SURYANAMASKAR                                           SUNSALA3.TXT
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       In this text file the mantras and meditations associated with each
       Asana are explained and can be added to the 'exercises' after the
       'exercises' have been fully learned, and if one wishes to do so. This
       is an enhancement to the 'exercises', and does not have to be done to
       have the 'exercises' bear fruit.

       By adding the mantras and meditations to the 'exercises' Suryanamaskar
       becomes more than a series of physical 'exercises' and assumes
       symbolic/solar significance. Namaste!

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       MANTRA/SYMBOLOGY:

       1. While in first position, try to "feel" the solar energy, or the
       light of the sun, pervading you entirely. The Mantra is: "Aum Adi Deva
       Namah." Adi Deva means, literally, "first god" or "first consciousness
       of one's divinity." The position, standing straight, facing the sun,
       hands in Namaste position, represents Purusa, the "pure spirit." (All
       the mantras should be "said" silently, but "vibrated" as though spoken
       aloud.) Pronunciation: Ahhhhh-Ooooo-Mmmmmmmm AH-dih Deh-vuh. (Roughly).

       2. As you inhale, consciously 'feel' the vital energy filling you. The
       backward bend is symbolic of one side illuminated, the other side
       shadowed; as the sun illuminates one-half of the earth while the other
       remains in darkness; as the soul begins to come into a deeper, but
       still incomplete awareness of Its divinity. Mantra: Aum Jata Veda
       Namah. Jata Veda being the wisdom of the Vedas. Aum Juh-Tta Veh-Dah
       Nah-Mah.

       3. As you exhale, the primal creative force is represented by your
       outbreath. You touch the ground, symbolic of the 'creation' of the
       earth, matter, the incarnated self. Mantra: Aum Jyoti Mey Linga Namah.
       Oyeah, I forgot: Namah means both 'name' and 'salutation.' The
       linga/lingam is the male organ, the symbol of Siva, and the symbol of
       pure consciousness. Jyoti Mey is pure light or pure 'matter'. The two
       together represent the male and female creative powers. Consciousness
       has entered matter. Aum JYO- ttee May Lihn-GAH Nah-Mah.

       4. Your foot is on the ground, but not your knee! You immerse yourself
       deeply in the union of matter and consciousness, while turning your
       face to the sun. Mantra: Aum Devya Swarupa Namah. Devya is YOUR
       divinity, or divinity personified in YOU. Swarupa is "form" You
       recognize your "divine form" although not fully 'feeling' it yet. Aum
       Deh-VAH-yuh Svah-ROO-puh Nah-Mah.

       5. With your body in a straight line, hands and feet on floor, you
       represent a 'bridge' between the smallest atom and the whole of the
       Aethyr (micro & macro). Mantra: Aum Ansu Namah. Ansu=smallest particle
       of matter. Aum Uhn-SHOO Namah.

       6. The position represents VIBRATION and ACTION. You are the embodiment
       of Sakthi! Aum Rajaguna Rupa Namah. Raja=supreme, royal. Rajas=energy,
       activity. Raja and Rajas are both implied. Rupa means both 'form' and
       'beauty.' Also both are implied. Gunas are states of being or feeling
       the Self. You express your embodiment as Sakthi, the energy that must
       unite with pure consciousness, and the Beauty within that state. Aum
       RAH-zhuh-GOO- nuh ROO-puh Namah.

       7. Cobra position. You rise to face the sun and bend backwards, having
       glimpsed your immortal form. Mantra: Aum Amrita Swarupa Namah. Amrita
       is 'life-giving nectar'; it's also 'immortality.' Your form is
       immortal; you have the power to give life, you are inspired! Aum
       Ahm-RITT-uh Namah.

       8. You rise up while looking down; forming another bridge, between the
       conscious realm (symbolized by looking down at the earth) and the realm
       of the 'absolute.' Again, this is micro/macro, but from a different
       perspective: dove rather than serpent. <wink!> Mantra: Aum Usra Swarupa
       Namah. Ushas=Dawn; Ush=the warmth produced by the first light of Dawn.
       Usra=the experience of the warmth and the glimpse. You simultaneously
       assume the form of the experience and the experiencer! Aum OOSH- ruh
       Namah.

       9.Similar to position 4, but this time you're immersing yourself in
       consciousness rather than matter. Mantra: Aum Hiran Mey Namah!
       Hiran=gold, golden. Hiran Mey=Pure Gold; that which endures beyond
       enduring; that which IS. Aum Hih-Runn May Namah.

       10. Similar to position 3 but "expiring" rather than "creating"-- the
       the destruction of that which is not Pure Gold or Pure Self. You submit
       to your Self, you bow to your Self! Mantra: Aum Akasa Vihari Namah. Aum
       Ah-KAH-shah Vih-HAH-ree Namah. Akasa=aethyr; also radiant "inner"
       aethyr. Vihari=void, cave. As the bullshit dies, you embody pure,
       radiant aethyr.

       11. Similar to position 2, but joy and divinity are now illumined, the
       remainder shadowed. Breathe in--you have 'given birth to' that which
       endures! Mantra: Aum Adi Teya Namah. Adi Teya=the first 'offspring' of
       divinity. Aum AH-dih Teh-YUH Namah.

       12. Return to first position. The cycle completed. Mantra: Aum
       MahaVisnu Namah. Maha=great. Visnu=god who represents the principle of
       preservation (as Brahma is creation and Siva
       destruction/transcendence). You preserve the purity of Self that
       remains after the cycles of creation and destruction represented in 2
       through 11. Aum MAH-huh VIHSH-nooh Namah.