Symbols are doors that enable us to enter other universes. They are based in associations and from this week onwards I want to invite you to make a list of free associations based in a symbol that I will post here in the blog.
This week we will talk about the Sun.
As you know there have been sun deities throughout history.
In Ancient Greece as well as in Egypt, the Sun was portrayed as a masculine God : Apollo, Ra.
Yet, in other cultures, such as Japanese and Nordic cultures, the Sun is portrayed as a Goddess. For instance, in Japan, Amaterasu was the sun goddess who was born from the left eye of the primeval being Izanagi. The ruler of the Plain of Heaven, she was the oldest daughter of Izanagi. She hid in a cave until Uzume lured her out, at which time a beam of light, the dawn, escaped.
Now, you take the floor : what do you associate with the Sun?
pain and joy.
my favourite image of the sun is how a boy in my primary school would draw it – with long yellow rays. I saw it as a far – away, slightly malevolent thing, but he made it touch the earth and show its loving side.
It’s burnt me many times, but I still love a glowing, sunny day.
The Sun. Solace. Bright Blessings for the Right Hand Path, lighting the Red Road.
Gliding in a boat from East to West, I shine upon the World, the Light.
Morning Star, Noonday Demon, Setting Skylark, the Sun walks a road standing still, and will exist after the Earth is gone…
A small star.
Joy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Sun symbolize my love of my children.
The mighty Sun, the creating force the keeper of life and hope, lightens and warmly embraces and sustains all living things in the world.
The Illuminator of our senses and manifester of our desires, the gate keeper from the forces of darkness the energy of the world.
Saravá ♡
Milou
Dear Paulo,
as I come from a tropical land (because of my study, I live in germany now –> not much sun). Sun is for just like the welcoming arms of a mother, something comfortable like home.
Vida, masculino, energia
Dear Paulo,
I associate the Sun with freedom. The possibility to travel wherever I want and follow my own dreams with no regrets. The sun reaches places I would like to go to and it keeps me warm.
Love Eleonor
Este ser tão grandioso, é muito mais do que nossa singela inteligencia possa imaginar. Estrela para os cientistas, força criadora para a humanidade. Responsável pela vida e por tudo mais que isto possa significar.
A forma fisica de Deus!
namaste amigos.
suns: the street-lamps of the universe:)
Spiritually and somehow linked in a scientifical way too -
I think we all carry a part of the light from the sun within us.
I can deeply understand that the sun in many cultures is worshipped as a God (masculine and feminine).
Still among Hopi it is the task of the men of the tribe to go out before the dawn and sing so that the sun will rise.
I ofthen think of the sunlight likely to the love of God because the sun shines over us all – good and bad, weak and strong, wealthy and poor…
To solely think of the sun as a physical thing feels like you would take away a part of the soul from the world…
*smile*
Josephine < romantic
Energy. Life. The beginning of the beginning.
As in the Rigveda.
Huge and intense desire. The one that vitalizes, invigorates and fortifies but also is daunting and awesome, cannot be looked straight in the eyes and can always make a pile of smoking ashes out of you…
I see every soul as a child of the sun
Me, as in my soul, i see my soul as a child of the sun
God
a sun, a node of transformation emitting an indefinable particle/vibration in which I find myself swimming, the sea of light in which we are all resonating tunefully, aspects of the Godly which first set in motion all vibration, the Word… no separation but a unity motion, different frequencies, different habitations on the spectrum of life…
beauty
The Beloved.
The Sun Rising
My friend wrote this track back in the eighties, and since then the Sun has always represented this to me.
Food, I associate the sun with food. The sun provides an abundant supply of food (energy) for every living being on Earth.
Well… The Sun… is so defenitive. So crusial for life. So joy bringing with light of new birth (for us in the northern and sothern hemisphere). But deep down I also feel a certain fear of the sun. It’s like the sun stands a side of all belives (I don’t really don’t know how right now). Or above maybe… Without it we will not be here, at our school… Sometimes I’m torn between what I feel and what I read and hear from science (stars born, and stars die…etc) And it bring skin disease (malignt melanom) and kill when we are exposed to it too much (ex from The Valkyries) So… happieness and fear. No one without the other. Strange…
about the sun it’s kind of diffrent according to the sun condition where it’s sunrise or sunset … the sunrise kind of new spirit and kind of great hope , but sun set feel kind of mestariuos …
the actiant pharones made the pyramids at the west side of nile as the sun goes down which means the end ….
i do belive it’s according to ur mental and physical state the sun would be a sample to u :)
There is nothing new under the sun!
Life and a healing power to depressions.
O Sol deveria ser um objetivo para todos.
Brilhar nosso espírito com uma luz iluminadora e aquecedora em todos os lugares que passarmos e a todas pessoas que encontrarmos.
Ser como o sol, é ser uma fonte de luz divina!
Francis of Assisi refers to the Sun & Moon, as “Brother Sun/ Sister Moon“…I think the Sun is our majestic, heavingly brother, always with us,influencing all life on the earth,sending energy and shining a spotlight,iiuminating, and making clear our paths on this daily walk we call Life.
Blessings to all this day!
light, hope, and mortality.
agape. or unconditional love. because the sun gives light for everyone. as much as you want. there is no bias.
On contemplating his life in a moment of deep fear, the father of my children sent me this yesterday.
“I know one thing I’ve come to Anger is the route of all our troubles. Hope you are all enjoying this beautiful day that god has given us. The sun is a cure in it’s self.”
The sun is a cure…….What a perfect description.
xxxx Ruth xxxx
POWER AND STRENGTH!!!!!!! :)
thanks Hildegarde, for the beautiful story
Like my ancesters, the Incas, the sun is like God to me. Not god from the bible but instead the great energy that its impact has to the world. The sun is like a great vitamin in the lives of all living creature, without sun we would be like vampires.
sun is strength and beginnings :D
The impulse of life
Our Divine nature
The heart of our Universe
Yo asocio al sol, con el brillo el calor la energía, una poderosa fuente de energía, que domina el día, ante la luz del sol, las cosas son verdaderas, ante la energía del sol, nuestro organismo demanda y genera mayor actividad, amo al hermano sol, a mi Inti constructor.
Saludos desde los andes americanos.
Cecilia
Dear Agnieszka,
yes, it heals and refreshes the soul, but there are not many who can look in her light…
maybe the are not able to heal their souls alone…
Nia
Dear Hidegarde,
… Beautiful :).
Con que asocio el sol… con el principio… con la vida, con la verdad. El sol ha sido bien asociado con los dioses creadores como Apollo y Ra puesto que este es aquel padre que da y da sin pedir nada a cambio (por el momento) El sol envía a diario 4,000 veces más la cantidad de personas que vamos a utilizar en la tierra. Padre y Madre creo que son las mejores palabras que he podido buscar para asociar como el sol.
nascente…meio de dia…e por de sol…..em nome do pai do filho espirito santo amen….as above,so below
Energy and life even thought I like the moon and night better :)
George Harrison!!! (here comes the sun…)
SOL…
True Love, energy, rebirth, contentment, inoscence, a male attribute in a God or in a Goddess,
Equality, strength, generous and nurturing light, TRANSFORMATION
i dont know why but these days when i think of the sun , i think of the trees too…the rays remind me so intensely of the roots of a tree in the ground….
Love and Graditude
Annie
Dear KaZenDim or Damien, i liked reading your comment following your thoughts :) sometimes i thought of what you wrote before i read it..
Love and Graditude
Annie
Or maybe the Sun makes me simply think about this warm light that enligths our path and Warms our hearts.
Love
Damien
Yes, dear Love,
to draw as a child.
Some days ago while I was taking care of two little girls we all made a drawing, one of the girls told the story of her drawing,…
She drew two moons, a sun and a flower…
The flower that she drew was immedeatley in love with the sun when she opened her heart… She saw the sun as her grandmother and the two moons were her father and mother. The seven stars were their children and she was the flower.
I asked her why the flower was immedeatley in love with the sun,…
and she said “just because she saw and felt the sun when she was growing”.
Love
All Ways
Hildegarde
then Moon makes me think about Mother then about Earth then Sea then Water then Life then Creation then Sexuality then Sounds then Music then Love then Fertility then Birth then again Love then Woman then Gone then Sun again then Sky then Planets then Cosmos then Interstellar Space Arkestra then Music of the Sphere then Monk then Communication then Communion then One then God then Dog then Dark side then Night then Shadows then Trees then Ground then Wind then Silence then Mountain then Meditation then Illumination then Awakening with the sunrise then welcome to the Dawn.
Love
Damien
I associate the sun with the son, as in Jesus, power, a new day, cannot be received directly, we need layers of proteccion between us and the sun, health, it can give life but can also destroy, fun, the sea, plant life, fire, heat, the elements, fire, earth, wind and water, our bodies, sunglasses. sun proteccion lotion, spf creams, sky, clouds, umbrellas, convertible cars.
When I think of the sun, I automatically think of the moon. Some of what I think about when I think of the sun and the moon: If the sun is masculine then the moon is feminine. If the sun is a god then the moon is a goddess. If the sun gives light, energy and heat then the moon gives her own light (to darkness), rest and coolness. The sun offers its beauty but is unforgiving and harsh; it will blind you after a period of time. The moon offers her beauty that is cool and serene…no harm done after hours of gazing. Both have been worshipped. Both are necessary even today.
Hola a todos,
Pues lo relaciono con calor, luz, fuego, vida, verano, amarillo, Lorenzo :-), el nombre de la hija de una buena amiga ( Sunna), una bola con rayos, dibujos infantiles… ahora mismo es lo que se me ocurre…
Besos desde Barcelona,
Miriam