[ 46 | Man is said to be in a stałe of सुषुप्ति, of deep and blissful sleep, when the mind is overborne by ihat solar energy which is known as fatt or the soul and the bond is loosened between the mind and the SCIYSGS. During the continuance of this stałe, one does not dream, and the soul is filled with the ineffable bliss of Divine Communion. We have spoken before of life being inspired by ihe force of the sun, and now we find that the Upanishads support the same view. The Chhandogya Upanishad says that the sun is the Supreme Being. Before ihe emergence of the sun, nothing (in this universe) had any name or manifestation. The sun revealed and made things known, and this was the Origin of cxistence. This existence developed in the form of an C9g ; and after a year, the egg split into two halves—one being of gold and the other of silver. From the golden part came Heaven, and from the silvery parł came ihis Barih. So Manu says : "from the bright inner part of the egg, came Brahma". The Vrihadaranyaka says: “Electricity is Brahma : for electricity dispels the darkness of sin even as it dispels the darkness of clouds; hence electricity is to be worshipped as Brahman". “Whalever is, is Brahman". Such being the opinion of ihe sages of the East, is it any wonder that the bright sun and electricity should be iaken as Brahman &
