| "And God said, 'Let there be light, and there | | | | emanated and the creatures were created, |
| was light,'" "The light at the end of the | | | | The Upper Simple Light had filled the whole existence. |
| tunnel," "You are the light of my | | | | And there was no vacancy, such as an empty |
| life," "I saw the light." If you | | | | atmosphere, a hollow or a pit, |
| recorded the times you heard "light" | | | | But all was filled with Simple Boundless Light." |
| referred to each day, you would most certainly find | | | | What is the nature of the spiritual Light? Just like |
| hundreds of references to it in one form or another. | | | | physical light fulfills us in physical ways, making us feel |
| Phrases like: "in light of," "shed | | | | warm and comfortable, so the spiritual Light fulfills our |
| some light on," "illuminated" and | | | | spiritual needs, the needs of our souls. Kabbalist |
| "radiance" are metaphors often used to | | | | explain that while living in our world, a person can fill |
| describe thoughts about wisdom, hope and goodness. | | | | his soul with the spiritual Light and thereby |
| We say "an enlightened person" to | | | | experience boundless joy and fulfillment. |
| describe someone who is wise and who is able to | | | | When one's soul becomes filled with Light, one |
| see the world in a virtuous or Godly way. | | | | senses an internal realm called "the Upper |
| We are cheered by the light of the sun and we plan | | | | World." That is, one feels a sensation that is |
| vacations in places where we can relax and enjoy its | | | | completely beyond what we feel in the physical |
| radiance. We are attracted to the warmth of firelight | | | | world. The difference can be conveyed in the |
| and we gather around the light of campfires. As | | | | following way: In this world, all of our perceptions |
| human beings, we relate to light in an emotional, | | | | evolve naturally, through our five senses. But if you |
| almost sensual way. | | | | look carefully at the world around you, it becomes |
| It’s hard to imagine that after thousands of | | | | obvious that we encounter and are affected by |
| years of research, scientists are still not exactly | | | | many forces of nature that are invisible to us. For |
| certain about the nature of light. There is, however, | | | | example, the oxygen we breathe is invisible, but |
| no argument that light is vital as the wellspring of life | | | | without it we could not survive in the physical world. |
| on earth. | | | | In the same way, "the Upper World" is a |
| It is no coincidence that just the thought of light | | | | realm of reality that is imperceptible to our natural |
| produces such profound sensations. The wisdom of | | | | five senses, but we begin to feel it as our souls |
| Kabbalah teaches us that there is, in fact, a | | | | become fulfilled by the spiritual Light. Dr. Jeffrey |
| “spiritual Light” which affects us even | | | | Satinover, one of the scientists who made the movie |
| though we are not aware of its presence. This Light | | | | “What the Bleep Do We Know!?” |
| is a spiritual essence. It is a property of the One who | | | | explains this from the point of view of quantum |
| created us – the Creator. | | | | physics: |
| The great 16th century Kabbalist, the ARI, wrote in | | | | “Quantum theory shows that there is |
| his book The Tree of Life: | | | | something working beyond mere mechanism, outside |
| "Behold that before the emanations were | | | | the physical world. |