This week’s free association comes down to from the Moon to the Sea.
The Sea is intrinsically diverse and contradictory - given that its waters may be peaceful or aggressive depending on the context.
As you know the sea in certain traditions is linked to the bearer of all life. In Greek Mythology for instance, Oceanus - or Okeanos - the Titan God, ruled over the great earth-encircling river Okeanos, the font of all the earth’s fresh-water: including rivers, wells, springs and rain-clouds. Okeanos was also the god who regulated the rising and setting of the heavenly bodies which were believed to emerge and descend into his watery realm at the ends of the earth. Okeanos’ wife was Tethys, the nurse, who was probably thought to distribute his water to the earth via subterranean caverns.
But the Sea can also be depicted as a dangerous environment. Carl Jung for instance stated that in dreams, the sea represents the unknown region of your psychic sphere, where many dangers stay hidden.
Now, you take the floor : what do you associate with the Sea?
My life…
If I had been asked for any association with the sea some time ago, I would rather have agreed with Carlos or said something about the moon, the tides, etc. But now my only association is connected with my personal experience that I’ve had lately. So there were a few young women (including me) getting together for a chat. One of us is a psychologist and she suggested taking a test. “Imagine that you are in a desert,” - she said. - “There is no tree, no well, no people, just you and the sand and the sun. You are walking along this sand; you are tired; you are thirsty. Suddenly you see a high wall in the middle of the desert. You begin to climb it and it takes the rest of your energy. At last you are on top of it. You sit on top of the wall and there is endless sea in front of you. What would you do?”
I remember everybody shouting: “I’ll jump down and rush toward the water”, “I’ll swim away”, “I’d dive”… My answer was: to sit quietly first and contemplating the sea with gratitude and joy, and only then come up to it and enter the water.
The key to the test was: the sea is a symbol of love, and the way that we said we’d behave symbolized our attitude to love and our way of loving somebody.
So now I associate the sea with LOVE.
today I just posted about some things I associate with the sea, and I did not know you proposed this exercise here, when I saw you were following me I came here and found this post of yours, today I was speaking about mermaids, I also associate the sea with the place where life got started. this is why I love all sea goddesses, from Kuan Yin to Yemanya, they are our mothers of life. ;-)
thanks for you to have visited me today.
hugs and kisses
Ro
A mother
For me the sea is the world of the spirit. It is also Agape. It is the destination to which my river has journeyed. It is where life began, and it is the realm of the soul.
I don’t know much about metaphysics, but I feel the sea is the realm of the soul and the spirit.I think that reaching the sea symbolically in life is the chance for rebirth, as it is the universal womb from which we once came.
I think it is the primordial HOME we all belong to.
Who knows.
karen.
The sea is our deepest selves, our souls and our spirits
I have some dificulties writing in english, so I’ll write in portuguese. I wope you can all forgive me.
O mar tem tanto significado e tantos significados para mim que é difícil escolher uma só palavra…
No entanto, a escolher, escolheria “Deus”, pela imensidão e grandiosidade, pelo Poder e pela Paz que manifesta, pela Vida que nele surgiu, e que nele habita, pela Beleza, pela fluídez, porque penetra na areia com respeito pela sua própria natureza, porque me acolhe, quando nele mergulho, sem, no entanto, me deixar “amolecer” na minha postura, obrigando-me sempre a um esforço, ora porque luto com as ondas, ora porque nado, ou mergulho furando uma onda, porque é simultaneamente, uma fonte de fascínio e de medo. Sempre que olho o mar, abrindo também os olhos da alma, encontro Deus.
Pat, Portugal
What a happy coincidence to read your post about the sea now!
As a musician, I’m currently working on new material for my next record. all of it’s songs have to do something with water.
Isn’t it strange that water surrounds us everywhere? It covers almost 70% of the world, it’s about 70% of your bodies, it’s even it the air we breathe…
For me, water, may it be the ocean, a river, or even a pond, stands for life itself. You have to learn to swim when you don’t want to drown.
Sometimes you’ll find a raft, you might get washed on someones shore, you can spend happy days with friends on the beach. But there will also be storms and waves bigger than your house. That’s when it starts to get really interesting :-)
… Atlantis…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uO_vFuzPJvc
love,
pontifex…
Agua, sal, grande, playa, marea, movimiento, barco,peces, sirenas, azul, espejo del cielo, nadar…
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Watter, salt, big, beach, tide, movement, ship, fishes, mermaids, blue( like colour), mirror of the sky, swim…
Funny, I just spent a week at the seashore on vacation and the book I read was The Valkyries. On one of our nightly beach walks I realized one reason I always feel so energized and happy at the beach is that when you stand at the shore’s edge, you are forced to expand your vision to the horizon. I look down much less frequently. At sea, or on the beach, that 15-foot circle around you is just less relevant, or takes up less attention. And it’s very fulfilling.
Water has always terrified me. The sea is a constant reminder of the individual’s mortality and insignificance. I much prefer a tree. A tree is effected by the elements as am I, while the sea IS an element. I can relate to a tree.
the sea of love..
the Sea is Life to me. there are a lot that is still unknown about the sea, and also an element of danger, but it is also vast, powerful, peaceful, amazing, and fluid. i like the idea of the sea a lot, and i wish our oceans are cleaner than they are.
I saw “Mamma mia” for the second time, absolutely amazing!!!
I couldn’t seat still; I wanted to dance, to fly, to dive into this blue, sparkling sea.
The sea…
the love, happiness and tears.
The essence of my dreams, of my being.
I could watch it a hundred times.
love
Agnieszka
Courage, possibilities the unknown. The Thuatha de Dannans, Avalon, A senhora do lago, Viviane
sereias! Deusas e Deuses! homens corajosos - pescadores, navegadores, viajantes; Mundos desconhecidos! Lendas - Triangulo das bermudas, Atlantida; Realidades desconhecidas - fundo do Mar! Tesouros perdidos! Prazer! Viajar! Vida! Sal!
The Moon and Sea are very much interlinked for me.
Because whilst the moon reflects the sun, the sea/water reflects the moon and produces fluroscent creatures that “light up” when the waves crash.
It can be calming like the breath heard inside the womb, or in the next breath become a tempestuous destroyer.
Still waters run deep, so the energy it brings reasonates with my Soul.
I hope to live by the Sea.
I agree with Karen..to me Sea is a world of spirits..a world of dreams..it is a reality that can transfer you to other worlds..
I have so many instense memories with the Sea..When i was a kid ,i drowned, as i couldnt swim well , and my cousin saved me..This was a great lesson for me..that i m learning till now…Life is a big Sea, and if you cant swim, or if you give up, then you ll drown…I realised this so intensely the past years…
Another time i saw a spirit as i had made a long dive underneath..
From then on, Sea is a place i talk to..every time i go…either with my mind or physically..We make long conversations..Even in my dreams, when i feel so lost or afraid i see myself underwater..like that there is a place that i feel safe…one said to me that this is because i have not felt parental love , especially a mother’s love…
However, Sea is a Mother to me..she always hears me..and she always makes me feel at ease with myself..
Love and Graditude to the Sea, and everyone of you, who learns to swim…
Annie
I just returned from a weeks visit to the beach as well. We had a full moon or nearly full all week with clear skies. The moon had come up like a ball of orange fire out of the water and as it rose into the sky turned white, it’s light relflecting off the water. You could see in detail the surface of the moon with the naked eye. I felt naked. I wanted to be naked, part of it. I felt like I was on the edge of the world, the edge of an abyss. It was if I could feel the earth spinning in space and could see that motion pulling the ocean to the shore as the wind blows past it. I wanted to dive in. Become lost in it, to become one with it and not fear it’s power. But I do fear the ocean. I respect it. I respect my healthy fear of it too. The ocean is life to me. Never ending creation. I wonder if a single droplet of water ever passes the same place twice? The sight and sound hypnotises. The constant movement, the changing sands. One day there are shells everywhere, the next there are none replaced with sand fleas that dissapper the folloing day and again replaced with dead jelly fish who’s stinging tenantals are gone. The ocean luls my soul, soothes it. The ocean frightens me with it’s vastness and depth. I cry out of happiness when I arrive at the water and cry to be seperated from it when it is time to go…
Oksana, I dont have a story as beautifully put as you do, but I also associate the sea with love… It would make sence that life is all about love, when you think that over 75% of the earth is covered in water. But, I also associate the sea with family, for the simple fact that, every time I go to the ocean, I think about the good times I spent with my family on vacations.
I was 5 or 6 and swimming in the sea,…suddenly I disappeared in the water, in other words I was drowning. The moment that I realised this fear was arising,…I tryed to come above but I didn’t manage because of the stream of the water. Out of control I stopped thinking and let me go into the wave which brought me back to the beach.
This experience tells me that the sea is taking and giving life as the ebb and flow. The sea is a place where you can dive in and leave your mind behind by the surrender to the mystery, which gives a rebirth of love.
I relate the sea to day and night, sun and moon, father and mother…the heart of every child.
Love
All Ways
Hildegarde
Samina looks at how at ease everyone feels with the sea and wonders if she watched too many episodes of Jaws when she was a child. She scribbles down her thoughts:
Fear. Unknown. Uncertainty. Danger. Beauty. Calling. Lost. Power. Deadly. Calm. Anger. Temper. Schizophrenic.
A Universe on Earth.
Sea is a place of many possibilities.I cannot forget E.A.Poe,with his “Message in a Bottle”,or from Colleridge”The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner”.Those two writings tells lot about what might happen during a travell on sea.Also,is seen like a great womb,giving birth to Aphrodite,the beautiful godess.So,we arrive again to femininity,and to mistery.Maybe I take it too much in a Romantic way,but this just suits me.What about “Moby Dick”,the symbol of the ideal,of something that one cannot reach?Adventure are the key word,this I think.And,sure,Charon,are very familiar character,because with the risk and adventure,there is the possibility of death,of passing in the other realm.Buzzati Dino ,or G.G.Marques presented stories about Phantom Ships.
I wish you oceans of Love dear Annie… & don’t forget to come up for Air… Love, Paul
PS I am very fond of the Sea because like Love, it is one of life’s most powerful elements
I associate the sea with human nature. Depending on life’s conditions sometimes calm, still and serene or conversely wild, playful or dangerous. I think the sea teaches us about our own nature and the contradictions we have to learn to live with. As a wise person once told me on the island of lindisfarne, “If you ever have a problem, for which you can find no solution, sit by the edge of the sea and contemplate its vastness and depth, and there you will find the solution”. Again a comparison to human nature as all answers can be found from within.
En tiempos de la Oca,
en el Océano,
al Occidente
de Oc, de Europa, de Cantabria,
donde la cueva Oclusa vela,
Ocurre en el confín de Amaya,
que Apolo Occiduo el dios anhela,
en el Ocaso que nunca halla,
y en la Ocasión que el día quiso,
el carro del Sol Ocultar,
y tras de Isis el velo Occiso,
su eterno renacer Ocupar.
En tiempos de La Oca en el Océano son tiempos que nos lega el pasado y nos ofrece el presente. Tiempos hoy en los que La Oca flota, nada y vuela sobre el Océano de la vida. Tiempos ayer aquellos en los que la Oca sobrevivió cuando la gran isla en medio del Océano se hundió para luego renacer la vida cuando las aguas se retiraron. La relación con el sol, a quien Dios mandó dibujar el Arco en el cielo tras el Diluvio, hace que la Oca represente el nexo de unión con los tiempos de la fascinante cultura que hoy podemos contemplar en Altamira o El Castillo. La Oca sobrevive al Diluvio y se la asocia al sol. La Oca es símbolo de vida y protección. La cultura celta tenía a la Oca como un símbolo sagrado, era mensajera del Otro Mundo. En el antiguo Egipto, la Oca era un animal vinculado a nacimiento y muerte. Las ocas son las aves que vuelan entre el cielo y la tierra manteniendo un nexo de unión entre ambos. Para cofradías y hermandades medievales la pata de la oca era un símbolo hermético referente de la Tríada: como el Tridente de Poseidón - dios de la Atlántida - o el símbolo semejante de la Vieira, la Concha del Peregrino, del Camino de Santiago que precisamente atraviesa nuestros lares, el Camino de las Estrellas que sigue la ruta hacia tierras un dia emergidas. Siguiendo la dirección del camino de Santiago y prolongándolo en línea recta, éste llega a un punto al norte de las Azores. Bien puede suceder que el camino de Santiago, hacia el Oeste, se vea impulsado también por un recuerdo inconsciente de las tierras regidas por quien tenía como símbolo el tridente. En el Océano, en Occidente, en el país de Oc, la realeza adopta el símbolo de la flor de lys. Como el “Algiz” cuyos tres brazos alzados representan al hombre exultante, a la victoria. La Trinidad. La Divinidad.
http://www.laocaeneloceano.es
What a beautiful wish, dear Paul…
Love and Graditude…
p.s Swimming…
Annie
Like the floating sea I drift in and out.
Sandy shores warm and inviting, drawing me in to enjoy the life giving waters and the serenity of its sound. At times storms toss the waves to and fro, some big, some small, such is the way of trial. And when the sun fades, the moon casts its reflection bringing me back to where I belong, alone with the silence only the sea can bring.
Like the sea, I belong to every one and no one at all.
I am blessed to have seen many shores, pulling me in leaving a lasting impression as I depart…who knows when I might be this way again, but like the sea in all its vastness I find love as it speaks to me and if you listen closely, it speaks also to you, it speaks to us all.
~Rain
For me the sea represents - everything ,our journey …emotions ,LOVE , it cleanses ,revitalizers ,gives us beauty ,smell of salt ,shells ,sandcastles ,treasure,discoveries, our own body of water ,catching waves ,riding them ,and of course snorkeling -diving into the earth ,rock pools ,star fish and of course there is the other side it brings our fears of sharks , sting rays and so forth ..I was once stung by a Box jelly fish ..when I was 13 ,this was deadly ,it parallelized me for a few weeks .Also the ocean is grounding ..brings balance and helps centers us .But I also think of Atlantis in regard to this all the time too.Also Mermaids ,Nemo and Charts -maps ,Navigating ,Light houses …messages in a bottle ,washed up items ..like seaweed,driftwood and we used to get Pippys when we where younger as well as worms ..Thats as much as I can think of for now ..Love and Light -Tania
For me the sea as a child was sheer happiness. I love the look, the smell, the peace, the excitement and danger of it. I love to be enveloped by it. I love folklore tales of the sea and paintings of the sea. I love sea creatures. It is a formidable part of nature.
On the flip side as a child up until a young adult I always had dreams of standing at the shore and watching the waves swells grow until they became a tidal wave and I was stay still and hold my breath and hope to survive it. I always did. I do believe it represents emotion, cleansing of emotions.
Kathleen xxoo
…eu sou o oceano…desejo visitar todos os continentes…as vezes calmo e passivo…outras com fúria e turbulência…muitos me admiram…muitos me temem…alguns encontram em mim aventuras…outros encontram o amor e inspiração…e podem ainda encontrar decepções e dor…posso prover e ser generoso com alguns…e com um só gesto…prejudicar muitos…e assim como o oceano namora a lua…sem nunca possuí-la…assim namoramos a vida…
X
para mi el mar es parte de mi espiritu y de mi alma es ese elemento que me da vida
I have difficulty describing what the sea means to me. Though I understand the the principle and symbolism of water I have some trouble making myself open to the flow of its energy. As a small child I vividly remember learning to swim and I feel that I may have some deep trauma associated with the sea that is buried in time’s memory. I remember feeling the threat of unknown creatures and relentless currents. I watched the movie ‘Amistad’ in which illegal slave traders had slaves shackled to long chains with weights that were dumped overboard upon the threat of discovery. I felt the pain of those people in a very real way. I cannot say that I have ever experienced that kind of tragedy first hand, though I seem to feel lost when I contemplate the vast ocean. ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ also brought out deep fears, but it was a little off the mark as far as illuminating my own conflict. Perhaps the loss of a loved one to the great unknown may explain the void that I feel associated with the sea. This is not to say that I fear the sea. I enjoy swimming, snorkeling and diving, just that I feel a strange and particular void that I can’t really explain. It seems to call to me and taunt me with the same voice like children calling me to come play, but then laughing when I stop to contemplate whether this is a good idea. One day I will set out to discover the dark secret that the sea holds for me and with luck I will find the courage to meet the sobering truth without stumbling into another inexplicable tragedy. A shadow has many faces and few are fortunate enough to find the courage to square off with all of them. I have seen the darkness present in my ability to trust people. Now when I have come through the dark forest filled with voracious beings of unknown origin, only then will I have the strength to trek into the treacherous sea.
Wolf Hawk Serpent
With Love,
-E
sea is seen as its worst possible disaster & the best mood setter ever
i see it as a disaster first then as a mood setter
in just few moment it could destroy anything & on the second moment its calm as a sleeping baby
for me sea is teacher teaching u about people that they can be as a violent as sea or as calm as sea
The Sea is the cradle of Life, life poured forth from the oceans and is taken back just as easily. I believe our emotions and souls are connected to the living spirit of the ocean.
The Sea. I have never really seen the sea (except from what I have seen on TV). I would like to someday. So the sea, to me, is expectation.
The sea…the sea. The up and down of the waves sweeping in and out. The pull and the power. the floating, jumping up up up and the sinking down down down.
Being in the sea jumping in the waves reminds me of my recent journey through life. During the highs I am up with my face to the sun. Swept up and uplifted by each wave. When the big wave passes and I sink down to the deep trough, sometimes sputtering for air and trying to breathe. I am lower than low, sun and sky blocked out just waiting for another wave to come along and carry me up again to the sun. These have been the highs and lows of my life over the past 7 years. Thank you for giving me the forum to write about my view on this subject.
when it comes to meditation the sea can reflect your thoughts - when you start meditation the sea will be rough and have a lot of waves. when you look in the sea you can not really sea the sky as a clear picture since the motion of the sea disturbs the image it reflects. the more you practice meditation the clearer the picture of the sky gets. and when the thoughts calm down and maybe reach a point where they come to stop you can gat a clear picture of the sky, of the clouds of the birds flying around and of the sun since the sea will stop to wave around and just will be this calm and deep water.
The sea… dark and clear. Power, strenght… Constance, mistery, passion, love. Anger and serenity. Calm and frustration. Salty. A huge blue space… the reflection of the skies.
The one that easily came up in my mind was pearl or mother pearl. Then the second thought was death. I thought death instead of life simply because I cannot live in water. I also associate the see with something unstable or uncomfortable, which I could not find the perfect word. It seems the more I think of the sea, the more complicate it becomes…
my spirit
The sea is freshness, change, surprises… It’s kind and angry, blue and grey, calm and strormy… Just like the life, with good and bad periods changing each other. It loves people hugging them with its waves and eats them up sometimes, taking to the bottom.
Sea is much more than it can seem:)
It’s kind of hard to explain… I believe that human beings are related to natural elements and that mine is the water even if most of the people would plainly call me crazy.
Other than the usual fun you can have at the seaside, when I get into the sea, I feel like I’ve arrived home. It makes me feel safe, refreshed, relaxed and peaceful. And there is this position, when you float in the water on your back (without any devices) and parts of your body are inside the water, including your ears - it’s like a whole new dimension. You can hear the outside world only in the distance, and even if you know they’re really not that far away, it still feels amazing. Like, you’re there but you’re really not.
I don’t know. I just love the sea.
The sea seems to be very inspiring so I can’t help adding another association of mine: THE AMBER.
The point is that the first sea that I visited as a child was the Baltic Sea. It remains my favourite despite being cold and not very friendly. I even learnt to pick up pieces of amber right out of the waves. In this respect I remembered two legends connected with this stone.
The first says that long ago there were two suns in the sky. One of them was so huge and heavy that it fell in the sea and split against the rocks. Since then the waves of the sea carry small pieces sun.
The other legend is about the goddess Yurate from the Lithuanian mythology. Yurate lived in an amber palace at the bottom of the Baltic Sea. And in a small village on the shore there lived a handsome young fisherman called Kastitis who would sing beautiful songs as he went into the sea in his boat. Yurate listened to his songs when he was casting his fishing net right above her amber palace, and fell in love with him. One day she told him about her love and took him to live with her in her wonderful palace. But their happiness did not last long. When Perkunas, the Supreme God, knew that Yurate, the goddess, loved a mortal man, he got infuriated and ordered to destroy her palace. He chained Yurate to the rocks to stay there forever, and told the waves to kill Kastitis. Since then Yurate cries for her lost love. Her tears turn into small pieces of amber, and the big pieces of amber that the sea brings ashore are the remnants of her beautiful palace.
This legend is very similar to the story of the Lake Titicaca.
…The sea is life itself…always moving, every day different, but equally surprising and beautiful…
sea is like life..some years ago I was in the sea, an hour inside from the beach, there was medusas everywhere and 2 of them bit me, there was also a stream which was pulling me .For the first time in my life i felt i can die..I felt that the sea is also scary, big and powerful..I felt so small there..
but sea is also calmness..love, joy…I can watch it all my life and it will never bored me.
2 days ago I was just lying in the sea…and felt happy and calm for the first time from years maybe…I was just lying there..and there were people around..strangers, but I didn’t feel alone..it was hot and sunny, I didn’t move at all…just lying there..I felt small again in the hands of the sea…I felt like I’ve let the sea to do whatever it wants..I was under it’s control…but in fact I could control it by myself.. it was so good..I felt like a part of it..like a fish..like a shell…like water…
Sea is really like life..if you know how to live it..you can be calm and happy…like it’s the one and only possible thing..you can see it dangerous and scary, but you can see it like happiness and love…because we are all part of it..and this is beautiful..
sea is like life…it’s everywhere where your look can reach..you know that somewhere it ended but u can’t really realize it .The good thing is that when you finally go out of it..life doesn’t end..there is the ground , the air and all the beautiful endless world in front of you , with all the people and love inside :)
p.s:sorry for my bad english
a vast manifestion of the water element in Nature
a mirror of our emotional body or the water element in us
adventure
unlimitedness
beyond manmade frontieres
beauty
a natural force
a natural source of life
renewal
cleansing
a part of nature I love and am nurtured by
My english is not very good so i will write in french…
La mer est source de vie, bien quel puise être calme ou déchainé, le doux son de celle-ci est ci réconfortant… Elle symbolise le mystère, la beauté, l’inconnue et même la peur… Rien de mieux que pouvoir nager dans celle-ci et sentir toute ses caresses…
Genx
With the sea I associate Patience… because if it has a rock or an obstacle in front of it, he will find it’s way, surround it or little by little desintegrating the rock. The sea is the wisest in how to flow with what life puts in front of us.
I associate the Sea with one’s Emotions. It can be calm and peaceful, but it can also be treacherous the next minute. Just like our roller coaster of emotions — we can be happy or melancholic, excited or lethargic, peaceful or troublesome.
The normal temperament of the sea depends on its surroundings — the moon, the wind or an island in the midst. But unexpected occurences like an earthquake or a typhoon, would set off its violent character. Likewise, our emotions are very much affected by the people, things and the events happening around us. And strong emotions are usually triggered by the unexpected.
The waves reveal the sea’s emotions. Our eyes reveal ours.
I love it yet I am afraid of it. Curious to know more about it but afraid it will drown me.
I always dream about it. The sea in my dreams always represents my real emotion and sometimes even emotion that I have yet to come into term with.
The sea is a mysterious creature.
I love the Sea!!! It nourishes me, it gives me life!!! The Sea makes me feel connected to the rest of the world!!!
Makes me feel calm, in awe, makes me appreciate the ski in a diferent way, I love the sound of the crashing of the waves, the seaguls flying in their own patterns, coming down for food or to have a walk maybe!
The sea also remind me of the Goddess!!!
Like you said it can be dangerous, the Sea demands respect!
I associate the sea with LOVE.
For many people love is associated with some positive feelings, like tenderness, inspiration, entrancement, etc., but this is not love actually, these are just emotions… Notion of love is much deeper… Feelings and emotions can be matched with waves in the sea, and love with sea itself. If the surface of the sea is still, it doesn’t mean that the sea has dried… And derivatives of Love may be not only “positive” feelings, but also “negative”, like fear, jealousy, fury, etc.
The sea of tranquility of course!
Aybe sea.
I live on an island in an archipelago surrounded by the sea. I never got used to looking at the sea even if I see it everyday. Whenever I look at the sea, they seem to calm me or hypnotize me or even lull me to sleep.
I really liked the myth of Kastitis and Yurate…Thank you dear Oksana..
Love and Graditude
Annie
although the sea terrifies me st… (maybe I drowned in my past life… who knows) represents a constant change, combinations of everything… good and bad
I had many dreams of tidal waves. I would be terrified and see the water coming, with dead bodies floating in the water. I read somewhere that if you dream of clear water, it is a good thing. If the water is muddy, watch out.
My waves always had clear water.
When I have visited the ocean, I like to swim in the salt water. I feel cleansed and refreshed even though the crabs bite my toes.
The Secret to Rebirth/Reincarnation/Consistent Growth. It’s been around for ages & we’ve all consumed so much of it, but it’s still there. And, I think it will be there forever.
Salty Dogs & Aphrodite… the Sea is the the spice of life…
God bless all who sail upon her…
Love, Pirate Paul ;)
Prezado Paulo,
sou dono de livraria e adoro o seu trabalho, por que ele vende. Caso contrário eu atiraria seus livros no abismo das obras sem significado e carentes de qualidade. Você é um fenômeno, isso não há dúvidas, e um comentário negativo no mar dos seus sucessos não vai virar uma página das suas memórias do lugar. Mas como todo fenômeno você vai passar. Não acho que a culpa seja sua, afinal, todo mundo precisa de glamour e um fardão da ABL pra viver. A culpa é do povo, que carente de magia bebe da sua fonte sem saber a origem dessa água milagrosa que você vende aos quatro cantos da Terra. Continue assim. Escreva mais porcarias. Vamos transformar essa coisa sem graça chamada literatura num bordel de anjos e caminhos mágicos. Vamos por borboletas e bruxas em cada livro, vamos afastar a qualidade narrativa e dar lugar ao brilho dos pozinhos e poções. Você é ótimo no que faz, afinal, alguém tem que ser.
Cada época tem os escritores que merece.
I am the sea. Had the sea not created a walking version of itself I wouldn’t be in this form here today. My womb has a salinity similar to that of the sea, which responds to the gravity of the moon.
My life is the sea, the rising and falling of waves, while I break through the surface and touch the spirit, change form, and become the gasious part of the sea, leaving behind my salt, my doubts and fears.
My life is the sea when I stay buried deep at the bottom of it, insulated, safe and without experiences the surface provides me with, when molecules and particles come and settle at the bottom, making me fearful and parinoid. I am governed by the gravity of the moon and sun, a force, a mystery, that while I exsist as a sea I could never understand.
Dreams….the hand that uplifts the worries from my shoulders….serenity….wisdom…silence
To me, the sea was and still related with Mystery.
I think sea represents the humanbeing mood with its everlasting instability.
I always think that If I could dive as much as deep inside the sea and discover its uncertainties, I will be able to get over life’s diffculties, come in terms with my deepest feelings, and clear away my fears and doubts.
In our ancient Arabic culture, there’s a folkish song that starts with ” The sea is disloyal”.
I don’t completely agree with it, but till today there’s kind of truth.
Because even the most professional divers in the world could be a victim of drawning.
Nothing is sure about sea, as well as our feelings.
that’s my point =) Thank u 4 time
What is Sea ? Is it associated with God or is it associated with fear in our dreams ? Good question Paulo, My personal view on this matter is that-
Let us break down the word called “sea”. S of the word could be Season, e of the word could be Earth and a of the word could be adaptability. Now, Once I combine these words and try to make give some meaning to it. It becomes- Based on Season, the earth adapts. Now it is up to you to decide how does this statement connects with the sea. The message drawn from this word Sea, has great deal of importance.
First, May be during those times humans had Natural resources and they do not understand the meaning of their existence. Therefore, the god gave them a Sea which will remind them that Based on the seasons the earth adapts. “The statement itself gives lot of meaning for human existence too”.
We are living in this earth as the sea in the earth. We are burning every day or struggling every day and trying to protect our existence. In case of Sea, sea is also getting heated up daily and it is protecting its own existence. We are then becoming cool in nights and relaxing with the tiredness of our burning entire day. Similarly the sea is very cold and chilly in the nights. The clouds moves to the cooler place near some mountains. Now again in the morning we wake up with the early morning rise of sun. The same process counties with our existence too.
I think Carl Jung idea of sea which is fear, is associated with those minds which lack knowledge and those minds can easily be directed in any ways. We have group of community and group of people or humans doing a common task that is based on the rule of one intelligent mind over thousand common minds.
Therefore, To conclude your comments I would give you one quotation and that quotation is derived from your question. The quote is- “Based on Season, the earth adapts.”
ASSALAM O ALIEKUM!
Well sea..sea signifies the might of GOD..
the killing waves, unlimited water in the sea..awl these thnigs actually show us the power of GOD..it shows the brilliance of our GOD,,
nd i relate sea to anoder world…a world of thousands of creatures who r living inside the sea,,,just how opposite those creatures r..v cant breath in water and they cant breath in air..so i relate sea 2 awl dose who r living inside it.,who r used to of awl da ups and downs ov the sea..who enjoy the thrill of scary waves,,,who r just so differnt..i relate sea to every single creature living in it!!
The sea is a bridge that connect people from one another. I also view the sea as a source of life.
Dear Paulo,
Sea = Freedom, Sea = Love, Sea = Life, Sea = Joy, Sea = Unknown, Sea = Respect and most of all Sea = Perpetuum mobile !
And since I read The Valkyries Sea is part of my Gardian angel that envelopes me together with Sky above.
That is Sea for me.
Love
Luce
P.S. Only now I shall read what others have written !
The sea is like my soul - my soul is like the sea: Vast and deep -
stormy and calm - treasure chests and sharks under its surface.
GOD
Sea just make me think about fear.
Close to the sea, in the beach, I fell peaceful. But the sea scares me, the waves, big waves, they make my nights miserable (dreams) since I was very young.
This is rather difficult. When i’m at the beach, my feet in the sand, it is peaceful, tranquil and i feel at ease.
however, for the past two years, i have been having reoccuring nightmares about the ocean. typically, that i’m on a beach and a giant tidal wave comes at me. i never actually die in these dream, but it’s always the same beach, same people involved, same terror and waking up in sweats.
it’s quite disturbing. the past several times i’ve been to the ocean i try to reassure myself. i’ve never been afraid of water…i’ve always loved it. so my dreams must represent something…somewhere else… though i have yet to unlock it.
Beautiful legend dear Oksana, I heard about it before too..a while ago.
love
Agnieszka
Yesterday I forgot to add this about The Sea :
It is my Mother’s Womb, it is my best friend !
Cyprus is an island. Aphrodite was born from the foams [Aφρός] of the sea at the Aphrodite’s rock on the way from Limassol to Paphos. Since, I was a child, whenever I was walking near the sea I felt ..horror… Once, when I was three years old, my mother said to an older boy, to put me into the sea so that I wouldn’t be burned by the Sun..He was so wild with me..I still remember the water coming into my eyes, ears, mouth.. loosing my breath.. I was almost drowned.. I love our beautiful Mediterranian sea, I am happy to be in her arms, but terror is her name. It is the Element that I cannot ‘tame’… I was born under an Air Star sign…LOVE, THELMA
I associate peace, serenity, advanture & beautiful women with sea
Emotions
Energy
and surfing. I used to live in a beach town and used to go surfing quite often so it is har coded in my emotional body)
Eiiiii….vamos voltar para a terra ??? não tem internet em Milão ????
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ooopsss… falha minha…já atualizei…desculpe…
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The ocean (I prefer the word ocean) is like a mirror of me. “Just” a reflection of my soul, my emotions and feelings and my life and wishes. I love the ocean and since several days it is like calling me, because it is quite a long time ago since I have “met” him the last time (comparing with the past).
And the sea is most beautiful in combination with the moon and sun. The signs of male and female. Sunset, sunrise, full moon, tides, storms, wideness the life inside, all belongs together.
Today is new moon and a partial lunar eclipse. The ocean could be strong in its expression today, similar the sun and moon.
It is a rainy day and time enough for dreaming and feeling. But I am not just a dreamer, I am a scuba diver too. I was many times around and in the sea and sometimes on the bottom of the sea and on the ground of me. A kind of meditation, just by the way.
We call the earth sometimes “mother earth”. The (warm) sea is able to hold you like a mother at the beginning of your life.
My conclusion is: The sea is the same than me. A miracle including everything and a mirror.
My other kind of conclusion: There exists moments behind the possibility to bring them to words. The sea gave me many times the chance to have that.
Ruth
The sea/water! Means life and dead; movement and traquility; night and day; up and down; inside and outside; light and darkness; sweet and salty; hope and end; beggining and end……
It’s what ever you wanted to be because is you, me, hers, his, them.
Horizon..Endless…Peace or Chaos.
YouTube: Documentary Yonaguni - Underwater Ruins
YouTube: Lemuria/Mu - (2008 English edition)
YouTube: Japanese Atlantis - Japan
the sea is the embryonic fluid/life, the cradle which we emerge from.. mother, hip sway, cauldron, subconscious, the salt/the tear,
we are made up of mostly water, it is our source, are origin, things from the deep give off their own light, we travel upon it, it washed up treasures, it is a symbol of all potential, all creation, tides/phases/moods/time, and also love..passion..venus on a half shell..creatures that change shape, that ancient of ourselves, memory perhaps, the spirits always arrive upon the waters, we are baptized with waters..God moves upon the waters..sea/see?
Apple a star hidden
oceans of dream explored
the heart a compass
the soul a sail
open
I have traveled breathlessly
the distance
wave upon wave of desire
beaten by the sun
the depths calling to me
even now
the pearl is on the inside
never lost on my wake
break the bottle
Christen this voyage
love a beacon
the map above
my treasure below
my trident eyes unwavering
in the storm
X
cross my heart
to pull you from the wreckage
the kiss is recovery
love’s tide
shimmer & scale
I have been in the bark of dylan
silver wheel turning
heavenly bodies aligned
you taste of salt and brine
the elixir of transformation
a blue hue
what are words?
but being stranded on the shore
you have doubts?
take my hand
a thousand years in each direction
mobius strip
past present future one line one stream
like skipping stones
hear me..
I have touched you
a hundred times
without hands
flashes, whispers, moments
of recognition
shards of memory
stained with my images
written off as dream
hear me..
in silence
calling from the shell
tossed & tumbled
smooth to the touch
my lover
my other
my night
can you hear me
between the sounds speaking
doorways
appearing in thin air
feel your way
The sea means a possibility to travel far, far away to new continents, to meet new people. My dad used to paint the sea. Oil paintings of wild waves with white foam, washing up to the sand dunes onshore. The North Sea. Oil industry offshore. Helicopters, platforms, pollution. Once, I was 25 years old, we parked a car on a snow covered beach, and ran out in the ice cold waives, dipped and returned to the running car. The sea actually felt warm in contrast to the cold beach. Another time, I was 18, after sun bathing too long, ending up with a sun stroke, some Greek men carried me and dipped me in the turquoise Mediterranean sea, to cool me down. Soon I felt better.
I grew up in a shipping nation. The Vikings. Erik Leif Erikson discovering America long before Columbus. Thor Heyerdahl. He built a raft he called Kon-Tiki in 1947, and proved that ancient people could have crossed the Pacific Ocean, traveled 8000 kilometers across the sea in a raft! In 1970 he built another boat from papyrus, the Ra, and crossed the Atlantic. He kept building boats and demonstrated migration routes. Thor Heyerdahl spoke out about the environment. In an interview he talked about how much cleaner the sea was back during his first journey, then decades later, when he often saw trash and pollution in the oceans.
Considering our first living moments during foetal development phase happen in water, and our bodies are mostly water, I hereby have the courage to rephrase:
“In the sweat of thy face shalt thou drink water, till thou return unto the sea; for out of it wast thou taken: for water thou art, and unto water shalt thou return.”
The Book of W
Plus, one of the current evolutionary views is that the ancestors of us human beings come from the sea.