We Are Solar Beings: Moving Beyond the Modern Disconnect

Beyond the modern disconnect resides an ancient truth: we are beings of light, sustained by the Sun's intelligence and life-force.

This post is an excerpt from my forthcoming book on Real Health. This particular section is an introduction to how our relationship with the Sun and nature shapes our well-being at the deepest levels.

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"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light." (Genesis 1:1-3, King James Version)

For all of us Earth dwellers, the origin of natural light and life is the Sun. Yet our common understanding of the Sun as merely a distant star, millions of kilometers away, misses a profound truth. From a holistic perspective, we actually exist within the Sun, just as we exist within the Earth. This may seem to defy what our senses tell us is real, so let's think it through together.

When it comes to Earth, what makes us think the terrestrial surface is the boundary of this planet? This is the assumption we make when we say, "I live on Earth." In practical terms, Earth materially extends to the outer limits of the region we define as the exosphere—the transitional and somewhat tenuous zone between Earth's atmosphere and the vast space beyond. Standing at sea level, you're at roughly 39% of the distance from the centre of Earth to the outer limits of its all-important atmosphere. This means that over 61% of Earth is actually above you.

Beyond this apparent boundary, Earth's magnetosphere extends thousands of kilometers into space, playing a critical role in protecting us from the solar wind—a stream of charged particles emitted by the Sun. Without this protective shield, life as we know it would not exist on Earth. The magnetosphere has an average diameter of around 40,000 miles (65,000 kilometers), which means that standing at sea level puts you at about 10% of the distance from Earth's center to its magnetic boundary. In other words, roughly 90% of our planet’s physical presence is above you.

Even further out lies Earth's Hill Sphere, where our planet's gravitational influence dominates over the Sun's. This sphere extends about 932,000 miles (1.5 million kilometers) from Earth's center. From this perspective, standing at sea level places you at less than half a percent of the distance to Earth's gravitational boundary. As you can see, we are not merely on Earth—we are deep within it.

Let’s now consider our magnificent sun. In our reductionist paradigm, we tend to think of the Sun as just the luminous orb we see journeying across the sky, logically relating to it as a distinct object roughly 93 million miles (150 million kilometers) away. But functionally and mechanically, this is an incomplete perception. The Sun consists of far more than its visible gaseous center. It emanates a broad spectrum of radiation—visible light, ultraviolet, infrared, microwaves, radio waves, X-rays, and gamma rays. These radiations extend infinitely into the universe, though modern humans conceptualize the Sun and its solar system as having an apparent boundary that distinguishes it from the rest of the universe.

That apparent boundary is marked by the heliosphere—a vast bubble-like region dominated by solar wind and magnetic fields, extending well beyond Pluto's orbit. In terms of defining conceptual boundaries, this is loosely equivalent to Earth's exosphere. Yet, like Earth's boundaries, this too is merely a human construct serving our need to categorize and measure.

What we perceive as boundaries are extremely tenuous concepts. In our modern way of thinking, we attempt to define and name distinct "things" where such distinctions don't inherently exist—at least not beyond the concepts we hold in our minds. We generally determine these boundaries based on the division of observable functions that serve our human perspective—whether it's the surface of the sea for a fisherman, the top of Mount Everest for a mountain climber, or the exosphere for an astrophysicist. Perhaps the most profound boundary modern humans establish is that of self and other, perceiving their body as independent from everything else. This extends to the collective level, where we've normalized the questionable distinction between human beings and "nature," as though we exist separately from the living world that sustains us. Yet outside our paradigm of human perception, these distinctions dissolve into the seamless unity of existence.

You and I, as conscious beings, exist within Earth, which exists within the Sun, which exists within our galaxy, continuing onward into infinity. Our modern perception arbitrarily establishes a mental boundary around the gaseous orb at the center of our solar system and declares, "That is the Sun," yet this boundary exists only in our minds. The deeper reality is that Earth and all life upon it exist within the gravitational, electromagnetic, and photonic body of our star. We are physically, emotionally, spiritually, and quantumly entangled with this magnificent being. The energy we use daily, which we typically attribute to our mitochondria and metabolic systems, ultimately emerges from this cosmic entity we call the Sun. She is our primary source of sustenance, nourishment, and well-being. While one might debate whether to refer to the Sun with pronouns such as She or He, none can sensibly refute that the Sun is entirely responsible for sustaining us.

Furthermore, the physical material comprising our bodies originated from the same primordial matter that coalesced to form the Sun and other celestial bodies within our solar system. When the Bible metaphorically speaks of God breathing life into Earth's clay to fashion Man, we might understand this "breath" as the life-force emerging through the Sun into human being, or, into being human. This association between breath and spirit reveals a profound truth embedded in our very language. The word "inspire" comes from the Latin inspirare, meaning "to breathe or blow into," originally used to describe the divine imparting of truth or ideas to someone. Similarly, the Hebrew word "ruach" encompasses breath, wind, and spirit as inseparable aspects of the same principle. Our ancestors recognized that the physical act of breathing was intimately connected with the reception of life-force, wisdom, and universal intelligence.

This intelligence is not merely a property of complex brains but a fundamental organizing principle of the universe itself—one that orientates matter and energy toward life-affirming, syntropic outcomes. When we speak of being "inspired," and of clay (the elements of Earth) being breathed into by God, we're acknowledging this reception of intelligence, which flows through all of nature, from the simplest elements to the most complex living systems. Just as our breathing enables the exchange of vital gases, it represents our constant participation in this greater flow of life-force and intelligence that counters entropy and sustains life.

The sustenance we receive from the Sun exemplifies this principle perfectly. It reaches us both directly through its full spectrum of electromagnetic fields and indirectly through the organic matter we consume as food. All that humans have traditionally regarded as "food"—whether plant or animal—is essentially a complex combination of elements organized and activated by the Sun's intelligence and life-force. These living beings have been literally in-formed by the Sun's organizing influence, carrying within them this universal intelligence which, in turn, informs and sustains us when we assimilate them. This continuous exchange of energy and intelligence through light, food, and breath maintains the syntropic nature of life on Earth, countering the universal tendency toward entropy and decay.

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