The Photon Riders

The use and the rôle of light in the exercise of awareness in the physical universe are of great interest. Historically, a great deal of strange practice has built up around “seeking the light”, “bathing in light”, or mythologizing certain phenomena that are called “light”. We use the word enlightening to describe new increases of awareness and say that someone very aware is enlightened, and so on. In some research evidence has been found that the use of light as a sort of imprisoning or hypnotizing factor (which fixates the attention and bonds consciousness to the electromagnetic spectrum range of frequency) has been recorded.

The pulse transfer rate of light itself appears to be a lock on the understanding of energy; it seems mystifying that radio pulses and gamma rays and different colors of light, all being different frequencies, should transfer from one space to another at something around 3x10^8 meters per second. It violates one’s sense that space is contiguous (which is a very deeply-held belief which keeps the universe from coming unglued).

Aside from the fact that light is a wonderful thing to fool around with and make shadow plays out of (oh ye gods, take note) the constant hammering of visual frequencies does take a toll. The price is habituation. We gradually identify light as the medium of all seeing; and in so doing we subscribe to our own captivation with this corner of Creation, and make homebodies of ourselves. Like old and tired folks unsure of their bladder control, we rock in the one corner we know is safe - the light-informed section, where the photon frequencies rule.

Another peculiarity of this habit is that light in the material universe, as a common energy, acts like awareness itself. It is a cliché to discuss “bright” ideas, and “the light going on” and “being in the dark about...” as though the energy and perception were closely allied things. There is a parallelism between light (as an energy) and enlightenment (awareness per se) in our language and our thinking that has some really odd roots. Either the material universe was designed as a poor copy of the blazing play of awareness in the spaces of Will; or we are captives of brain-waves from the start and the whole thing of seeking greater awareness is a silly game.

Which do you think?

Here is an experiment. Assume a sphere of Being greater than your body by expanding your awareness outward to a large area and imagining yourself occupying the entire space of that sphere. Then imagine yourself flooding light into the body from all directions simultaneously. Then imagine yourself receiving floods of light from the body, outward in all directions toward You. Try the ebb and flow and focus on whichever feels more comfortable (flowing in toward the body or receiving flow from it). When you are comfortable with that sphere, try making light floods in other dimensions beyond the sphere around the body, either in the material universe as you perceive it, or in any other space which shows up for consideration.

Another experiment: close your eyes and imagine streams of visual perception flowing from them to the world around you, as though you were emanating your own visual power, rather than simply receiving it from the physical universe.

These experiments and others like them produce changes in perception, oddly enough. They may be great or small, but there are changes in perception. So why do you think this is? What’s the relationship?

Ride the photons of the universe for a moment. Then find some other frequency to become addicted to. Find one you prefer. Ride it into the sunrise, laughing at the inadequacies of light itself. I offer you this with love from a being to a being. Enjoy.

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