Mark on the Blue Lagoon

Friday, July 20, 2012

The Turquoise Waters

of the 

Blue Lagoon

by Mark Sullivan

One is struck immediately by the beauty of the turquoise waters of the Blue Lagoon in Iceland. Contrasted next to the sharp black volcanic rock surrounding the area, the combination is unlike any other natural thermal spring in the world. Just for this one stop, Iceland is well worth a visit to this Nordic land.....I call it a "Nordic Hawaii".  Active volcanoes are next to massive glaciers....fire and ice...are the principle elements in this unusual environment.

During the summer months the sun barely sets....for a couple hours between midnight and 3 AM...the rest of the time it is bright and warm, pleasantly warm. In the thermal waters of the Blue Lagoon one is washed clean by the minerals and purity of the springs. Nothing is added or taken away...as the waters come up from the volcanic action happening deep below. At 250 degrees Celsius, obviously the water has to cool down for humans to enter the pools.....which is done nearby in a local power plant that harnesses the heat and then sends the cooler water out to the Blue Lagoon area for the Spa's usage.

Everyone came to the Blue Lagoon with high expectations. One participant said on the first day, "If nothing more was given than this first experience of the Blue Lagoon, I would feel like I totally got my money's worth."  C.A. from Bali.  We continued on there for five days in the turquoise waters.

 

Here are two pages from my recent manuscript, "Poems to My Masters".

 

  

"This beauty of the black rock and mineral thick water of the Blue Lagoon brings my mind to stillness. Nowhere on earth do these elements combine in such a way, and I am held in the awe of Your creation.  This land of ice and fire, of glaciers and volcanoes, of Vikings and Norsemen, of modern excursions into the wildness of nature divine, all draw me to this meeting with my Self, the still and silent place within that emanates into the very core of this Icelandic diorama. Happy is my heart to be in the wonders of Your diversity.  The sharp cutting edges of lava stones pile up in mounds and small hills; meandering through the formations is the aqua milky liquid of thermal springs providing such a remarkable bath of turquoise blue.  O Mother of all natural beauty, You are my Master of Love, my Source of utmost Joy. Be You ever present in my awareness. Be you ever at the crest of my life and guide my actions in the service of Your divine Life. You are the Love beyond all loves, the infinite dynamo of galaxies and universes.  You are the Northern Light of my soul that brings me here to this vision of perfection."

 

We invite you to the ICELAND QUEST 2013....July 18-24, 2013...to experience for yourself this magical land and Liberation Breathing in the Blue Lagoon. 

                        

Go to www.liberationbreathing.com for details.