O Pūṣan, Ekarṣi, Yama, Sūrya, Prājāpatya, please remove the veil of the radiance of your light so that I could see Your divine form of blessedness, and realize that I am the spirit (Puruṣa) that lies in you.

Generally we think that any difficulty in seeing an object is due to its remoteness, darkness or because of its being hidden or blocked by something that something. However, in relation to the sun happens the contrary, as it is obviously impossible to see it looking even though we do not find any of the above mentioned obstacles, that is, evidently we cannot speak of darkness because the sun is a source of light, it is not secretly hidden and there is nothing intervening between our vision and the sun, on the very contrary...

When we situate ourselves in front of it and observe it directly our eyes can be seriously affected by being exposed to its light and radiation. That is to say, as much as we look at it, we will be the ones to be interested to hide from it... to stop looking in order to protect ourselves. Seeing it hurts us, looking at it can injure us.

The Sun of the self is not far in physical terms, nothing covers it, it is not hidden, nothing obstructs it, on the contrary, it is us who are not ready to see the nearest, to look directly at The Source the powerful Light of The Truth...

To look at it directly is to damage our actual vision of the world, life, existence, the others and of ourselves...

This verse is part of a prayer to Pūṣan, Sūrya, as the sun; to eka ṛṣi or the "seer", or that ṛṣi who sees everything, alone because he sees the One, beyond duality...

"vyūha raśmīn samūha tejo", or "please remove the veil of the radiance of your light in order to see"... here it is not asked from eka ṛṣe or the riṣi to remove his light, but the veil of the radiance of his light, with the objective of seeing...

If we wish to see the sun we do not ask it to remove its light, because then we shall be plunged into the greatest darkness, but to remove the veil, or in other words, the obstacle that impedes us from seeing it...

To say it more clearly, this verse consists of a prayer in which it is requested that the cataracts of our eyes shall be removed, which impede us from realizing the Atman, that veil which is our spiritual myopia...

And the path of religion does not only consist of acquiring eyeglasses, it is not about a visit to the optician, but an operation, because in fact we speak of total blindness...

We look but we see nothing but the veil of our conclusions, ideas and interpretations, the curtain of thoughts made by the mind, we do not see what there is just as it is but as it seems to us. Māyā, in fact, is the illusory world that we have created around us, and this is the imaginary world inside of which every one of us lives. Although at first sight we get the impression that we all live in the same planet, in fact, every one of us lives inside his own world of happiness and suffering, pleasure and pain, triumphs and defeats and so forth, that is, inside a mental reality concocted by one's own mind. In my world, a certain reaction is legitimate and acceptable, in your world the same attitude can be offensive and even a reason for quarrel. This illusory reality created by the mind has its splendor, we feel inclined and even attracted to create and develop it, we manufacture it ourselves through the mind. We concoct an illusory and imaginary world around us, moved by commodity, by our desire for security and control. The reality escapes our control, the reality is insecurity, the reality cannot be manipulated. A fantasy is made to our own measure.

It would be impossible to get in touch with live, existence, the reality, as long as we do not have the courage to renounce our fantasies, dreams, imaginations and illusions, which is, to surrender... sarva dharmān parityajya...

Just as it is expressed by the famous Vedāntic Mahāvākya: Brahma satyaṁ jagan mithyā jīvo—brahmaiva nāparaḥ, "Only the reality is, this world is false, the soul is Brahman or reality"...

This means that only the reality really "is"... as long as you do not discover yourself as reality, as long as you believe to be something or someone from your dream, as long as you do not renounce the illusory world, you continue being a fantasy, concocted from the substance of which dreams are made... only when you renounce your imagination will be the to realize yourself as... "Ahaṁ Brahmāsmi"...

You will realize yourself as reality... or what you really are...

So 'ham asmi... this verse contains a most important vedāntic formula, so 'ham or "I am that". Behind all this objective reality of forms and names lies one sole nature, spirit, and that is what we really are. Because what the sage declares here, from his own experience, is that what lies behind that blinding resplendence, behind that golden veil, that is I. You are both the beginning and the end of the great search of the Truth, in you does the search for God begin and end...

Illusion is characterized by the duality because it is relative by nature, only the reality is absolute, what is... just as it is... therefore that realization will be possible only at the transcendence of any duality, both of pain and pleasure, both sorrow and happiness, both darkness and light. This involves going beyond the mind which is the source of all devision... We can refer to light as the successful result of transcending darkness, however, this would form a new fracture. The Whole is beyond both darkness and light... and that... is you...

The majority of religious and spiritual paths teach us techniques and methods to go beyond darkness, to transcend obscurity. The religious effort and the spiritual practices are destined to lead us to that situation beyond darkness. However, there is another curtain which hides The Truth, the veil of Light...

You can exert yourself to surpass darkness, but nothing of whatever you practice, do or realize can draw the curtain of Light...

The religious path is difficult because it is not only about transcending pain and suffering, but also pleasure and happiness, only beyond duality bliss is found...

Bliss and happiness are not the same, the last is only the opposite of pain, sorrow and suffering, while bliss or ānanda is absolute...