WHEN THE SUN SETS IN THE NORTH
I had just complete a challenging 2-day solo journey of introspection and letting go over the Summer Solstice 2018. I was on a small island that’s part of the Bohuslan Coast, which is the northern west coast of Sweden, staring into the North Sea.
That far north, the sun doesn’t fully set in the sky on the Summer Solstice. Instead, it moves in a circular pattern overhead, sliding above and below the horizon. Time and direction are distorted, the familiar sunset pattern disrupted, and the sun sets in the north, following a diagonal line which makes no sense to minds conditioned to the default world. This process lasts two to three hours, move ever so slowing through orange and pink clouds on turquoise skies. Stars and moon appear, even with the sun bright in the sky, and clouds ablaze. The photographic evidence makes no sense.
After what had been a difficult journey, complete with upsetting images and troubling self-reflection fueled by an unrelenting overhead sun, I rejoiced for the beauty, splendor and relief of this monumental sunset. With the distortions and disruptions punctuating this monumental journey, as the sun crossed the horizon, my spiritual transit was complete, and I was free to reap the wisdom and revelation of all that I had experienced.