The light

Suddenly it appears. We have disconnected ourselves from noise, bustle, struggle and there it is; the sun breaking through, everything lights up in her magnificent light, changing everything.

The sun shares her light with us and lets us be born anew. We are no longer ordinary or normal. We ourselves become light and can observe light shining in everything and everybody around us. The colours around us are not plain any more, they glow and are radiant. The eyes of children playing are radiant. The eyes of our dear ones shine and connect with the light in our heart.

We now know for sure who we are. We did not make it up, we always knew. The earlier vague

sensing is now a strong knowledge. A beautiful flower has come to bloom. We now know ourselves to be carriers of light. Through our slumbering light others can start to glow.

With this experience and this awareness we reconnect with daily life and we resume everyday life once again. Yet it exists, during important moments we can let the light shine once again; with eye contact, with a gesture, with a word, with an embrace. Like an artist we can light up anything and anybody. However the power of our (old) habits and the hubbub of everyday life can cause this ability to be

pushed to the background. Our life can become foggy and dark again. At the darkest point, the moment at which the light seems to have been extinguished and we see no way out any more, we can be

reminded of the light in our hearts. It can be strong enough to find a way out once again.

Fortunately we have willpower and an awareness of the forces that cover up our light. We can wrestle free and develop new habits. We can feed on the light. Instead of submerging in the ‘ordinary’ we can become practitioners. We can practise awareness while dealing with ourselves and our lives. There is no need for darkness to overtake us, we can take responsibility. It is up to us whether we live in light or shade. Ignorance is the most important cause of shadows and darkness; living alert and fully aware makes us into knowledgable, light bringing human beings.