Guest guest Posted June 19, 2009 Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 Greetings All! Does anyone know what the Summer Solstice represents? Best,Angelina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 19, 2009 Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 Hi Angelina, I don't know on which or what level you are asking the question, so I'll just toss out a few things from my perspective. On a physical level, I think it has to do with marking the change of seasons, and is connected to the tilt of the earth's axis. For those who live a certain distance north or south of the equator, the ratio of daylight to darkness changes as we move around the sun because the earth is tilted either away from it or towards it depending on the season. The word solstice means the sun stands still. It represents the two days six months apart in which we change the direction of our angling. So, if you're tracking the point along the horizon at which the sun rises each day, you'll notice that it will rise further and further south from December to June, then it will seem to back track to where it started. That's why it's said that the sun stands still. The equinoxes happen at the beginning of fall and spring. Equinox, equal night, means the hours of daylight and darkness are the same. At the solstices, the hours of light or dark reach their extreme, with winter solstice marking the longest night of the year, and summer solstice marking the longest day of the year. They also have the special quality of simultaneous sunset/moonrise, and when that coincides with the full moon, the experience can be quite magical. So, that's the physical material aspect. On an energetic level, I think the portals thin at the change of seasons. I used to do hospice volunteer work, and we all noticed that clumps of people would make their transitions a few days either side of the change of seasons. In my spiritual tradition, once a person commits to a certain path, they are required to fast from food and water for the first four days of each season as part of their preparation for ceremony because those days are considered sacred. I'm sure there are many other aspects to the solstice that are beyond me, but I thought I would share these two little bits. I hope this helps. Peace, Shaz , " gypsyeyes_101 " <gypsyeyes_101 wrote: > > Greetings All! > > Does anyone know what the Summer Solstice represents? > > Best,Angelina > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 19, 2009 Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 Hi Shaz, >On an energetic level, I think the portals thin at the change of seasons. I used to do hospice volunteer work, and we all noticed that clumps of people would make their transitions a few days either side of the change of seasons. In my spiritual tradition, once a person commits to a certain path, they are required to fast from food and water for the first four days of each season as part of their preparation for ceremony because those days are considered sacred. I'm sure there are many other aspects to the solstice that are beyond me, but I thought I would share these two little bits. I hope this helps.< Thank you for your reply and that is interesting about the clumps of people making their transitions a few days either side of the seasons in the hospice volunteer work. I was also wondering how we are affected by the Solstice during the Shaktipat. Best, Angelina , " shaktiaz " <shaktiaz wrote: > > > Hi Angelina, > > I don't know on which or what level you are asking the question, so I'll > just toss out a few things from my perspective. > > On a physical level, I think it has to do with marking the change of > seasons, and is connected to the tilt of the earth's axis. For those who > live a certain distance north or south of the equator, the ratio of > daylight to darkness changes as we move around the sun because the earth > is tilted either away from it or towards it depending on the season. The > word solstice means the sun stands still. It represents the two days six > months apart in which we change the direction of our angling. So, if > you're tracking the point along the horizon at which the sun rises each > day, you'll notice that it will rise further and further south from > December to June, then it will seem to back track to where it started. > That's why it's said that the sun stands still. > > The equinoxes happen at the beginning of fall and spring. Equinox, equal > night, means the hours of daylight and darkness are the same. At the > solstices, the hours of light or dark reach their extreme, with winter > solstice marking the longest night of the year, and summer solstice > marking the longest day of the year. They also have the special quality > of simultaneous sunset/moonrise, and when that coincides with the full > moon, the experience can be quite magical. > > So, that's the physical material aspect. > > On an energetic level, I think the portals thin at the change of > seasons. I used to do hospice volunteer work, and we all noticed that > clumps of people would make their transitions a few days either side of > the change of seasons. In my spiritual tradition, once a person commits > to a certain path, they are required to fast from food and water for the > first four days of each season as part of their preparation for ceremony > because those days are considered sacred. > > I'm sure there are many other aspects to the solstice that are beyond > me, but I thought I would share these two little bits. I hope this > helps. > > Peace, Shaz > > > > > , " gypsyeyes_101 " > <gypsyeyes_101@> wrote: > > > > Greetings All! > > > > Does anyone know what the Summer Solstice represents? > > > > Best,Angelina > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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