Mar 27, 2004, 12.00am IST
Soma Chakravarty.
Love and light are the two most universal and fundamental realities. God's first command (Genesis) was: "Let there be light". And there was light. Buddha said that to love all beings is an expression of God. Jesus saw love as a manifestation of divine light. Vedanta points out that love is an image of God, the living essence of the divine nature. The Upanishads say that the Sun gives light to all beings, equally.
Once man envisioned the infinite in the universal light, he offered worship to the Sun: Raso vai Sah. Infinity is love itself, the eternal spirit of joy. However, caught up in the daily grind of life and in the whirlpool of human emotions, the true spirit of love tends to get lost. What is love? Is it eternal bliss? Or an all consuming passion?
Love is not limited to a bond between two individuals; neither is it limited to the family circle. Love is beyond desires and mere physical pleasure. Love is realisation of faith, it is the bond of harmony and happiness, a world of blessings and bliss. The only condition of love is that it has to be unconditional. When we stop taking and start giving we begin to enjoy the unfathomable depth and unifying force of love.
Swami Surya Jowel says that the Sun is the best example of unconditional love as it lights up the world without prejudice. Love and light together can dispel darkness, whether external or internal.
Through Suryayog one can rediscover the pathway of love. The nine steps practiced as an ode to the rising Sun help remove physical, emotional and mental blockades to make possible a joyous and healthy living. Love, like sunlight, is that energy flow whose warmth can be experienced in an all-illumined freedom. Suryayog can help open up inner consciousness to love with detachment, making us free of bondage.
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