My Own Story—Epilogue: The Nature of Divine Light

09/05/24 • 23 min

Stories for a Living Future with Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee

The nature of the light which I have described in these recent podcasts is that it comes direct from the Source, from the undifferentiated Essence. It awakens us to an awareness of the oneness and multiplicity of creation, and the primal need for praise and thanksgiving. With this light we can return to the wonder of the first day—to the song of creation that is alive in the love within our hearts.

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Series 4: My Own Story—EPILOGUE: THE NATURE OF DIVINE LIGHT

Walking alone on the beach, the waves rolling in from across the Pacific, the sun shining through the early morning haze, I thought it would be helpful if I explained more about the nature of the light about which I have spoken so much in these recent podcasts.

This light, known to the Sufis as the Muhammadan light, or al-Nur al-Muhammadi, is the first expression of the undifferentiated Essence, even as it is a