Is light the ultimate link between matter and supreme consciousness?

Question

Light has baffled even scientists...it has weight like matter ...and it has wave-length as energy.. so it is still a mystery to define Light

Those on the path of spirituality see Light always during mediation, yoga or Tantra

Many see the Supreme Consciousness (God) as light

In Yoga seeing various colors of lights is very common.

Is Light a link between the creator and the created (or manifested).

No I am not upto anything.. and i m neither a muslim nor christian

pls present some constructive thoughts.... not doubt me ..LOL

Answer 1

Your question presupposes that there is a separation between them to start with.
I think such a separation is illusory. Matter is not separate from suprememe consciousness but is a gesture of it, as a fist is a gesture of a hand, (Ken Wilber).
Coloured lights are not only common in Yoga.
It is said that Buddhas have a rainbow body. But then, we are all Buddhas.
Manifestation is an action, not a creation.
Hence the vedic statement - 'Thou art That'.
(I'm sure I haven't explained that properly - but how can you?)

Answer 2

Good Q.
Light is not the ultimate link to the supreme consciousness. It is electro magnetic radiation with wave and quantum natures. It is part of this world. However there is the majestic vedic aphorism:

tamaso ma jyotir gamaya

Meaning: Dont stay in the darkness, go to the light
Light is popularly used as a metaphor for knowledge. What kind of knowledge- Divine knowledge. Still the light can also have a more esoteric meaning the light mentioned is the Supreme light NOT the light of this world. It is brahman or Spirit not electromagnetic radiation. The various colours of light in meditation are just mental pictures put forth by the mind- One should go further. The real link is the light of knowledge - Just as a lamp is lit so the innner enlightenment takes place (enlightenment is not just theoretical knowledge- it is realised or experienced but theory is preliminary to realisation generally). The person who lights this divine lamp is the spiritual master. Then one can finally understand what he or she is, what is our eternal nature and experience never ending ecstasy in association of the Infinite.
Light or electromagnetic phenomenon is also said to have its source in Brahman and Allah in the vedic literature and Quraan (respectively). Light is used because sight is useless without light similarly without enlightenment the spiritual world is dark for almost all people but if there is the light of divine knowledge is present immediately It is understood. God is here but we are blind to envision the supra mundane since we are conditioned by the darkness of ignorance.

Answer 3

Great question, and you have gotten some great answers. This is my experience, God is before light, the light is an emanation from God and is also God in the material, mental, and physical. The mistake is made when the light associates itself as the body and mind only, threw meditation one stills the thought waves that keep the world dream going and then suddenly the light is transversed back to God and one "sees there face before there parents were born". This may not happen as one is sitting in meditation, in my case it came while I was working outside, and it does come all of a sudden. ~ : )

Answer 4

This is really a very deep question, which I don't have time to really think about right now (have to meet my daughter at the bus stop). Can you ask it again another time, please (eg in a few days?) Thanks. ((hugs))

Here are some LDS scriptures regarding God and light:

D&C 93: 29, 36 -
29 Man was also in the beginning with God. Intelligence, or the light of truth, was not created or made, neither indeed can be.
36 The glory of God is intelligence, or, in other words, light and truth.

D&C 88: 40 -
40 For intelligence cleaveth unto intelligence; wisdom receiveth wisdom; truth embraceth truth; virtue loveth virtue; light cleaveth unto light; mercy hath compassion on mercy and claimeth her own; justice continueth its course and claimeth its own; judgment goeth before the face of him who sitteth upon the throne and governeth and executeth all things.

D&C 130: 18-19
18 Whatever principle of intelligence we attain unto in this life, it will rise with us in the resurrection.
19 And if a person gains more knowledge and intelligence in this life through his diligence and obedience than another, he will have so much the advantage in the world to come.

Answer 5

your question itself says that light is matter as well as wave also it is true scientifically.so the God consciousness starts from the matter like soil and in between it changes to water then air then eather then light . i know only upto that but i believe that there should be more than that which i do not know at the moment.so light is not the link between the matter and God consciousness but it itself is the consciousness. now what is the pure and impure consciousness of the God . you have already stated in your question that supereme consciousness of the God is the light . now we can understand what is the link between the pure and impure consciousness of the God. it is the small brain situated at the back of your head , but i have not seen it, but i am sure that it is finer than light because it is faster than light.it is also written in rigveda as stated by mangolia .

Answer 6

Thank you for intelligent questions. Light originally is the Emanation of the effulgent energy of God also known as Krishna, Allah, Jehovah, Vishnu, etc. Krishna is the original name and form of God and all other incarnations emanate from Him including the light called the Brahman effulgence. It is not the goal to merge with that light, though one can do it. Just as it is not the goal to come to the material world, but one fourth of the souls come here. They are both temporary situations. The goal is to serve God no matter what planet one is in, but ultimately to go back to the Supreme Planet called Go-loka Vrendaven the topmost planet in Vaikunta (the spiritual eternal world. The light of the material world is Krishnas' material energy and the light in the spiritual world is his spiritual energy. for info go to harekrishnatempl.com read Bhagavad Gita As it is By Bhaktivedanta PRabhpada- It's all there.

Answer 7

I think it is. This is explained in Bhagvad Gita using some verses . Fire, Day, light, the moonlit fortnight, the 6 months of Northern solstice are the right times for moksa to one who knows Brahman. Smoke, Night, the dark fortnight, the 6 months of southern solstice are the way to return or bondage and could cause rebirth.

Answer 8

Astoundingly good question. Personally, I do not believe there is a real distinction between matter and God. For instance, the human body is composed of matter, however, we also emit electro-chemical impulses that are only perceptible with instrumentation. I believe the physical body 'blends' into the spiritual one, so that there is not cut and dry point where one body leaves off and the other one begins.

But, to answer your question, yes, light or something of similar high vibration does link us to Creator. Again, thanks for such an insightful question.

Answer 9

God is light
James 1:17 KJV
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above,
and cometh down from the Father of lights,
with whom is no variableness (variation),
neither shadow of turning.

No shadow in the light of God. No change in God's light. In prayer one seems to always experience light and with light, warmth, and with warmth comfort and joy. Praise the Lord.

Answer 10

No, the mind is the ultimate link. Without the mind, there is no light for that individual. That is why there is spirituality found in all religions, even those that do not have gods.