Sun worship-Aditya Hridayam

know thyself is ok but how?

know what? who is this self? if we know these thiings, it can be declared that we knew ourself.First question is can any body know himself? answer: Yes. Are there people who knew themselves now and here? answer: Yes, i have seen some people and they are living here. They know about them selves and about every self.
When you know yourself, you will automatically know every self in the universe. That is the secret.
Then why one person can not know himself so easily?
Because, he is unaware of what he is seeking. second thing is we are covered with lots of sheaths of ignorance which prevents us to know ourselves. When you remove these sheaths you will know your self.
How to remove?
Mantra is a first prescription. As discussed earlier, the gayatri mantra makes you pure to slowly grasp what you are doing, which side you have to go to reach your goal. Moreover, you will get devine help or gods grace to attain your goal.
second thing is , if you have a guru, or master or guide to monitor your progress , to cut short un necessary time consuming processes , your journey to goal will be quicker. The guru should have already travelled in the path successfully and reached the goal. These are called masters, gurus, saints .They know your past and they know exactly what is to be done by you to remove the sheaths of ignorance.
One more important thing is, if you go on reciting or remembering the name of God (be it what ever may be), you will surely get the eligibility to get a suitable master. so , start reciting or remembering the name of God right from now.
This knowing thyself is a big process for many people, because of their past life impressions. It may take few years to few generations to know your self.But we should not loose heart. when we start in this direction, we find lot of change in our life, our attitude, our personal powers even after two months of effort or sadhana.
Mantra for Health and controlling power:
sun god (Appollo) is very powerful and good to influence our day to day activities. He is easily pleased with salutations. One mantra or stotram is available about surya (sun god) in indian life from millineums back. This is called Aditya Hridayam. (Heart of Sun).
It takes 10 minutes to read it. If you read it daily, it helps you in many ways. It helps you to get good health related to eyes, and body.
It helps to gain control over the public, customers or collegues in your day to day life. It also helps to win over battles what ever battle it may be . be it legal battle, real battle or any other.
If you can see sun daily in the morning and offer salutation in your own language, he would definitely get pleased. Dont think he is a planet. It is illusion. You can try for an experiment even!