As part of class last night, the topic of the full light spectrum came up. Although we didn't discuss it near to the degree overtly that my mind took it, I have put the subject to some thought which I share with you for your edification and en-light-enment.
The actual comment was that some things don't appear in the visible spectrum. When I taught the introductory biochemistry lab in graduate school, one of the first labs we did was with light absorption. Many of the students were surprised to discover that their sunglasses didn't block as much UV as the manufacturer claims and that my regular glasses blocked quite a bit. Sometimes, the students had so much fun that they would find more materials to test for their absorption.
The point of that exercise was to demonstrate that light extends far beyond the spectrum our eyes are attuned to interpret. You know this already. Light rays account for the sunburn on your arm and face. Light rays actually cook food for you in the microwave. Special focused rays of light help people in Las Vegas find scorpions, which glow under certain wavelengths despite being largely transparent when they are young. If not for those types of light, our lives would be quite different.
In a larger way, the world of light teaches us something about the greater world around us. Although we cannot see it, there is light all around us, EVEN IN THE DARKNESS. That light has energy. That light is real. It is not part of the visible world, but it is true anyway, and some of it exerts influence on our lives or the lives of things around us.
When you consider light and truth, the same thing holds. There are truths that we have yet to fully comprehend, even though they constantly surround and influence us. Some things beyond our physical sight are still true, even if we "can't see" how or when or why or even what. I heard once that miracles are simply an ability to access a higher law. I offer that if we could see all light, and all things in their proper light, it would cast new light on the shadows of uncertainty and obfuscation, and we would see things as they really are and really will be.
Humans depend far too much on what they actually can see. In doing so, they miss out on so much more, because there is an entire world out there of light to which our eyes and other senses are not attuned. Beyond the concepts of dimensionality, these things coexist with us, in a different wavelength, because they are light and truth, and although we cannot see them, they are there all the same.
The actual comment was that some things don't appear in the visible spectrum. When I taught the introductory biochemistry lab in graduate school, one of the first labs we did was with light absorption. Many of the students were surprised to discover that their sunglasses didn't block as much UV as the manufacturer claims and that my regular glasses blocked quite a bit. Sometimes, the students had so much fun that they would find more materials to test for their absorption.
The point of that exercise was to demonstrate that light extends far beyond the spectrum our eyes are attuned to interpret. You know this already. Light rays account for the sunburn on your arm and face. Light rays actually cook food for you in the microwave. Special focused rays of light help people in Las Vegas find scorpions, which glow under certain wavelengths despite being largely transparent when they are young. If not for those types of light, our lives would be quite different.
In a larger way, the world of light teaches us something about the greater world around us. Although we cannot see it, there is light all around us, EVEN IN THE DARKNESS. That light has energy. That light is real. It is not part of the visible world, but it is true anyway, and some of it exerts influence on our lives or the lives of things around us.
When you consider light and truth, the same thing holds. There are truths that we have yet to fully comprehend, even though they constantly surround and influence us. Some things beyond our physical sight are still true, even if we "can't see" how or when or why or even what. I heard once that miracles are simply an ability to access a higher law. I offer that if we could see all light, and all things in their proper light, it would cast new light on the shadows of uncertainty and obfuscation, and we would see things as they really are and really will be.
Humans depend far too much on what they actually can see. In doing so, they miss out on so much more, because there is an entire world out there of light to which our eyes and other senses are not attuned. Beyond the concepts of dimensionality, these things coexist with us, in a different wavelength, because they are light and truth, and although we cannot see them, they are there all the same.
Faith is a bluebird you see from afar. It's for sure and as real as the first evening star. You can't touch it or buy it or wrap it up tight, but it's there just the same making things turn out right. --"Rufus" in The Rescuers, Walt Disney Corp 1977
May you see what others do not and find light wherever you go. Remember that the visible world is not the end of all truth, it is only the beginning.
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