Our natural and healthy relationship with the Sun, our nearest star, is one of the most contentious relationships in human history. Because of the hole in our protective ozone layer, we are torn between our need for sunlight to keep us healthy and happy and our fear of sunlight.
How frequently do we become blinded by the Sun? How frequently do we use sunglasses to block out the brightness so that our eyes aren’t as tired? How did we lose the capacity to adjust to sunlight naturally? Could it be that we have spent too much time indoors, in artificial light, or in front of the computer or television? How do we regain the quickness of adaptation to the Sun’s brilliance that we had as children? What kind of false information do we have stored in our brains that prevents us from acting in this way?
At Agoo Agii, we envision surviving our current situation by cultivating a conscious connection with Nature. Our mission is to reclaim the human sense that is harmonious with the principles of nature and, as this article will show, with the universe. We firmly believe that in order to understand the sky, we must first comprehend the earth, and that as we move closer to the earth, the mysteries of creation and our place within it, from the dawn of human history to the present, become more and more clear to us.
The Sun in Relation to the Universe
The elements, constituent parts, and living spirits of nature do not have egos like people do. The Sun’s proximity to us in the cosmos has been used to justify its significance to us. The Sun is obviously necessary to us, but it does not exist as a tyrannical ruler over whom we must submit. In actuality, ancient societies who considered the Sun to be the supreme deity (e.g. ancient It was a cruel, imperialistic, and tyrannical culture, like Roman, Egyptian, and Aztec.
In relation to the cosmos and the forces of creation, the Sun exists. The Sun is just as conscious of the fact that it is one of an immeasurable number of stars in the Universe as are you and I. The Sun is just another star to a planet far away, and if you raise your level of consciousness a little more, the Sun knows this to be true. The Sun does not have an ego; instead, it is obligated to care for the planets that orbit around it. To learn from the Sun’s brilliance is to accept our individual and collective responsibility for maintaining life while letting go of our ego.
We shouldn’t allow the Sun to distract us from the Universe that exists beyond the skyline during the day. The awareness that there is a vast expanse of cool darkness and an infinite number of stars that are just as important to us as the Sun lies beyond the blue can help us cope with the heat we feel during the day.
The Sun in Relation to Darkness
Light emanates from a fixed point, an object or subject of creation, whereas darkness is the force of creation. People who fear darkness tend to have the strongest beliefs about the manifestation of evil in our world. However, darkness itself is not evil. We are able to show the illumination of our souls by being able to survive peacefully in the dark. Darkness extends from our feet all the way up to our heads, and it is in the darkness that our eyes look for the Creator. Creation is a fluid, expansive point that is both directly in front of us and immeasurably out of our reach.
Black Light, or should we say darkness, cannot be hidden or wiped out. The Sun’s rays project themselves through the night. Because of their awareness, the forerunners in the study of light physics were able to postulate theories about the makeup and motion of light using only their own eyes. Try to see the shadows the next time you’re outside to lessen the impact of the Sun’s brightness. When we fail to adjust to changes in light intensity, do our eyes not become weaker? We need to develop the capacity of our eyes to act as their own sunglasses.
The Sun in Relation to Water
Water is both the foundation of our existence and the source of our own humility. When it comes to surviving in harmony with the Sun, water is the most crucial component of nature. Water is cool, compared to the sun’s heat. The significance of taking cold or cool showers and baths cannot be emphasized enough here. The body’s surface temperature is lowered by taking a cold shower in the summer, which helps make the heat more tolerable. As long as we don’t consume cold foods and beverages in excess, cool showers during the winter help us build a resistance to the effects of the cold.
Restoring and upholding a healthy ecological relationship with our nearby water sources is made easier by the use of cold water. We can easily distance ourselves from our natural bodies of water by labeling them as dirty or polluted. Water is always pure and will always be considered to be clean, despite the fact that dirty water contains dirt and polluted water contains pollution.
On the other hand, if hot water is used too frequently, the skin can suffer a great deal of harm. The skin becomes unusually dry when bathed in hot water because it receives less blood flow. Our capacity to produce and retain moisture is reduced by hot water. We are depriving our body of the ability to naturally relieve its own discomfort by reducing our skin’s ability to perspire when necessary and thereby cool itself when overheated. As a result, we end up in a vicious cycle of using air conditioning excessively to cool down, even though using air conditioning was one of the original sources of pollution that led to the ozone layer’s hole.
Beautiful Historical Ecological Relationships
Long ago, especially among women, water held a significant spiritual status.
Sita, an auspicious woman, escapes the cremation pyre of her husband unharmed in the Hindu myth The Ramayana.
In the Book of Exodus, Moses’ mother uses the River’s waters to save her son rather than the Sun’s fire to summon its wrath and exact revenge.
Halos can be seen on the backs of many saintly figures in Christian art. These depictions of the Sun show the mental clarity that baptism brings.
The Sun Dance is one of the most erroneous Indigenous American rituals. For the sake of all living things, the older men who have prepared themselves to take part in this ceremony sacrifice a piece of their own flesh. They do this out of the conviction that our bodies are the only things we truly have the right to own and the only things we truly have the right to sacrifice to the Creator.
The union of the Sun and the Water is regarded as a sacred union in ancient pre-patriarchal African culture. One never talks about this union without the other because it is regarded as being so sacred.
Horrible Historical Confusions
On this planet, the Sun has been revered as the supreme deity by some of the cruelest and most imperialistic cultures. They incited anger and terror in the people they conquered by pointing the Sun in their direction. This includes the use of human sacrifice to “appease” the Sun: A lot of these cultures also loved to use the Sun as an excuse for their use of slavery.
Millions of women have been burned throughout history in the name of using fire, the physical manifestation of the Sun, to either determine their purity or serve as proof of their lack of it. If they had lit themselves on fire, these self-appointed arbiters of female purity would not have survived because the modest and not the haughty are the ones who would not burn.
The Sun in Relation to Local Plants
The plants that are constantly exposed to the sun’s rays can assist us in adjusting to solar radiation changes that have taken place over the course of our lifetimes. Plants with rapid reproductive and life cycles can adjust to environmental changes for survival much more quickly than humans. We can start learning how to make changes to improve our own chances of surviving by looking to these plants for ecological and evolutionary guidance.
For instance, dandelion flowers are very effective at preventing squinting and other reactions to solar radiation that we might experience when we are outdoors. We can learn to regulate our reactions to the intensity of natural light because dandelion flower relaxes the face and skin.
Unlike dandelion leaves, which can tolerate daily exposure to sunlight, humans cannot. We can look to the shade-dwelling violet plant to determine how much sun exposure we can comfortably handle. In addition to being a great night cream, violet leaf is a great after-sun aid.
Timely and Conscious Adaptation
Ecological acclimatization to the Sun is an ongoing process that is built up over time. Every day, we must work on seeing the dark with the light, consciously maintain the Sun’s proper position in relation to the rest of the universe, and regularly cleanse with cool or cold water. We must be conscious of our own behaviors, and as we get closer to nature, we must be conscious of the circumstances that put our unbreakable bond with the natural world at risk.
Instead of applying sunscreen carelessly, it should be used strategically. We must get at least 15 minutes of direct sunlight each day because sunscreen reduces our bodies’ capacity to produce vitamin D. It can also make it harder for your skin to produce and absorb vitamins A and C if your sunscreen contains mineral oils.
Your skin needs to have the chance to feel natural every day, regardless of the weather. You need to remove any remaining chemical sunscreen after spending the day in the sun. It is important to let our bodies unwind, detoxify, and feel natural because our skin is responsible for 1/3 of the body’s waste elimination.
Finally, we must consider how hot water has affected our capacity to withstand the Sun. Is it a coincidence that the nations with the highest rates of skin cancer also use the most hot water? Should this subject not be investigated?
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