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the final directing force. Nothing happens in the universe without its wishes.
Not a sparrow falls in the world without being registered in the Sun's
consciousness.
The eyes also have much destructive power. By the light radiating from his
third eye, Lord Shiva burnt to ashes Kamadeva, the Indian Cupid, when he
tried to arouse passion within him. In ordinary life we see that anger radiates
from the eyes. Such expression arouses fear in the persons thus looked upon.
This capability gives the Sun the power of complete annihilation. As long as
the Sun desires the universe to continue, it grows and evolves, but when the
Sun withdraws its benefic rays, the entire universe merges back into it. The
dissolution of the universe is also an aspect of the solar radiance. The triple
manifestation of the Divinity which was later symbolized by the Hindu
Trinity of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva was conceived by the Vedic seers as
the triple nature of the Sun itself. Such tremendous power was attribuled not
so much to the visible Sun as to the solar deity who is the soul of the Sun.
Being the Eye of the World, the Sun is not only associated with the universe
objectively, the consciousness of the universe is also the consciousness of
the Sun. Whatever is experienced by the universe is registered in its
awareness as a result of its unity with the Sun. The Sun the inner spirit
dwelling in all things. It is often stated that the Sun is the heart of the world.
The Sun is called the Atman or "Self of the universe." As the consciousness
of the Sun and that of the manifestation are linked together, the Sun is ever
present in all aspects of creation. The subjective being of the objective
manifestation is the Sun. This relation is also expressed by considering the
Sun, or the Deity presiding over it, as the Inner Ruler Immortal of all beings.
The Vedic phrase "Eye of the World" implies that there is no objective
existence outside the Solar consciousness. All forms of life experience, all
modes of action, every thought current, and aspirations at all levels are
contained within the Sun as parts of its own being. The phrase describes the
universality of the central planet of our solar system, its omnipresence on all
levels of existence.
Hindu literature describes the solar mysteries in three ways. It gives
mythological allegories about the origin of the Sun, it describes the Uncage
of the planet, and it couches its basic features in symbolic characteristics.
There are one hundred and eight names given to the Sun. Some are
superficial in meaning while others are very abstruse. Important names of
the Sun are: Ark, meaning a ray of light, fire, the Sun-plant, or the number
twelve; Tamishrahan, destroyer of darkness, or dissolvcr of illusion;
Divakar, maker of the day; Loka-Chakshu, Eye of the World; Savitar, the
Father, a ray of light, or a Vedic chant to the Sun known as Gayatri;