Hmmm, I’ve been contemplating the nature of the sun every evening.. I’ve taken up the practice of daily sunset sungazing.. I’m not in a position to see the sun right at the horizon (due to buttes and a forest tree line in the distance), so I gaze when the sun is still 10-15 degrees in the sky, and up to 20 degrees sometimes, in my estimation..
Now that you bring up the question as to whether the sun is “hot” or not goes along with what I’m experiencing myself.. My technique involves looking to the sides of the sun disc, one eye at a time, and then slowly moving into the center of the disc, and then latching onto it and peering into or piercing into it with my gaze.. Even with this “adjustment”, at first you get that “blinding glare” that we all know, if we were to look directly at the sun.. We all know that’s intolerable and it imprints a “negative” on the retina.. But with a little adjustment and easing into it, the overwhelming glare dissipates in about 1-2 seconds, and then you see a big round bright haze in the sky, which is quite yummy.. and then as you focus into the disc, the haze dissipates, moves out into the periphery, and then you can gaze right into the disc without discomfort, and I would say it’s quite captivating.. At that point you can see the disc vibrating, with a distinct circular border around the edge that exhibits a sort of light show with a light that oscillates around the circumference.. There are also rays that appear sometimes, and refracted rainbow light that dances on the ray bands in yummy mathematical patterns.. So I do one eye at a time, and then do full-on both eyes..
So I would say this, just looking through the lens of official science – if the blinding glare is a direct expression of how much energy the sun puts out (which would include heat), then it shouldn’t “dissipate” or become subdued when you gaze into it.. I would agree that the sun is a reflection of us, and in these sungazing times, I connect right into it, and there’s an exchange that occurs with energy emanating from my eyes and body and interacting and integrating with the energy coming from the disc.. I’ve begun to develop a relationship with the sun I didn’t know was possible.. In fact, in the early days I would chant the mantra: “The source and fuel of life does not do harm”, just in the spirit of flushing away the bullshit program that the sun is a source of harm.. I don’t do that anymore, as I am fully in trust of the relationship.. But no, I don’t think the energy output is essentially constant with a massive infrared heat output.. There’s way more to it than that, and that’s self-evident.. That’s all mechanical, reductionist, chemistry, atomic model nonsense anyways, as if the universe is a harsh, lifeless, soulless thing that can be measured and must be feared, and that that perspective is actually legitimate and correct to begin with..
But, it does beg the question why we experience it as a heat source, or seem to perceive it as a heat source.. What creates that illusion??.. Seems to be many ways to come at it.. Would start with the question what the hell the sun is anyways..
Update: I wrote the above 4 paragraphs right before this evening’s sungazing sesh.. I was so inspired by how Anastasia affirms what I’ve been discovering for myself – the sun is a reflection of ourselves and there’s a relationship there.. So this evening I didn’t do the “ease into it” portion.. I just went straight to gazing right into the disc when it was about 15 degrees in the sky.. No glare, no having to look away, just pierced right into the disc.. And I will also point out that after I gaze directly for several minutes, the “imprint” on the retina is a light yellow glowing round shape that dissipates pretty quickly.. At first, it was a little more of that harsh negative imprint (that for a Normal person, would be disconcerting), but now that I’m adjusted, it’s really nothing at this point.. But also, have yet to do a really really long session.. Lol.. 🤠
So there’s 2 or 3 or 7 cents for you..
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maryschurr.
