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On one side, full spectrum sunlight exposure orchestrates your circadian system, feeds mitochondrial health, and synchronizes systemic physiology. On the other side, when a single wavelength, isolated blue light, dominates chronically, it carries a risk of biological damage, especially in photosensitive... See more
Sun: the central principle of vital creative energy, the will to exist; the impulse and capacity to be, to manifest, to be active, to be central, to radiate, to “shine”; to rise above, achieve, illuminate, and integrate;
Richard Tarnas • Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View
I’m strongly affected by the sun. When it’s a bright day, I feel energized. When it’s gloomy, I’m gloomy.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Notice how much of the attention goes to objects. See what part of its stream is involved in noticing impressions (seeing, sensing bodily movement, breath, balance, scents and hearing sounds). Observe how much of it goes to mental activity. Be utterly aware of that inner commentary.
Kat Adamson • Sailor Bob
Which may well be why avoiding the sun can be as bad for you as smoking. A fact described in this Swedish study “Avoidance of sun exposure as a risk factor for major causes of death: a competing risk analysis of the Melanoma in Southern Sweden cohort”: “Nonsmokers who avoided sun exposure had a life expectancy similar to smokers in the highest sun
... See moreMalcolm Kendrick • The Clot Thickens
We’re addicted to noise. Music while we shower, podcasts while we drive, videos while we eat. Silence feels unbearable, yet silence is where truth waits. Without it, we forget how to hear ourselves. And without hearing ourselves, we forget who we are.
Asterisk Magazine Issue 02 Food
our minds don’t have the processing power to take in all the information surrounding us. Our senses would be overwhelmed by light, color, sound, and smell. We would not be able to distinguish one object from another. To navigate our way through this immense world of data, we learn early in life to focus on information that appears essential or of
... See moreRick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being: The Sunday Times bestseller
Then we have the third category, or Sun. Sun has a sense of all-pervasive brilliance, which does not discriminate in the slightest.