The Lighthouse and the Sailing Ship

 “I feel that we’re all lighthouses, and my job is to shine my light as brightly as I can to the darkness.” 

― Jim Carrey

I have been thinking tonight about the symbolism of lighthouses and ships.  A lighthouse can symbolize overcoming challenges or giving guidance - a way forward and help navigating through the world.  Reference.com writes “the lighthouse itself, can symbolize salvation and safety, especially in the face of adversity.  It also represents “the lighthouse keeper, the person who tends the lighthouse often living alone but always remaining vigilant…and alert under the direst of circumstances.” Light itself represents the divine and illuminates the ultimate reality or eternity and a house is a place of shelter often from storms.

Lightmeaning.com writes of the symbolism of a sailing ship – “Sailing represents a Spiritual Voyage, with the water embodying the source of All life, the embodiment of Spirituality, the Spiritual Wisdom of the Soul’s journey.  The symbolism of Sailing can represent – a New beginning, of exploring the Realms of Spirit that bring a deeper level of Consciousness.”

These symbols are a powerful connection with someone I love.  The combination of these symbols has deep meaning to me because sometimes I feel I am his lighthouse, with God working through me, often warning him of impending danger.  His journey started as a solitary rowboat in the middle of a lake but has evolved to a clipper sailing ship cutting quickly through the ocean safely into the harbor.   In a picture today, my friend showed a lighthouse on a cliff with an eagle soaring in the harbor.  An eagle represents an all-seeing eye and signifies inspiration and release from bondage to victory,  In the Bible the eagle is said to represent the Gospel of St. John.  In the book of the prophet Isaiah, we read, “But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” (Isaiah 40:31)

Tonight, I have been feeling a sense of freedom and peace, believing my future journey is no longer bound by preconceptions and thoughts held onto in the past and now open to all possibilities.