Visions of light

on reading this from Ted Kniffen http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Tedk1946/1810851/#comments

Transference of light
and thought
so comforting
souls transforming,
energy and matter
not destroyed;
reborn.

Creationist visions,
religions ...
born out of our
need to believe,
that after the
light,
there isn't just
dark.

Author's Note

Reviews

[NeiL ArandA]

Darkness is simply the absence of light. The Big BangTheory plausible explanations that everything started from chaotic to order and stars and planets reborn just by randomly colliding.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you for your thoughts.

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

Can I get a big AMEN!! Love it.

[Lyn Anderson]

thank you. I am working on organizing all 1119 works into an organized fashion. It is taking some time:)

[Inject Positivity]

It reminds of Einstein's saying that energy cannot be destroyed, it only transforms into another form, and that is I believe true to life too... A famous scientist once said that a human mind has the power to destroy to two cities like New York, he was referring to the power of mind... I think there is something that begins right after we think it's the end... There is no end, only new beginning... A very thought provoking write KL...

Sincerely
Dhiman

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you for your thoughtful review.:)

[redzone]

there are great works of art from music to painting to poetry and more all created to this hope for "light" or something more than our finite lives which for the vast majority of humanity are filled with pain and sorrow.... and these vast multitudes also have some kind of "faith" and it reminds me of how at one time the vast multitudes believed that the sun revolved around the earth and the earth was flat....

we get one shot, one life to live.. how we live it and whether it makes the world better for everyone is the real "light", one life even if we would hope for more...

redzone

[Lyn Anderson]

Whatever gets each individual through the day, as long as it is taking care of, and respecting that life, and the lives of others, is what matters. Thanks for popping in, my friend.

[Michele Devlin]

I believe there is more. Something inside me says it is so. There must be something greater because all that is less certainly did not build all that is or inspire all that will be.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you for your thoughts.

[Pryde Foltz]

There isn't just dark ... but all is temporary and connected and eternal. How bout that?:)

[Lyn Anderson]

thank you for your insights. :)

[??????]

So very true KL:) So very true

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you for your thoughts.

[??????]

Your very welcome KL:)

[Papaya]

It would be nice to think there's something else. I think people find comfort in thinking this.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks for reading and reviewing my friend.

[Papaya]

Anytime. :)

[Ted Kniffen]

A beautiful rendering of this thought. Einstein said energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be changed from one form to another. Whether or not we believe in religion is immaterial. Our 'energy' will survive. Therefore, I suppose out of darkness there is light. Thanks again, this may be the first time I've inspired a poem.

[Lyn Anderson]

I am glad you liked it. Thanks for the inspiration, and the review.

[barleygirl]

Your message is thought-provoking & gracefully stated. I've taken issue with religion becuz of a focus on what comes after life here on earth . . . I don't care about that. It's a construct of our imaginations, since we can't know anything. I prefer a spiritual belief that helps in the here & now. That being said, your message would resonate with most who do care about what comes next.

[Lyn Anderson]

I understand what you mean. I hope you read the poem that inspired me. :) Thanks. xo

[barleygirl]

I tried to find the line between his message & yours, but I'm not very good at that. I like each of your poems, but not sure of how they are connected. The way your mind works can be much less straightforward than mine, at times (((HUGS)))

[Lyn Anderson]

Ok, so when I read Ted's poem, I immediately thought, that no matter how wonderful a person is in this world, (what a great light they are) in the end there is only death. Which then got me thinking of the theory that energy is merely transformed from one thing to the next, hence, humans have tried to put a label on that energy transference, to make it something tangible, hence, the birth of religion -- giving tangible form to the intangible in the minds of people. Probably makes it about as clear as mud, but that's where it took me.:)

[barleygirl]

Your mind works in wonderfully mysterious ways! *smile*