Powers of Light Part I
Rev. Joseph R. Reid
Light is one of the most important elements of life and the moment we receive the light of Christ, our world is illuminated to the truth of God. We awaken and are changed into who God want us to be. If we remain dark, we will never fully know God.
There are three powers of light. One, the power that enables us to know the truth of God; two, the power to transform and awaken us and three, the power to brighten our entire body, mind and soul in preparation for the Kingdom of Heaven.
The first power of light enables us to know the truth of God. We become aware of the truth of God through prayer and meditation. There are a thousand and one fallacies about prayer and meditation all around the world. Prayer and Meditation is very simple: Prayer is for the heart and from the heart. Meditation is for the mind and removes the mind. They both are about becoming conscious. Awaking to God’s presence and power. They are both light. These powers of light are not chanting, hollering, using a lot of words, nor using a mantra or a rosary. These are hypnotic methods. They can give us a certain kind of rest and nothing is wrong with that rest; if we are just trying to relax, it is perfectly good. Any hypnotic method (traditional prayer, worship, confessions or revivals, can be helpful, but if we want to know the truth, they are not enough. The truth of God can only be found when we practice a daily regimen of prayer and meditation.
The second power of light is its capacity to transform and awaken us to new life. Prayer and Meditation simply means transforming us from a state of unconsciousness (darkness) into consciousness (light). Normally only one-tenth of our mind is aware (luminous), and nine-tenths is oblivious (mysterious). Just a small part of our mind, a thin layer, has brightness; otherwise the whole house is in darkness. And the challenge is to grow that small light so much that the whole house is flooded with light, so that not even a nook or corner is left in darkness.
Finally light has the ability to brighten our entire body, mind and soul in preparation for the Kingdom of Heaven. When the whole house (out bodies, mind and spirit) is full of light, then life is a miracle; it has the quality of magic. Then it is no longer ordinary – everything becomes extraordinary. The mundane is transformed into the sacred, and the small things of life start having such tremendous significance that we could not have ever imagined it. Ordinary stones look as beautiful as diamonds; the whole of existence becomes illuminated. The moment we are illuminated, the whole of existence is illuminated. If we are dark, then the whole of existence is dark. It all depends on us. Prayer and meditation are the keys.
