Interesting points on both 'sides' of the conversation.
A lot of the literature certainly reads like COINTELPRO (of the new age kind) but there are also some ideas on the 'other side of the fence' that may look like that there just may be a 'baby in the bathwater'.
There are suggestions of pros and cons but unless someone who participates on this forum has a personal experience (regarding sungazing) to add on the pro or con side of sungazing, we could all talk about it and conjecture this way and that 'until the wave comes' and still have nothing definite about the subject.
This reminds me of the subjects of spinning and tobacco. Some do one or the other or both or none at all. How have those people known if any of those activities were good for them or not?
By trying it out for themselves.
(Note however that it does not mean that we should throw caution to the wind in starting any endeavor. Do your own diligence.)
I also remember the C's mentioning that 'expectation' is something that gets in the way of doing things. As with the spinning and tobacco use, expecting an outcome gets in the way of observing what the activity really does to you. This might be good to keep in mind for someone (who's done the research of course) who wants to try sungazing, or anything else for that matter.
Take for example C.W. Leadbeater's investigation with dowsing and energy fields. It took him quite a long time as well. What does he have to show for it? A book that details his observations. At first glance, it doesn't seem to be much of an accomplishment. But for those who have something to learn from it, they can learn from it and then maybe take it further.
It doesn't really take that much of your time if you'd read through the literature available in this thread, you'd know how long it takes. But then if you want to document the whole experience, it will take a little bit more of time. But then so does any activity that you want to try out for yourself and document the experience.
On a side note: I also want to add that 'changing the world' (can also be read as 'effecting a change in the world') starts with 'changing the self'. Or at least that is the theory of microcosm-macrocosm relationship.
So will someone then try it and report on it? I hope so. I probably would myself but I have other things I am interested in and have prioritized for the time being (like ploughing through the Ponerology and the Ancient Science books).
A lot of the literature certainly reads like COINTELPRO (of the new age kind) but there are also some ideas on the 'other side of the fence' that may look like that there just may be a 'baby in the bathwater'.
There are suggestions of pros and cons but unless someone who participates on this forum has a personal experience (regarding sungazing) to add on the pro or con side of sungazing, we could all talk about it and conjecture this way and that 'until the wave comes' and still have nothing definite about the subject.
This reminds me of the subjects of spinning and tobacco. Some do one or the other or both or none at all. How have those people known if any of those activities were good for them or not?
By trying it out for themselves.
(Note however that it does not mean that we should throw caution to the wind in starting any endeavor. Do your own diligence.)
I also remember the C's mentioning that 'expectation' is something that gets in the way of doing things. As with the spinning and tobacco use, expecting an outcome gets in the way of observing what the activity really does to you. This might be good to keep in mind for someone (who's done the research of course) who wants to try sungazing, or anything else for that matter.
Take for example C.W. Leadbeater's investigation with dowsing and energy fields. It took him quite a long time as well. What does he have to show for it? A book that details his observations. At first glance, it doesn't seem to be much of an accomplishment. But for those who have something to learn from it, they can learn from it and then maybe take it further.
It doesn't really take that much of your time if you'd read through the literature available in this thread, you'd know how long it takes. But then if you want to document the whole experience, it will take a little bit more of time. But then so does any activity that you want to try out for yourself and document the experience.
On a side note: I also want to add that 'changing the world' (can also be read as 'effecting a change in the world') starts with 'changing the self'. Or at least that is the theory of microcosm-macrocosm relationship.
So will someone then try it and report on it? I hope so. I probably would myself but I have other things I am interested in and have prioritized for the time being (like ploughing through the Ponerology and the Ancient Science books).