Wisdom from the Sun

There has been an inquiry about the element of fire, about the sun and what that symbol represents and why it's worshipped across societies and what is the actual sun. I think there's too much focus on the Sun’s name. I'm not going to say all those different names. But consider this: the sun's been called many names. But what remains is the ssss. That sound, the sound of fire crackling and burning.

What does it mean? Why did people look to the east? Why did they look for the rising sun?

A lot of people, I feel in my heart, based on where I have been in my life, would respond to this question as it gives them hope. That there will be another day; there'll be another chance.

There's a reason why, in many of the dedicated spiritual traditions, they would be up early before the sun was up. They would get up before the sun in order that they would be ready for it when it came. Because this would be the chance; this is the moment the sun rises.

And now, some would say the sun doesn't stay. The sun goes away; it comes and it goes. But in reality, the sun is remaining. It is in motion, but it does remain. It doesn't ever stop even though it's moving. And again, we have to actually clarify what we're saying because if I say the sun gives me hope of another day, well, it's almost as if that aspect of consciousness is thinking of the future rather than the fact that the sun is here. As if maybe there's a day where it won't come. We are hopeful for the sun to return so we can have another day.

But the sun doesn't go away; you just don't see it for half of it. It's just on the other side. It's still shining. It's still making things grow. To these dedicated spiritual traditions: there was a common practice done by advanced practitioners the middle of the night when the sun was apparently farthest away, not that it was lacking, but that midnight was actually the beginning of that point when the sun was approaching; the light was growing bigger. Not that it disappeared, but that it was growing from midnight onward. Midnight is like the new moon, the black moon, the day where there is no moon. And then there is light, first light, the first crescent of the moon.

 And so how we see the sun dictates our relationship to it. If we see our sun as hope, well, then we might miss today. We most likely will because you're going to go to bed and you're going to be thinking about what could be when I wake up tomorrow, when the sun is back around. But again, the sun didn't stop shining. So, when you're sleeping, there's a way to be in alignment. There's a way to still be in the sun, to still be in that growing area. Just because it's not shining on you doesn't mean you can't use it.