As the wheel of the year turns again and we find ourselves once more
celebrating the Summer Solstice, I feel it only appropriate that our
thoughts should turn toward the Sun and consider it's nature. The sun is
the center of our solar system; it's life is our own. Its birth begat
our world and those in our neighborhood. It's light makes life here
possible. Consider for a moment the intrinsic necessity of the Sun and
all it has given so freely.
Consider still further the request it
makes of us. For all that it gives is given freely and given to all.
Male, female, hermaphrodite; the Sun warms all and does not care for the
gender of those its rays touch. Rich, poor, middle class... black,
white, Hispanic, Asian, mixed... tall, short, skinny, fat, average...
the Sun does not care. The Sun gives life to all and all alike... to
sinners and saints, evildoers and compassionate beings. The Sun gives to
ALL. Sol makes no distinctions, no requirements, no exceptions.
And
so on this day that we celebrate he height of the Sun, I ask of you
this, who are we to beg to differ? Who are we but the children of the
stars, beings bound together in inextricable ways to the entirety of the
Universe. Yet we small fragile things presume in our hubris that our
judgement is superior to that of the Sun? I disagree.
I think
the Sun has the right of things. We, deluded by our own cleverness, are
ignorant at best for failing to see that our fate lies with the fate of
millions of others - that we survive as a species or perish as a
species. And so I charge you on this sacred day, those of you who dare
to call yourselves children of the stars and followers of the ancient
ways, I challenge you to actually think about your life and your heart. I
challenge you to ask yourself if you live like the Sun. I challenge you
to take this day to embody that which you hold sacred. Let go of your
hollow words and celebrate the Sun with feelings and deeds - by taking
one day to see the world as the Sun and love it - no distinctions, no
exceptions, no conditions. Just give your light and your love
unconditionally for one day. After all, the Sun has been doing it for
longer than you can fathom.
