Sun Bandit

The light within by Hales aka wandering_with_a_creative_mind

It's a beautiful breezy day. The sound of my wind chimes fill the air. Even though it is supposed to be hot today, the breeze makes it feel cooler than it actually is.

I tried to make a video for YouTube, earlier. I hoped to capture some of the sounds of the chimes in the background. The little bit of dream I talked about just wasn't enough. My mind was pondering the ideas I talked about deeper than what I had gone into on the video. So, I will repeat what I said in the video and add to it here.

Dream Journal Entry: September 9, 2022

As I was waking up, I heard someone referred to as a "Sun Bandit" but I have no sense of who or why. 

I dreamed a lot but only remember putting on purple eyeliner, but I didn't get it quite right and then tried to rub it off. It wasn't coming off easily and just smeared, so I thought I would try to reapply the eyeliner. I drew it out into wings that went beyond the eye itself.

By Vaughn Mir aka wyldraven

I think the purple eyeliner might be symbolic of someone seeing through spiritual eyes. Purple is the color of spirituality and the crown chakra. The person in the dream tried to wipe it away, but found it was difficult to get rid of it. It only spread the color. So instead of fighting it, the dream person just added more. Seeing through spiritual eyes gave them wings. It gave them the ability to see in a new way from a higher perspective like a bird with wings.

I wondered to myself, "What or who would be considered a Sun Bandit?" Well, anyone and anything that steals our light and happiness could be seen as a Sun Bandit.

My mind wandered back to my past life regression and the life I experienced as Mary, mother of Jesus. In my personal version of that story, Mary had been raped and gave birth to a blonde son, but her son was stolen from her. At the time, I considered that the symbolic meaning of this was that her innocence, her inner child, had been stolen from her, but there are layers of meanings in symbolism. Now, after hearing two simple words, I could see an additional meaning. 

Sun Bandit....Son Bandit...

Mary's son/sun had been stolen from her and replaced with a dark haired child who resembled her more. Mary's inner light was stolen from her when they took her child away. She grew to love the replacement, but he wasn't her own son/sun born from her...he was a moon, a satellite that had been placed there to appease her. A moon can reflect light and can be very comforting in the dark but it is unable to create it's own light. A moon relies on the light of another. Make no mistake, there is beauty and value in the dark as well as the light. We need both to create balance.

Photo by David Bellemere, model Hana Jirickova, captured for Porter No. 5 Winter 2014

The poem I wrote yesterday, 'I Was Thirsty', had me reflecting on the long arduous spiritual journey I have been on. I reflected upon how I was guided to all kinds of challenges. Somehow I managed to make ham and lemonade from all the pigs and lemons I was given. I made food and drink for myself through the lessons learned, the words written and art created. I was thirsty and hungry, but I learned how to forage. I learned how to feed myself. I learned how to quench my thirst...from within myself.

It's like I have said before, I don't think everything happens for a reason, but I do believe that we can give every experience purpose and meaning when we turn it into a lesson and an opportunity to grow. WE give those shitty situations meaning. If we never see the lessons we can gain, then they just stay pigs rooting around in the mud and lemons rotting on the ground at our feet. 

When I was 11 years old in this life, my inner child died, my Son/Sun was stolen from me, but the spiritual journey helped me rebuild and rebirth the Sun/Son within. I now have within me, my own ability to generate light. I'm no longer dependent on the light of others, but I'm also capable of sitting quietly in the dark with another and reflecting light so that they can rebuild their own Sun/Son.

I am the Sun, the Moon, and the Earth. Within me is a Universe with so many realms I plan to explore.

No longer can someone be a Sun Bandit in my life, because I rebuilt a Sun that can never be stolen again thanks to all the tools I have gathered along on the way. The tools can help me mend what is broken or tear down what is standing in my way.

Waking Up In A Dream by Blake aka blakecreates

"It is as we walk inside that we find places through which the light passes. Light may break at any moment from the interior of the mind. We go through countless pathways where thoughts swim by like an endless crowd of fish. The interior halls through which we walk are immense, and from time to time we find ourselves in the presence of Light. Everything we see from the outside has an invisible origin in an invisible realm- The interior realm of the mind where the greatest events happens, where the seed of everything that grows outwards hides. We are waiting for every moment to arrive at such a significant event, an event that will mold the totality of our world from the inside out." ~  Luna in the Light ( lunainthelight )