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December 2009 
Great Eastern Sun
Posted on Mar 21st, 2009
by 
Geertje
Geertje
“ On a day, when the wind is perfect
the sail just needs to open
and love begins.
Today is such a day.”
I hear yogini Shiva Rea say on one of her CD’s… I realized that today really is such a day. Not only love begins, but spring has too. This year the official start of spring was connected with the ‘real’ days of spring here in Holland, which means that we have enjoyed several succulent sun filled days already, which I enjoy thoroughly!
And I’m not the only one, of course. In a slightly sun starved Holland, you can feel the entire energy of a nation change when the first rays of warmth hit our face. Our moods are less depressed, more uplifted. It reminds me of the fact that the sun, in so many traditions is such a strong spiritual element. In my meditation tradition for example, we speak of the vision of the Great Eastern Sun. It’s great because it’s fundamental, primordial, eastern because it is always rising and it’s sun because it’s warm, its clarifying, it’s inclusive.
The significance of this Great Eastern Sun is that it’s a mindset. It’s a mindset of knowing and trusting that the sun can come up every time, that in every situation there is the potential for illumination. It’s the opposite of a small setting sun mentality, a scarcity mentality of things going down, running out, a “grasping what you can while you still can” kind of thing.
These first days of spring are naturally filled with the Great Eastern Sun mentality. That is probably why we all love them so much. It’s a way of God saying that there can always be sunny days, rays of light peeking through darkness all of a sudden. There is always that potential for a rising sun, for no apparent reason, even. We can use days like these to remind us that in the climate of our mind there is that same potential for a sunny mood, for the vision of the Great Eastern Sun to break through whatever is going on. No matter how dark and cold the winters in our mind get, there is always that possibility of the sun and it’s warmth coming through, over and over again.
Wishing you a lovely spring!
the sail just needs to open
and love begins.
Today is such a day.”
I hear yogini Shiva Rea say on one of her CD’s… I realized that today really is such a day. Not only love begins, but spring has too. This year the official start of spring was connected with the ‘real’ days of spring here in Holland, which means that we have enjoyed several succulent sun filled days already, which I enjoy thoroughly!
And I’m not the only one, of course. In a slightly sun starved Holland, you can feel the entire energy of a nation change when the first rays of warmth hit our face. Our moods are less depressed, more uplifted. It reminds me of the fact that the sun, in so many traditions is such a strong spiritual element. In my meditation tradition for example, we speak of the vision of the Great Eastern Sun. It’s great because it’s fundamental, primordial, eastern because it is always rising and it’s sun because it’s warm, its clarifying, it’s inclusive.
The significance of this Great Eastern Sun is that it’s a mindset. It’s a mindset of knowing and trusting that the sun can come up every time, that in every situation there is the potential for illumination. It’s the opposite of a small setting sun mentality, a scarcity mentality of things going down, running out, a “grasping what you can while you still can” kind of thing.
These first days of spring are naturally filled with the Great Eastern Sun mentality. That is probably why we all love them so much. It’s a way of God saying that there can always be sunny days, rays of light peeking through darkness all of a sudden. There is always that potential for a rising sun, for no apparent reason, even. We can use days like these to remind us that in the climate of our mind there is that same potential for a sunny mood, for the vision of the Great Eastern Sun to break through whatever is going on. No matter how dark and cold the winters in our mind get, there is always that possibility of the sun and it’s warmth coming through, over and over again.
Wishing you a lovely spring!
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