Aum

the life producing energies of the sun are the energies of Aum.Aum is the sun of body,mind,and spirit.the life giver of all.all plant,animal,and human life on this planet depend upon the sun.it is the subtle powers of sunlight,which stimulate growth and evolution.sunlight is the radiant form of Aum.the sun initiates the entire solar system into Aum.when a man departs from this body,he goes upwards by these very rays or he goes up with the thought of Aum.as his mind is failing,he goes to the sun.that,verily,is the gateway and point of entry of the world for the knowers,a shutting out for the non knowers.the solar rays do not just flow into this world,they also draw upward through the sun and beyond.in the human body the process of exhalation and inhalation is related to solar energy,and much of the solar power on which we subsist is drawn into the body through our breathing.the solar rays do not just strike the surface of our body,but actually penetrate into the physical nerves.just as the electrical impulse flow through the physical nerves,the subtle life force,or prana,flow through the subtle nadis and keeps us alive and functioning.the prana,then is a vehicle for the solar energies that produce evolution,and so we join Aum to our breathing and merge it into the pranic flow.this practice conditions our subtle levels so that at the time of death we will be oriented toward the solar powers and can ascend upon them especially if we continue our intonation of Aum even after the body has been dropped.those who have imbued themselves with the pranavic vibrations will enter through the solar gate,whereas those who have not done so will be shut out by it and compelled to return to earthly rebirth.