SUNLIGHT- SOURCE OF ENERGY
Zakaria Mohamad May 30th, 2007
Sunlight is the principle source of energy for the biosphere. Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transfered or transformed. Light energy can only be used once. Most of the light energy that strikes the earth from the sun goes unused. Only 1 to 2 percent of the light energy that reaches the earth is used by green plants. Using the process of photosynthesis, green plants convert light energy into chemical energy and then into a simple sugar. This light energy stored as a form of sugar in plant tissues, is a source of food for all animal life in the biosphere. As the energy is transfered from sun to plant and then plant to animal, much of this energy is lost in the form of heat. It is only because of a constant supply of light energy from the sun that life can continue to exist on earth. This universal energy is the source of life. The breath of life moves through all forms to give them life. Yogis work with this energy with breathing techniques, meditation, and physical exercise to produce altered states of conciousness and longevity.
