A Commonplace Book

Category: light...

  • light is any electromagnetic radiation, but especially that portion of the spectrum visible to the human eye
  • light travels through empty space at about 186,000 miles per second
  • light is the basis for the sensation of sight and the perception of color
  • taking a nighttime swim in a phosphorescent bay in Puerto Rico and watch light "drip" off you fingertips
  • Let light become your companion. Contemplate it. There is light everywhere, so just observe. Breathe in the sun's energy through all your pores
  • When the light has appeared, where does the darkness go?
  • recognize the Buddha-light shining in everyone
  • more information reaches the human brain through the eyes than any other sense organ - even so, the visual system extracts only a minute fraction of the information that is imprinted on the light that enters the eye

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