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Today is Sunflower Day! 

Celebrations,

Sunflower Day is a day to celebrate human flourishing. It is on Summer Solstice, the longest day on the Northern hemisphere and the first day of Summer. A day to shine!

In particular it is the day I celebrate that this website went live in 2015, now 7 years ago. I vividly remember the difficulties I had to upload all the content, how anxious I felt during several failed attempts and the ecstatic excitement that came over me when it finally was up and running. These were magical moments for me.

While the site still stands, the number of new posts in the blog section has decreased in recent times. At this stage I am posting mainly on days of celebration like today, but this may change in the future. There is certainly still a lot to say and explain about the Gamma Tao, but at this moment I do not feel a missionary drive to spread the word (or beter: spread the symbol). 

A missionary drive is also contrary to the spirit of the Gamma Tao. The Gamma Tao is more like a silent γ, not to be pronounced in an aspirated way. The Gamma Tao quietly supports all walks of life in the background.

Despite the relative silence on my blog, the Gamma Tao is always on my mind. It continues to inspire and guide me. The Gamma Tao has now proven its value also in more difficult times. 

But today is a day of celebration!

Sunflower Day is an occasion to celebrate diversity and at the same time a good point in time to go beyond, towards more elevated paths and new experiences, leading to a deeper understanding of one’s own tradition or the exploration of other wisdom traditions.

The Gamma Tao is, after all, interfaith in spirit.

Sunflower Day

Celebrations

Today, next to Summer Solstice, it is Sunflower Day. On this day 6 years ago this website was launched.

This is a day to celebrate diversity and flourishing.

It is the third part of a yearly cycle that starts on Seeding Day (December 27th), continues with Gamma Day (April 1st), the most important celebration, and culminates today.

The Gamma Tao is an interfaith path that stands for diversity. It offers a basic common ground of values and principles, but it is not reductive. On the contrary. All wisdom traditions are unique and deserve their place under the sun. The Gamma Tao is only a starting point to explore these higher paths.

Unity and diversity are different perspectives, not irreconcilable opposites.

We tend to reduce the universe to a set of general principles that we can understand with our limited minds. In reality, everything interacts with everything within the full and complex diversity of uniqueness.

Let’s celebrate this today!