Darkness And light

[Ancient Herald]

Within the light there is the dark.

Within the dark there is the light.

They can not exists without each other.

for in between the spaces of light there is the dark.

And in between the spaces of dark there is the light.


Atoms give off light. But within them are spaces that are unlit.

Our sun radiates light. But upon its surface are spots of darkness caused by magnetic activity.

Darkness within, light without. Light within, darkness without.

it is one symbiotic relationship that exists within us all.

 

[celticwar17]

I'm not sure you know what "light" is... I wouldn't bring physics into this...

 

[Ancient Herald]

I'm not sure you know what "light" is... I wouldn't bring physics into this...

:roll:

that didn't take long.

 

[Brochacholomigo]

I'm not sure you know what "light" is... I wouldn't bring physics into this...

:lol:

...That being said, this is clearly a metaphor for good and evil, etc.

 

[Mr. Furley]

Darkness can exist without light. Before light, there was darkness, but there was never light without darkness.

 

[Ancient Herald]

Except that if there was no light at all then no light can exist period.

If there is nothing, how can something come from nothing.

But that does raise a question about darkness though.

 

[zyzygy]

 

[zyzygy]

Our sun radiates light. But upon its surface are spots of darkness caused by magnetic activity.

.

Sunspots are not really dark

https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/3f5lbr/why_are_sun_spots_black/


So what are these spots?

A sunspot is an area on the sun that is cooler than the area around it. While they look like plack spots, they are not actually black. They area surrounding the spots are so bright that they appear black. If you were to take the rest of the sun out of the picture, the sun spots would actually be quite bright.

Sun Spots

 

[joG]

I'm not sure you know what "light" is... I wouldn't bring physics into this...

It would certainly be a pity to do that.

 

[joG]

:lol:

...That being said, this is clearly a metaphor for good and evil, etc.

A vampire would certainly think the light lurking in the dark evil.

 

[zyzygy]

Sweet cannot exist without sour
Wide and narrow, up and down
The interstices of being are complementary
Yin, Yang
Boom shang a lang
One is one and all alone
And ever more shall be so

 

[Mycroft]

THIS thread is why I stay away from the Philosophical Discussions Forum.

:lamo

 

[Quag]

 

[celticwar17]

:lol:

...That being said, this is clearly a metaphor for good and evil, etc.

I just didn't like the atoms reference....Graduate student in Physics... it hurt a little on the inside...

 

[Mr. Furley]

THIS thread is why I stay away from the Philosophical Discussions Forum.

:lamo

Don't lie, it's because you have nothing thought provoking enough to say anyway.

 

[Mycroft]

Don't lie, it's because you have nothing thought provoking enough to say anyway.

Oh...you mean something like that vampire quip someone came up with? Yeah...you are probably right.

 

[Mr. Furley]

Okay so you're just here to consume, not contribute. Got it.

 

[Brochacholomigo]

I just didn't like the atoms reference....Graduate student in Physics... it hurt a little on the inside...

New Media & Communications freshman, so I definitely didn't get the reference. :lol:

 

[Ancient Herald]

You know, if you guys actually put some thought into it and instead of being a jerk, you could actually try some objectivity and fairness in the post.

there is actually a lot of truth in what I said.

Both metaphorically and literally.

 

[Nilly]

'Light' doesn't exist without an observer. It's just particles bombarding the earth. No real different from neutrinos or radiation pounding the earth, only thing is we've adapted to see it.

Even in the darkest of nights, there are trillions of neutrinos passing around and through you. If humans happened to evolve to see neutrino's (v.unlikely) then there would never be darkness on Earth.

 

[zyzygy]

You know, if you guys actually put some thought into it and instead of being a jerk, you could actually try some objectivity and fairness in the post.

there is actually a lot of truth in what I said.

Both metaphorically and literally.

It was very bad blank verse.

 

[HowardBThiname]

You know, if you guys actually put some thought into it and instead of being a jerk, you could actually try some objectivity and fairness in the post.

there is actually a lot of truth in what I said.

Both metaphorically and literally.

Agreed, but light and darkness are not true opposites. They are two elements of a larger whole. They are "symbiotic." If the metaphor is comparing to good and evil, as one poster suggested, it's not quite accurate because good and evil are not symbiotic.

If that was your intent, and correct me if I'm wrong about that, then I would put forth that evil does not exist - only the perception of evil. While darkness is necessary for light to exist - evil is not necessary for good to exist.

 

[zyzygy]

Agreed, but light and darkness are not true opposites. They are two elements of a larger whole. They are "symbiotic." If the metaphor is comparing to good and evil, as one poster suggested, it's not quite accurate because good and evil are not symbiotic.

If that was your intent, and correct me if I'm wrong about that, then I would put forth that evil does not exist - only the perception of evil. While darkness is necessary for light to exist - evil is not necessary for good to exist.

If our eyes were sensitive to the entire electro-magnetic spectrum then for us darkness would not exist.

 

[Northern Light]

The light vs. dark thing is so tired.

It's not about anyone having a shadow. It's about having unintegrated parts of oneself that need to become part of conscious awareness.

All learning is, is expansion of consciousness to include previously denied parts of reality, being accepted into the whole.

There is no battle between anything. There is only forgetting and remembering, tied into learning. Nothing needs to be conquered. There's no war. Nothing is wrong.

 

[Tim the plumber]

Except that if there was no light at all then no light can exist period.

If there is nothing, how can something come from nothing.

But that does raise a question about darkness though.

You really don't do physics do you.

You make claims that have no support. You need to somehow support the idea that something cannot come from nothing. How are you going to do that?