Which matters more, the body or the soul?īe whole: desire and journey to the Whole.” Turn to what truly lives, reject what seems. The secrets of the sun are yours, but youĬontent yourself with motes trapped in its beams. This ocean can be yours why should you stop The Truth we seek is like a shoreless sea, I love the reference to the sun in the Persian poem, The Conference of the Birds. The Sun sharpens our awareness of our limitations it is the light of knowledge and the spring of energy.
The sun reveals the reality and truth about our world and ourselves. The Sun and its rays have been symbols of enlightenment.
Irish and Welsh writers use the sun to characterize not only light and brightness but also all things beautiful, pleasant and splendid. On the other hand in most pastoral societies the Sun is female (mother sun). In astrology, the Sun is the symbol of life, heat, day and light, authority, the male sex, and all things radiant. Gold has been described as the sun among metals. When the sun is represented on a headstone we often use Gold leaf to gild it. The Jewish high priests in ancient times wore a golden disc on their chest, a symbol of the divine Sun. Jesus has been described as the “Sun of truth”. The rays of the sun may represent the twelve apostles of Christ. The sun is Vishnu’s emblem, as well as that of the Buddha and of Christ too. Hindu writers describe the sun as the one which nourishes, from which all things in existence begin. In Hindu mythology, the sun is Atman, the universal spirit, and has also been termed the Heart of the Eye of the World. The sun is regarded as a symbol of resurrection and immortality. The cycle of the sun may represent the cycle of life, death and rebirth. Nefer-nefru-Aten Nefertiti, living forever. (And) the great Queen whom he loves, the Lady of the Two Lands,
The King who lives by Maat, the Lord of the Two Lands, You rouse them for your son who came from your body. When you rise you stir for the King,Įvery leg is on the move since you founded the earth. You yourself are lifetime, one lives by you.Īll eyes are on beauty until you set.Īll labor ceases when you rest in the west earth come from your hand as you made them. Whom you have taught your ways and your might. Only your son, Neferkheprure, Sole-one-of-Re , Below is the last part of a poem to the sun deity Aten composed in the 14 th century BCE. In ancient Egyptian mythology, Aten the Sun God was often depicted as a simple sun disc, with rays of light emanating from it. The sun has been worshipped for centuries. The sun is the source of heat, light, and life, and its rays may represent the celestial or spiritual influences received by the Earth. At my mother’s funeral, when we walked out of the church down the aisle, the sun shone in through the stained-glass window and as it fell on her coffin I could not help but feel its divine associations. We can’t help but feel its power, nourishment, and warmth. The sun is rich with symbolism, and it is hard to deny its affects on us. In addition in the Pagan tradition, graves are often positioned facing East towards the rising sun. Matthew 24:27: “For just as lightning comes from the east and is seen as far as the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be”. Indeed headstones in many churchyards traditionally face East, reflecting the Christian belief that Christ will come again from the East. Flowers turn their faces to the sun, as we turn ours towards it too. The sun’s splendour captivates us all, shining down on us. Loveliest of what I leave behind is the sunlight…. I shall explore some of its symbolism in this post. We are often asked to carve a gilded sun disc on our headstones.
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