The Sun Meditation is a Level III meditation. It compliments its "sister" meditation, The Moon Meditation. Each of them is an hour on the CD's.
They are available on from the SFQ Center, but it looks like LSC, will be releasing Level III home study materials soon from what Pete said here. Yay!
I took Level III in June in Minneapolis at the SFC retreat there and I loved it. I intend to go back and do it again as many times as I can. I also still want to take Level IV, which has another meditation called "The Rainbow Meditation", which I also have and do sometimes (I was told that it is okay once reaching higher levels to do the meditations from still higher levels).
The basic idea is that Level I, which mostly about healing yourself, kind of focuses on the lower dan tien, which is deep in behind the navel. Level II, which is more about healing others and in person, close up, focuses on the middle dan tien, which is just below the heart. Level III seems to be more about healing others at a distance and focuses more on the upper dan tien or the "third eye" position.
This is probably oversimplified, but basically accurate.
IMHO, the "best" way to approach progress in meditation is to first develop a consistent active exercise and half hour Small Universe practice. That then opens the way to an hour or more of Small Universe, which is part of Level II training (the Small Universe CD that comes with Level II and part of the LSC SFQ Deluxe Home Study course, still the best $250 [it was under a discount special] I have ever spent in my entire life! Literally! Thanks to Paul, Pete and Chunyi Lin and all of the people that made that most user-friendly way of learning two very powerful levels of the most simple and effective form of qigong I have ever learned and practiced in over 30 years of study).
Once one has practiced an hour or more of SU for a considerable time (I would say a minimum of 100 days, or 300 hours, whichever comes first), I think then one has built up a foundation for the Sun and/or Moon meditations.
It is very important to build up the lower foundations first before opening up the higher centers.
This is just my experience and opinion. But I think most experienced practitioners, teachers and masters would agree.
Lots of light to everyone here for a great holiday season and a Happy, Healthy, Wealthy, Wise and Loving New Year!
what is this sun meditation? I'll look for it if I have it.
thanks,