Sun Haikus: 2007-2009

SUN HAIKUS: 2007-2009

By Peter Y. Chou
WisdomPortal.com

After reading Rumi's Discourses #56 that the sun in our sky
is a metaphor for the Real Sun, I was shocked and meditated
more on the sun which gives us warmth, light, and life—
hoping these haikus will give me a glimpse of the Real Sun.
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Saturday, August 4, 2007, 10:00 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Gustav Holst (Listen)
The Planets, Op. 32: Jupiter (1916)

Jupiter music
brightens my morning, waking
me up from deep sleep. Saturday, August 4, 2007, Noon
Walking up Galvez to Stanford University
Pondering on Rumi's Discourses #56

The sun in the sky
points to the real sun that casts
light on all the worlds.

Wednesday, August 8, 2007, 8:00 pm
Foothill Middlefield Lab, Palo Alto
Recalling Tim Smith story with Paul Brunton
on the Inner Sun and Emperor Julian's Oration

The Sun is Father—
Giver of light & warmth and
Creator of souls. Thursday, August 9, 2007, 12:02 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Sir Edward Elgar
The Wand of Youth: Dances (1907) (Listen)

Serenade Sun Dance
and Fountain Dance to Fairy
Pipers and Little Bells.

Friday, August 10, 2007, 8:50 pm
Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto
Ginger Rogers & Joseph Cotten
in "I'll Be Seeing You" (1944)
Lyrics: "I'll find you in the morning sun"

I'll be seeing you
in the many and the one—
in the midnight sun. Friday, August 10, 2007, 10:30 pm
Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto
Fred Astaire & Joan Leslie
in "The Sky's the Limit" (1943)
Fred & Joan dance "My Shining Hour"

Shining hour, shining
moment, shining second— time
shining by the sun.

Saturday, August 11, 2007, 7:00 pm
Home in Mountain View at kitchen table.
Sun shining through the trees on my eyes

Have you been looking
for me? Here I Am— the Real
Sun shining on you! Saturday, August 11, 2007, 7:20 pm
With my eyes closed, I meditate
on the Sun shining on my eyes

Lapis Lazuli
diamond with bright yellow glow
embrace me with warmth.

Saturday, August 11, 2007, 7:27 pm
With my eyes closed, I meditate
on the Sun shining on my eyes

Mandala of light
surround me like a sphere with
blue dot in the heart. Saturday, August 11, 2007, 7:30 pm
With my eyes closed, I meditate
on the Sun shining on my eyes

The Sun of Plato,
Philo, Julian, and Rumi
tells me of the One.

Sunday, August 12, 2007, 2:22 pm
Walking up Galvez St. to Stanford
Meditating on the Midnight Sun

Midnight Sun shines on
the other side of the globe
or at Arctic Circle. Sunday, August 12, 2007, 2:30 pm
Walking up Galvez St. to Stanford
Meditating on Rumi's Real Sun

Rumi's Real Sun shines
even in our sleep lighting
up our whole dream world.

Tuesday, August 14, 2007, 11:02 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Patrick Doyle,
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Potter's Waltz (Soundtrack)

Waltzing around a
Goblet of Fire, our planets
orbiting the Sun. Saturday, August 18, 2007, 7:13 pm
Home in Mountain View at kitchen table.
Sun shining through the trees on my eyes

The sun shines on me—
In my mind's eye I see fruits
of the star and cross.

Saturday, August 18, 2007, 7:25 pm
With my eyes closed, I meditate
on the Sun no longer shining

Now the sun has set,
can you find the glow inside
that lights up all things? Saturday, August 25, 2007, 1:00 pm
Ortega Ave. & El Camino, Mountain View
Finding oak branch with sunlike acorns

Four baby acorns—
Dot in center of circle—
Sigyl of the Sun!

Saturday, August 25, 2007, 7:07 pm
Home in Mountain View at kitchen table
watching sun shining through window

Sun shines through the trees—
the West Wind sweeps over me—
Real treasures are free! Friday, September 14, 2007, 10:42 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Rimsky-Korsakov (arr. Kreisler)
Golden Cockerel: Hymn to the Sun (1907) (Listen)

Thanks to Father Sun—
O Giver of Life with warmth
to light up the worlds.

Friday, September 14, 2007, 10:50 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Joseph Haydn (Listen) (CD)
Symphony #43 in Eb "Mercury" (1772)

Closest to the Sun—
Gold in your atomic heart—
Messenger of souls. Sunday, September 23, 2007, 6:52 pm
Baylands Nature Preserve, Mountain View
Alchemical moment at Shoreline pond

The Sun to my right—
The Moon to my left and I
centered in the Earth.

Monday, August 4, 2008, 7:23 pm
Mountain View, San Antonio Road
Waiting for Bus #35 on bench while
meditating on the setting Sun

Solar energy—
may it flow through us
so we merge as One with Light. Sunday, August 31, 2008, 10:05-10:10 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Ludovico Einaudi
"Two Sunsets" (Due Tramonti) (2003)
CD, (Listen), YouTube

Two sunsets remind me
this sun that we see is but
a metaphor for the Real Sun.

Wednesday, August 20, 2008, 1:45-1:53 pm
Maybell Ave & El Camino, Palo Alto
Sitting on bench waiting for Bus #22,
Meditating on Sun shining on my face.

Pharoah bows to Ra,
God of sunlight for bringing
wealth to his kingdom. Thursday, August 7, 2008, 7:25-7:34 pm
Mountain View, San Antonio Road
Waiting for Bus #35 on bench while
meditating on the Sun shining on me.

The Sun's rays spray
on me like a fountain of gold
and I am enriched.

Tuesday, August 5, 2008, 7:30 pm
Mountain View, San Antonio Road
Waiting for Bus #35 on bench while
meditating on the Sun that's buried.

Dark clouds fill the sky
burying the sunshine.
Birds fly to the northeast. Tuesday, August 5, 2008, 7:30 pm
Mountain View, San Antonio Road
I write haiku on the buried Sun
when it bursts out and shines on me.

Just when I lost hope
seeing it, the Sun breaks out
from clouds and says: "I'm alive!"

Thursday, February 5, 2009, 12:00-1:00 am
Green Library, Stanford University
Gathering Notes on "Spiritual Sun"
Physical Sun is metaphor for Real Sun

The Fire in the Cave
is Plato's metaphor for
our physical sun. Thursday, February 5, 2009, 2:09-2:16 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Jules Massenet,
Thaïs: Meditation (1894)
Listen, CD, YouTube

Meditation— Being
in the midst of attention
where Sun always shines!

Tuesday, February 10, 2009, 12:07-12:17 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Gordon Hunt plays
Domenico Zipoli, Elevazione "Ascension"
(1716), (Listen) CD, YouTube

Ascend to the Sun—
the First Beauty whose Eye
shines upon everything! Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 4:00 am
Home in Mountain View: Reading G.A. Gaskell's
"Dictionary of All Scriptures and Myths" on
Sun Symbolism (Khandoya Upanishad VIII.6.5)
and Plato's "Laws" Book X, 898e

The Sun is the door
to wisdom and Higher Self—
chariot of the Soul.

Friday, February 13, 2009, 12:25-12:33 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Riccardo Chailly
conducts Dmitri Shostakovich
Jazz Suite #2, Op. 50b (1938)
Listen, CD, YouTube

Lovely lilting waltz
for planets to dance around
the sun in glory! Friday, February 13, 2009, 3:00-5:00 pm
Art Library, Stanford University
Typing Sun Symbolism from books
in my library: G.A. Gaskell,
J.E. Cirlot, and J.C. Cooper

Sun symbolizes
the Higher Self— it sees all.
It's Pure Consciousness!

Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 7:00 pm
Art Library, Stanford University
Reading "On the Origin of the World"
in Nag Hammadi Library (1988) on what came
before chaos in the universe (pp. 171-172)

First was shadow, then
Pistis (Faith), Sophia
(Wisdom) and primeval light. Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 8:15 pm
Art Library, Stanford University
Marsilio Ficino's The Book of the Sun (1494)
an allegorical & anagogical rather than dogmatic
interpretation of the mystery of the Sun

The light of the Sun
is similar to Goodness
itself, namely, God.

Saturday, August 4, 2007, 10:00 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Gustav Holst (Listen) The Planets, Op. 32: Jupiter (1916) Jupiter music brightens my morning, waking me up from deep sleep.	Saturday, August 4, 2007, Noon Walking up Galvez to Stanford University Pondering on Rumi's Discourses #56 The sun in the sky points to the real sun that casts light on all the worlds.
Wednesday, August 8, 2007, 8:00 pm Foothill Middlefield Lab, Palo Alto Recalling Tim Smith story with Paul Brunton on the Inner Sun and Emperor Julian's Oration The Sun is Father— Giver of light & warmth and Creator of souls.	Thursday, August 9, 2007, 12:02 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Sir Edward Elgar The Wand of Youth: Dances (1907) (Listen) Serenade Sun Dance and Fountain Dance to Fairy Pipers and Little Bells.
Friday, August 10, 2007, 8:50 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto Ginger Rogers & Joseph Cotten in "I'll Be Seeing You" (1944) Lyrics: "I'll find you in the morning sun" I'll be seeing you in the many and the one— in the midnight sun.	Friday, August 10, 2007, 10:30 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto Fred Astaire & Joan Leslie in "The Sky's the Limit" (1943) Fred & Joan dance "My Shining Hour" Shining hour, shining moment, shining second— time shining by the sun.
Saturday, August 11, 2007, 7:00 pm Home in Mountain View at kitchen table. Sun shining through the trees on my eyes Have you been looking for me? Here I Am— the Real Sun shining on you!	Saturday, August 11, 2007, 7:20 pm With my eyes closed, I meditate on the Sun shining on my eyes Lapis Lazuli diamond with bright yellow glow embrace me with warmth.
Saturday, August 11, 2007, 7:27 pm With my eyes closed, I meditate on the Sun shining on my eyes Mandala of light surround me like a sphere with blue dot in the heart.	Saturday, August 11, 2007, 7:30 pm With my eyes closed, I meditate on the Sun shining on my eyes The Sun of Plato, Philo, Julian, and Rumi tells me of the One.
Sunday, August 12, 2007, 2:22 pm Walking up Galvez St. to Stanford Meditating on the Midnight Sun Midnight Sun shines on the other side of the globe or at Arctic Circle.	Sunday, August 12, 2007, 2:30 pm Walking up Galvez St. to Stanford Meditating on Rumi's Real Sun Rumi's Real Sun shines even in our sleep lighting up our whole dream world.
Tuesday, August 14, 2007, 11:02 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Patrick Doyle, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) Potter's Waltz (Soundtrack) Waltzing around a Goblet of Fire, our planets orbiting the Sun.	Saturday, August 18, 2007, 7:13 pm Home in Mountain View at kitchen table. Sun shining through the trees on my eyes The sun shines on me— In my mind's eye I see fruits of the star and cross.
Saturday, August 18, 2007, 7:25 pm With my eyes closed, I meditate on the Sun no longer shining Now the sun has set, can you find the glow inside that lights up all things?	Saturday, August 25, 2007, 1:00 pm Ortega Ave. & El Camino, Mountain View Finding oak branch with sunlike acorns Four baby acorns— Dot in center of circle— Sigyl of the Sun!
Saturday, August 25, 2007, 7:07 pm Home in Mountain View at kitchen table watching sun shining through window Sun shines through the trees— the West Wind sweeps over me— Real treasures are free!	Friday, September 14, 2007, 10:42 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Rimsky-Korsakov (arr. Kreisler) Golden Cockerel: Hymn to the Sun (1907) (Listen) Thanks to Father Sun— O Giver of Life with warmth to light up the worlds.
Friday, September 14, 2007, 10:50 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Joseph Haydn (Listen) (CD) Symphony #43 in Eb "Mercury" (1772) Closest to the Sun— Gold in your atomic heart— Messenger of souls.	Sunday, September 23, 2007, 6:52 pm Baylands Nature Preserve, Mountain View Alchemical moment at Shoreline pond The Sun to my right— The Moon to my left and I centered in the Earth.
Monday, August 4, 2008, 7:23 pm Mountain View, San Antonio Road Waiting for Bus #35 on bench while meditating on the setting Sun Solar energy— may it flow through us so we merge as One with Light.	Sunday, August 31, 2008, 10:05-10:10 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Ludovico Einaudi "Two Sunsets" (Due Tramonti) (2003) CD, (Listen), YouTube Two sunsets remind me this sun that we see is but a metaphor for the Real Sun.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008, 1:45-1:53 pm Maybell Ave & El Camino, Palo Alto Sitting on bench waiting for Bus #22, Meditating on Sun shining on my face. Pharoah bows to Ra, God of sunlight for bringing wealth to his kingdom.	Thursday, August 7, 2008, 7:25-7:34 pm Mountain View, San Antonio Road Waiting for Bus #35 on bench while meditating on the Sun shining on me. The Sun's rays spray on me like a fountain of gold and I am enriched.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008, 7:30 pm Mountain View, San Antonio Road Waiting for Bus #35 on bench while meditating on the Sun that's buried. Dark clouds fill the sky burying the sunshine. Birds fly to the northeast.	Tuesday, August 5, 2008, 7:30 pm Mountain View, San Antonio Road I write haiku on the buried Sun when it bursts out and shines on me. Just when I lost hope seeing it, the Sun breaks out from clouds and says: "I'm alive!"
Thursday, February 5, 2009, 12:00-1:00 am Green Library, Stanford University Gathering Notes on "Spiritual Sun" Physical Sun is metaphor for Real Sun The Fire in the Cave is Plato's metaphor for our physical sun.	Thursday, February 5, 2009, 2:09-2:16 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Jules Massenet, Thaïs: Meditation (1894) Listen, CD, YouTube Meditation— Being in the midst of attention where Sun always shines!
Tuesday, February 10, 2009, 12:07-12:17 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Gordon Hunt plays Domenico Zipoli, Elevazione "Ascension" (1716), (Listen) CD, YouTube Ascend to the Sun— the First Beauty whose Eye shines upon everything!	Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 4:00 am Home in Mountain View: Reading G.A. Gaskell's "Dictionary of All Scriptures and Myths" on Sun Symbolism (Khandoya Upanishad VIII.6.5) and Plato's "Laws" Book X, 898e The Sun is the door to wisdom and Higher Self— chariot of the Soul.
Friday, February 13, 2009, 12:25-12:33 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Riccardo Chailly conducts Dmitri Shostakovich Jazz Suite #2, Op. 50b (1938) Listen, CD, YouTube Lovely lilting waltz for planets to dance around the sun in glory!	Friday, February 13, 2009, 3:00-5:00 pm Art Library, Stanford University Typing Sun Symbolism from books in my library: G.A. Gaskell, J.E. Cirlot, and J.C. Cooper Sun symbolizes the Higher Self— it sees all. It's Pure Consciousness!
Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 7:00 pm Art Library, Stanford University Reading "On the Origin of the World" in Nag Hammadi Library (1988) on what came before chaos in the universe (pp. 171-172) First was shadow, then Pistis (Faith), Sophia (Wisdom) and primeval light.	Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 8:15 pm Art Library, Stanford University Marsilio Ficino's The Book of the Sun (1494) an allegorical & anagogical rather than dogmatic interpretation of the mystery of the Sun The light of the Sun is similar to Goodness itself, namely, God.