The Perfect Moment (Solar Mandala)

The first sunrise was "the perfect moment", the first light (or sound) that starts the process of creation. Other origin myth images include a golden fiery bird and a blue lotus rising above the waters. Space was created by separating the earth and the sky so the sun had “space” to rise for the first time.
The sun crossing the sky is a life cycle, a journey. It is born in the morning as a child, mid-day it reaches full strength as a triumphant falcon. At night it is an old man and at sunset it dies. The sun’s flesh and soul pass into the underworld reviving the inhabitants there with its light. At night it is replaced by barques for the moon and the stars.