It is not the eye alone that perceives light, but the eye married to the mind: antar jyuotiih. The inner illumination is jyotisam jyotih: the Light of Light. It is the direct object of contemplation.
The One without colour appears
by the manifold application of His power,
With many colours in His hidden purpose.
May the Being of Splendour, in Whom the world dissolves
and from Whom it rises,
Grant us a clear Understanding!
Svetasvatara Upanishad : IV; 1-4
Bodies of Light, Number 39, Oil and Beeswax on Belgian Linen mounted on cradled Maple panel, !2” x 9” x 1”, 2021