Robyn E Lebron ifesting itself in action The first manifestation was wishing the light of discernment to appear: “And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.”(57) Spirit does not wish; mind does Spirit is inactive; mind is active “Let there be light” indicates the beginning of the cosmic mind, the interiority of the cosmos that manifests as its exterior physicality, as the mind of God that shapes its body What is light? Light gives us the ability to see What is seeing? It is the ability to perceive one thing from the other, the ability to differentiate, demarcate, discern, distinguish, and discriminate Without it, all is dark, indiscriminate without differentiability Can we discern without the existence of the mind? Appearance of light is another metaphor for the appearance of the mind Discernment and discrimination are the domains of the intellect Light thus indicates the light of intellect, the subtlest principle of mind Levels of Consciousness: Creature, Animal and Human Light is the metaphor used to indicate consciousness, the capacity of knowing which enables differentiation, to help human bodies navigate life We learn about the consciousness of the faculties of the human mind by comparing it to the consciousness of the numerous primordial and developed life forms of the water and the earth: “And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and 100