God is light
- Many believe God created the light and that God is the source of all light.
- Some see light as the very essence of God. God is light and love. God is light and life. God is the light in our darkness. God is pure radiance.
- Seeing God as light runs through many religions. Some religious scriptures themselves are seen as the light of God.
- God is like a lantern or lamp guiding the way. God’s light shines on us and through us.
- We are all God’s light. Divine light is expressed everywhere, in nature and in us.
- It’s interesting to note some also talk of God as being divine darkness.
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God is the sun
- God is often likened to the sun, too bright to be looked at, the source of all light and sight, the source of all warmth and life, shining on us all.
- God and the sun are of the same glorious stature.
- We are like specks to the sun and yet are one with it.
- Each of us is a ray of light radiating from the same source, ultimately inseparable from God.
- Like the sun, God’s light shines equally on all but this light is sometimes obscured by identification and attachment.
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Why would we equate God with light?
- Light is a source of many spiritual metaphors.
- Light, like God, is divinely beautiful.
- Light, like God, is life giving and life sustaining and, in some ways, is synonymous with life itself.
- Light is a dynamic form of energy and has a profoundly positive effect on us. Light heals.
- Light is often associated with spiritual worlds and dimensions.
- Some believe that light creates all matter and comprises its very substance.
- There are several parallels between God and physical light. Light, like God exists only in the timeless now, is beyond space and time and is a mystery.
- Light, like God, is equated with love, compassion, forgiveness and forgiveness, truth, reality, goodness, conscience, mercy, inspiration, intuition, hope, knowledge, wisdom, understanding and understanding and divine revelation.
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God is consciousness and consciousness is light
- Many equate God with consciousness.
- Consciousness is often spoken of in terms of light.
- There are parallels between physical light and the light of consciousness.
- Consciousness is the light that illuminates experience and also illuminates the mind.
- Consciousness is also a light that illuminates itself.
- Each of us is the light of consciousness, part of the one consciousness that is God.
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Our inner light is the very light of God shining through us
- We have light within us, light that arises within the heart.
- The light within us is a divine spark of God. This inner light is what we truly are.
- We are beings of light. Our very soul is pure light.
- Realise your inner light is the very light of God within you.
- Love is to realise the divine light within you is the same light that is within me.
- Our inner light is a source of love. It is a source of freedom and power. It is a source of energy. It is a source of inspiration and clarity.
- Our inner light radiates from us.
- Discover your inner light and turn it on.
- Let the light of God fill you, even in your brokenness
- Live in the light of your soul.
- See the light in others.
- Don’t fear the light within and neither fear the darkness. Know that no amount of darkness can snuff out your inner light. Light always prevails in the end.
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To shine our light is to radiate God
- Our very purpose in life is to be a light in the dark, to recognise ourselves as the light, to reach out and pull others out of the dark into the light. Therefore, shine your light onto the darkness and curse it not. Shine your inner light for all to see, shining it into the world for the benefit of all
- Become a channel for God’s light by reflecting the light of God. Be a light for others and help others kindle their own inner light.
- Our inner light shining through us is what true beauty is. To embrace the light within and shine it onto the world is the very reason we are here.
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How to discover your divine inner light and let it shine
- Surrender yourself to joy
- Burn away negativity
- Choose the light
- Love all, including yourself
- Accept yourself
- Forgive
- Be you
- Live from the heart
- Smile
- Plug into God
- Let go
- Visualise God’s light
- Pray
- Meditate and rest in silence
- Rest in presence and deepen your awareness
- Find inner space
- Worship
- Cleanse the mind
- Have faith
- Wake up to God within you
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God is experiencing itself as the light
- We live in a universe of light and dark. If God is light, maybe God is experiencing itself as the light in a world of light and dark.
- Ignorance and unconsciousness (darkness) could be described as the absence of God (the light).
- The truth is that light is only meaningful in relation to darkness. There can be no light without contrasting shadow.
- It takes darkness to experience being the light.
- Light and dark together create something immensely profound and beautiful; a kind of divine work of art.
- The deepest truth is that God is both the light and the dark for in reality, there is no such thing as the absence of God.
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Shine the divine light of awareness onto all aspects of your life
- We contain both light and shade.
- Shine the divine light of awareness onto all aspects of your life including your darker side through the practice of mindful awareness in order to make the darkness conscious. The divine light of awareness casts out the darkness of negativity and ignorance.
- Embrace your full potential of light and dark for this is what leads to wholeness.
- It is in exploring our darkness that we discover our divine light.
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