LIGHT in the World Scriptures

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SAYINGS ABOUT LIGHT FROM DIFFERENT

SAINTS, SCRIPTURES, AND RELIGIONS!!!

 

" The rays of primordial Light that

illumine purified souls with spiritual

knowledge not only fills them

with benediction and luminosity;

they also, by means of

contemplation of the inner

essences of created things, lead

them up to the Noetic heavens.

For this reason Saint Neilos

says, 'The intellect's proper

state is a noetic height,

somewhat resembling the sky's

hue, which is filled with the

Light of the Holy Trinity during

the time of prayer.' ( " The

Philokalia, " Volume IV, writings

of Greek Saints, Faber and Faber

Books)

 

" God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness. " And, " Blessed are the

pure in heart, for they will see God. " (The New Testament)

 

" Understand what the Great Light is. " (Jesus, Apocryphon of James)

 

" I AM the Light that is over all things. " (Jesus, Gospel of Thomas)

 

Saint John of the Cross: " The soul is always invested by the Light of

God; the Light dwells in it by nature. "

 

" The Light of God is within everyone. " (George Fox, Quaker mystic)

 

 

It says in the Koran: " God is Light, and He guides whomever He wants

to His Light. "

 

" Then we went up to the Sixth Heaven. And I gazed up on high and saw

a great Light shining down on the Sixth Heaven. " (The Apocalypse of Paul,

" The Nag Hammadi Library In English " )

 

It says in, " The Dead Sea Scrolls -- A New Translation, " Harper Collins:

" From the Fount of His Knowledge has my Light shot forth; upon His wonders

has my eye gazed. " Also from the Dead Sea Scrolls: " Your Holy Spirit

illuminates the dark places of the heart of your servant with Light like

the sun. "

 

Further to the East, the medieval Saint Kabir said: " The light of one

soul is equal to that of sixteen suns. "

 

Guru Nanak said: " The Light of God is in every heart. "

 

" The Supreme God shines like the sun. " (Hindu Upanishads)

 

The Mandaean Religion of Iraq

has many beautiful hymns and

prayers to the Light (God), and

visions of heaven that often

resemble NDEs (modern day near

death accounts): " His Light

illuminates and His radiance

irradiates all the worlds, and

the divine beings who stand

before Him and shine in their

radiance and in the radiance of

the Great Light which rests upon

them. "

 

Sant Rajinder Singh: " The Saints and

Mystics come to share the Light,

the peace, and happiness

they found with all humanity. They

come to show us the Light so we can

experience more happiness,

tranquility, and peace than we can

ever dream of. We do not have to wait

until death to experience the worlds

beyond. We do not even need a near-death

experience and all the physical trauma that

it brings to find the inner Light. It is

waiting within each of us this very moment.

Through meditation each one of us can find it. "

(Rajinder Singh, " Inner & Outer Peace Through

Meditation, " Element Books, 1997)

 

 

 

 

 

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