While watching the sunrise, have you ever felt that the light is awakening within you, too? A moment on my morning walk made me see my connection to time, my body, and the universe in a new way.

“I step out every morning to watch the sunrise—to reconnect with that moment of awakening within.”

Stepping out every morning to watch the sunrise is my meditation practice. In that quiet moment, the sun rising outside feels as though it is rising within me, too. This piece is a journey through that experience—where distant galaxies and the intimate closeness within the body are felt simultaneously, and a single, tiny tear touches the vastness of the entire universe.

When the Sun Rose Within Me

I wake up early and step out for a walk, as witnessing sunrise is my meditation practice.

When I watch the sunrise in quiet stillness,

I truly become a part of this beautiful spectacle.

Throughout the experience,

I realize that the sun is not rising outside, but within me.

I feel—

That moment is special—it unites me with the universe; how?

The question itself evokes mystery.

And

It is a moment that dissolves the distance between the sun and me—how?

How did that distance of billions of miles vanish—how?

What kind of moment is this—where the very game of distance and proximity ceases to exist—how?

Galaxies and stars,

A magnificent, mysterious interplay of unique and wondrous colors—wow!

It feels as though I have known this universe since before I was born—not just knowing myself, but knowing 'it'. It is as if a dormant part of me awakens, bringing my past into my present and laying it out before me.

My existence unfolds before me as a riddle of infinity—where a single, tiny teardrop holds the entire universe within its embrace.