Question by R. Hike light: If light and energy are equivalent, what distinguishes the light of mind from the light of physics?
In the Jungian sense, what is light? The light of physics appears no less mysterious than consciousness itself. Can light be an entity separate from perception of ideas?
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Answer by intel_knight
mass and energy are equivalent, not light
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I’m tempted to say “good question” … but I restrain myself …
this question has many pitfalls of conception … entirely
subjective and subject to powers of persuasion more than anything else as I see it anyway’
Remember the equivilence equation, E=mc2, and that mass is also involved within this equation. Also, considering that light acts partly like particles, partly as waves, there is a sense that Light acts in a way that breaks down the barriers of science and philosophy – Re: Aristotelian physics. There is a lot that I don’t agree with Jungian, but thats his thing.
An enlightened mind is one that has its eyes open to the world. As it has been said, the eyes are the window to the soul. If the eyes are open but are not perceiving, then you can say that the mind is not as it should be.
The light may be on, but if your eyes aren’t open, you won’t be able to see.
The fact that it levitated
Your question seems to be getting at the accuracy of our perceptions as they relate to “reality”, with light merely an example of an aspect in reality.
In regards to your final question “Can light be an entity separate from perception of ideas?”. As far as you know, no it cannot necessarily exist apart from your perception, since perception is all you can know.
An argument can be made, however, as to the consistency of our perceptions being evidence of some actual reality. The fact that our perception (sensations+our interpretations of sensations)of reality is self-consistent (does not contradict itself), is strong evidence that it is a reflection of something “real”. You can get a small taste of how difficult such an illusion would be, simply by telling a random inaccurate account of something and keeping your story consistent.
In answer to your comment “The light of physics appears no less mysterious than consciousness itself.” Physics is much less mysterious than consciousness, since we can model the behavior of light mathematically a feat that perhaps never will be reached for consciousness.