians and pranic nourishers, such as Giri Bala, Prahlad Jani, Ram Bahadur Bomjam (The Buddha Boy), Zinaida Baranova, Hira Ratan Manek (HRM).
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September 21st, 2025 by SunYogi
For 2010, Sunlight Saunas – creators of the Solo Carbon Far Infrared Sauana – changed their business name to Sunlighten. The Sun Yogi, creator of Sunlightenment.com, has been a very happy user of Sunlight Saunas for over 5 years and continues to use his Sunlight Sauna Solo Carbon Far Infrared Sauna daily for maximum cellular detoxification and optimal health.
This new name change is synchronisitc and very auspicious. Sunlighten – Sunlightenment
Be sure to read this article to learn more about Sunlight Saunas / Sunlighten. These Solo Carbon Far Infrared Saunas are simply amazing. I highly recommend one. Sunlighten Sauna has offices around the world and ships to nearly every country.
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September 21st, 2025 by SunYogi
National Geographic presents this informative article about the origins and significance of the Solstice – when the “sun stands still.”
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September 21st, 2025 by SunYogi
Jakob Lorber (July 22, 1800–August 24, 1864) was a Christian mystic and visionary who referred to himself as “God’s scribe”. He wrote that on 15 March 1840 he began hearing an ‘inner voice’ from the region of his heart and thereafter transcribed what it said. By the time of his death 24 years later he had written manuscripts equivalent to 10,000 pages in print, expecting and receiving no financial reward for his work.
The Healing Power of the Sunlight is one of Jakob’s books, which discusses the physical, mental, and spiritual benefits of sunlight and ways to effectively use the sunlight for healing and spiritual awakening.
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September 21st, 2025 by SunYogi
In India, the spiritual health practice of Suryayog is becoming popular. This spiritual practices teaches people how to use the energy of the Sun for mental, emotional, and physical health plus spiritual benefits. In this article from India Times, learn more about the benefits of sunlight for better health and get introduced to the popular practice of Suryayog – a safe and easy form of sun gazing.
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