Sun Worship ...
We are human beings and must speak from the limited realities of our human condition. There is, however, no reason we should limit ourselves by denying the very essential aspects that make us human. The use of logic, conscious awareness of our moral circumstance, the language and wisdom communicated by our fellow man, the use of abstract thought and symbols for example are natural endowments of humanity.
To provide evidence of anything eternal we must speak from our finite and limited condition of humanness. But we have the naturally endowed tools if we choose to use them. For more than one reason natural analogy, symbolic language and parable are used to describe the infinite in finite terms and to make the truth plain to our finite minds.
I doubt I can do the Sun worshippers justice but I have been gathering and paraphrasing some ideas about ‘Fire’ as a symbol of life. I am sure an ancient devotee would do much better. Fire is the source of it's own life, all consuming, ever changing yet ever remaining the same and the light from the Sun's fire is life giving.
The Sun may be considered a big ball of fire and the light being emitted is definitely the life giving source to all biological organisms on this planet. The Sun then is fire, light, and life. This is certainly observable and as a primitive form of science, very logical.
No fire with it’s emissions of light and you have no warmth, no radiant beauty, no nature, no sustenance, no comfort and ultimately no life.
No respect for the laws of nature with regard to fire and you will see that it can be terrible and consuming in its power. No way … to have plant and animal life thriving in abundance, the light must shine and all must receive it in its proper life-giving form and function according to the right nature of each individual.
You don’t touch the fire of the Sun or even look directly into its center to know it as you would another human being, or the things of this world. You must be satisfied to live separately and receive it’s life giving blessings from another realm, a distant and separate Earth. Separate as you are, the Sun is the source of all biological life, your's included, a scientific fact. We don’t deny our relationship with the Sun, we wisely obey the laws of its fire and light and we are the living conscious witnesses and evidence of that fact. Well most of us obey the laws of nature but not all, some are disobedient, some bring pollution, destruction, and devastation to our circumstance and they do it by choice … a choice we are all free to make.
We can accept the light into our hearts and minds and transcribe the giving nature, the nature of well being to ourselves and other creatures, the nature of freely giving and shining on all. We've been born with the power to use our nature in this way, as the spiritual realization of the nature we live under. Or we can abuse the nature of our light and for corrupt and destructive purposes. Hypocrites, liars, mischievous scoundrels use their light in this way ... and the fire consumes them.
However, the Sun in this presentation is only symbolic and we will all laugh if we see you bowing and scraping before a picture of the Sun. |
