Sunrise and the Sun Gods have played important roles for centuries through the mythologies of various cultures. The Greek, Chinese, Indians, Egyptians and many more have given the Sun much importance, so let's look at the impact the Sun has had on mankind for centuries depicting its importance to all.
Chinese Mythology
The Chinese believed that there were ten Suns and one used to arrive as the other one used to leave to bathe. There are many versions of this story, but this is how the most popular version goes. This is from the chapter called "The Systems of the Heavens" by Huai-nan Tzu, with a little addition by other scholars of that time. The ten suns used to bathe in the T'iang Valley where the Leaning Mulberry (the tree) stood tall. The nine suns stayed on its lower branches whilst the tenth sun resided on its top branch. Another version goes that in the middle of a great wasteland, there was a mountain called Neih-yao Chun-ti, next to which was the Yang Valley. Next to the Yang Valley was the Leaning Mulberry, which was an old three hundred leagues tall tree with mustard plant leaves. On this tree one sun arrived, borne by a crow (sometimes three legged) as the other sun left. The whole process of sunrise to sunset from Yang (sunny) Valley or Yu Yuans's riverbank to Meng Valley covers Nine Provinces and Seven halts, depicting times during the day.
Greek Mythology
In Greek mythology, Helios personified the sun. The Greek poet Homer often called him only the Titan or Hyperion. He wrote that Helios was the son of the Titans Hyperion and Theia and described him as the brother of the Selene, the goddess of the moon, and of Eos, the goddess of dawn. This is also what is believed to have given birth to the common Greek words for the sun, moon and dawn. Helios was believed to be a handsome god who had a crown of a shining aureole of the sun and he drove the chariot of the sun every day across the sky to the earth after circling Oceanus and then after passing the world ocean, he returned East at night time. It was believed that the chariot of the sun was drawn by solar steeds or fire darting steeds that were later named Phlegon, Aeos, Pyrios and Aethon.
Egyptian Mythology
The God of the sun in ancient Egypt was called Ra (pronounced Rah or sometimes even as Re). He became a major deity by the fifth dynasty and was primarily identified as the mid day sun god, as there were other deities that depicted other positions of the sun. Ra changed over time and soon came to be recognised as the god of all the times of the day. The cult of Ra was based from Heliopolis, which means the City of the Sun. Ra was also later merged with another god, Horus and was called Re-Horakhty. He was believed to command the earth, sky and the underworld. He is associated with the Falcon, which was the symbol of the sun deities and is represented by the sun disc as his symbol.
The first time I mentioned to someone that I was sun gazing their initial reaction was, "you're gonna go blind." Sorry not so! That's what I mean when I say do your due diligence before jumping to a conclusion instead of just listening to someone who probably just heard it from someone else who never even tried it let alone researched it.
I began sun gazing June 12, 2012 at a 30 second added interval each day and I am now at 36 minutes. I've heard about it awhile back but I never did follow up on it until I saw a documentary "Eat The Sun" on television and it sparked my curiosity once again. I did my research and came up with my own analogy and created my own theory. From then I began my journal and started sun gazing. In the beginning just like anything new, it was uncomfortable. Over time I got used to it and now it's just as natural as everything else. The sun does not bother me anymore.
It is actually meditating, relaxing and soothing. When I reached my 20 minute mark, my appetite was reduced but it never stopped https://editorialshindi.in/environmental-issues-editorials-in-hindi/ me from eating, what can I say, I love food. What's good about it is I don't have to eat if I don't want to. I'm not even that hungry. I've met some people online that don't eat for days or for months. I can't do that, I love food too much to just stop eating.
The best part that I noticed was I felt better, I feel more energized, more focused and concentrated, more motivation and things just seem to be clearer. I sleep better specially since I have sleep apnea. I feel really good.
So here's my theory and my belief that makes sense to me: there's no denying that we get vitamin D and other nutrients from the sun. Our skin somehow captures the energy from the sun and converts it to something usable by our body. But what if we could take that energy from the sun and consume it internally? Wouldn't it be beneficial to our internal cells and vital organs? I say yes, so how do we do this? Through the eyes! The eyes are the only part of our body that exposes the veins therefore exposing the blood to the sun directly. The blood vessels through the eyes captures the energy from the sun, the heart is pumping so the blood is flowing and circulating, the blood distributes the nutrients through the entire body and every cells within us. And no, you don't go blind. There are literally tens of thousands of people around the world and throughout history that have been worshiping the sun. The sun is good and it is healthy for us, just my opinion.
By the way I sun gaze early in the morning or late in the afternoon, sunrise or sunset where the sun is not so harsh or brutal.