The inducement for The AWAKENING Weekend is the Summer Solstice!

 

The Summer Solstice annually is a time in which to celebrate the light of consciousness, the light that lies within ourselves and to reflect upon the potential for consciousness to achieve each our own awakening.

 

Light is spiritual in its nature, and so the sun and stars have a spiritual significance that has its root in higher dimensions—in many ancient teachings they are described as the source of creation. The summer solstice is therefore a highly spiritual time. The summer solstice is described as the gate of ascent out of this world into the realm of spirit.

 

In sacred texts and traditions around the world there are references to an ancient spiritual veneration of the sun. This is because the annual journey of the sun is symbolic of the journey of enlightenment. Ancient peoples expressed this wisdom according to their time and culture, yet their sacred teachings and symbols share many similarities because they are based on universal principles common to all life.

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“And as we watch the field baking in the heat as we feel the sun power to burn as well as to bless“ we can feel our own gifts, our own special abilities as they ripen and swell, and know that we, too, have the power to make a difference for growth or for destruction in the world…. it is a time to mark peak moments, moments of warmth and growth.”

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“Our ancestors built huge bonfires on this day to celebrate their tangible connection to the vital power of the immense burning star that keeps our planet bright, warm and alive. It’s a good time to remember that we, like the sun, contain the power to nurture and sustain, and that we have a responsibility to burn as brightly as we can.

 

“(It) is the time to invite fire into our lives fire to burn away all that we have outgrown and all that no longer serves us; fire that makes the wild things grow in us, for which our inner selves have longed, 

 

“We are all connected people, planet, and sun. If we align ourselves with the power in others and in the natural forces around us, what we are unable to do with our own puny ego selves can be made to happen if it is attuned to the needs of the inner self and those upon which we are connected.”

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*Excerpts within this post courtesy of…Cait Johnson and Maura D. Shaw from "Celebrating the Great Mother!" and  from Belsebuub and Angela Pritchard
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