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Rh substances forming the "sun-matter." It is very prob­able that some of the other sun-substances may yet be found on this planet—resembling radium and yet hav­ing points of difference.

This sun-substance is not in a molten state, or in a state of combustion as we generally use the word. But it is constantly drawing to itself a current of Prana from the planets, passing it through some wonderful process of Nature and sending a return current to the planets. As our students know, the air is the principal source from which we extract Prana, but the air itself receives it from the sun. We have told how the food we eat is filled with Prana, which we extract and use—but the plants receive their Prana from the sun. The sun is the great store-house of Prana for this solar sys­tem, and is a mighty dynamo constantly sending forth its vibrations to the limits of its system, vitalizing everywhere and making possible life—physical life, we mean, of course.

This book is not the place in which to attempt to describe the wonderful facts regarding the sun's work, which are known to the best Yogi teachers, and we touch upon the subject merely that our students will know the sun for what it is, and realize what it means to all living creatures. The object of this chapter is to bring to your minds the fact that the sun's rays are filled with vibrations of energy and life, which we are using every moment of our lives, but which we are most likely not using to the degree possible to us. Modern and civilized people seem afraid of the sun—they darken their rooms, cover themselves all over with heavy clothes in