It is the central light in the core of our being and it illumines all experience-including that of physical light. The most important inner light is the light of Consciousness. My world may be dark with regard to material possessions, yet my life may be shining in joy and peace because of the moral and spiritual light that has been kindled within me. These inner lights are more powerful than physical light. In each case a particular difficulty that can be compared to darkness is lifted and a positive experience of hope, joy, and fulfillment comes into being. We could also speak of the light of compassion, the light of truth, the light of peace, and the light of knowledge. Having new hope and joy, the world at once becomes meaningful with the light of love. But if someone appears who can understand and care for this person, the darkness disappears. When a person is lonely and has no one to care for him or her, life is really dark. Similarly, we could say that love is a light. Like light, it dispels the shadows of confusion and promotes clear action. We need an inner light to show us the way. When the mind is troubled and cannot decide what is right or wrong, we say that a kind of darkness has blocked the mind. We speak, for example, of the light of conscience. We often metaphorically assign light’s function to mental and moral levels. When we bring light into a dark room, we at once see everything in the room. What is the function of light? To reveal objects covered by darkness, and to illumine areas that are hidden.
“Inner Light” is found in Seeing God Everywhere. He was the author of Seeing God Everywhere and Story of an Epoch as well as many articles published in both English and Bengali journals.
Coming to the United States from India in 1957, Swami Shraddhananda was head of the Vedanta Society in Sacramento from 1970 until his death in 1996.
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