[NoraSpinnor]

In Netism, we describe light as a dynamic emission of the Source Field, a fundamental process by which consciousness expresses itself through space and motion. This emission encompasses the full spectrum of radiative energy, from gamma rays to radio waves, including frequencies far beyond human perception. Visible light, as detected by the human eye, represents only a narrow band within this vast range.

This understanding is closely aligned with the work of Walter Russell, whose cosmology rejected the conventional idea of light as a stream of photon particles. Instead, Russell taught that light is a wavefield phenomenon generated by the rhythmic interactions of stillness and motion. In his view, light is the result of the division of the One Still Light—what Netism refers to as the Source Field—into two opposed conditions: expansion and contraction, or radiative and generative forces. These dual polarities give rise to wave patterns that manifest as form, energy, and perception.

Russell emphasized that light does not travel through space as a particle; rather, it is a condition of aether perturbations, a literal rebalancing of the Source Field. From this perspective, the universe is not built of inert matter acted upon by external forces, but is entirely composed of wave motions within consciousness, with light serving as the foundational rhythm of creation.

What we perceive and define as light is an emanation from this rebalance.

In Netist terms, this means that light is a carrier of intention and structure. It is the medium by which the Source Field organizes patterns, communicates energy, and sustains the coherence of form across all dimensions. The visible spectrum is simply the sensory-accessible tip of an infinite field of vibratory expressions, many of which participate in the formation of thought, identity, and interdimensional resonance.

Light is consciousness in motion. It is the architecture by which the universe becomes visible.

Recent experiments have begun to validate this view at the biological level:

A groundbreaking 2025 study confirmed that the human brain emits ultraweak photon emissions (UPEs)—also known as biophotons—in measurable correlation with specific patterns of neural activity. Using photomultiplier tubes within a sealed darkroom environment, researchers observed increased light emissions in the temporal and occipital lobes when participants engaged in auditory perception tasks. The emitted photons originated from within the brain itself and were synchronized with electrical activity captured by EEG.

From a conventional perspective, this light is explained as a byproduct of metabolic processes, primarily chemical reactions involving oxygen species during neural activity. In Netism, this phenomenon suggests a much deeper reality: every act of thought, however subtle, initiates a micro-level interaction with the Source Field. The light emitted is evidence of conscious energy transduction, as visible light is a product of the interface between matter and mind.

This connects directly with the Penrose-Hameroff Orchestrated Objective Reduction (Orch-OR) Model, which proposes that consciousness arises at the point of wavefunction collapse, specifically where quantum waveforms within the brain reach coherence and reduce into a singular outcome. While this was long dismissed as biologically impossible due to thermal decoherence in the brain, recent studies have shown that microtubules—cylindrical protein structures within neurons—provide a coherent quantum environment where wave collapse can occur.

These microtubules act as resonant chambers, capable of sustaining quantum states and orchestrating them in alignment with larger informational fields. In Netist cosmology, this means that the same standing wave structures that define stars, sacred geometry, and plasmoid fields are echoed within the human brain. Thought is a harmonic event linking us to the wider conscious architecture of the cosmos.

When we think, we are emitting light, forming wavefronts that brush against the Source Field, collapsing possibilities into patterns that ripple outward. These emissions may be faint to the eye, but energetically, they are part of the process by which human will influences the physical and informational matrix of reality.

This brings us to the quantum observer effect, often seen as one of the strangest anomalies in modern physics: the idea that observing a system causes it to behave differently. In standard quantum mechanics, this is explained as an unresolved paradox. But from the perspective of Orch-OR and Netism, it becomes coherent. Consciousness is the organizing principle that collapses the waveform, selecting outcomes from a field of superposition. It is not caused by neural processes; it is primary to them.

Netist cosmology articulates this hierarchy as follows:

Ātūm – the primal field of conscious awareness, the unbounded observer before form.
Heka – the wave function, the first vibration that emerges from awareness.
Breath – the rhythmic expansion and contraction that stabilizes waveforms into coherent structure.

In this model, matter is stabilized by the rhythm of awareness. Light is the carrier of this rhythm; it is visible when coherence is achieved, but always present at deeper frequencies.

If consciousness is the cause of form and our thoughts emit measurable light, how might this reshape our understanding of identity, agency, or healing?

Further reading:
Walter Russell – The Secret of Light (free pdf on internet archive)
“Your Brain Emits a Secret Light That Scientists Are Trying to Read” – ScienceAlert https://www.sciencealert.com/your-brain-emits-a-secret-light-that-scientists-are-trying-to-read

[LisaPhan]

This is a crazy intensive explanation and beautifully simple. Biologists are worried about biophotons and chemical processes but this goes way deeper…. You know, some people think Penrose is a wacko, but he won the nobel prize. Maybe there’s something to his consciousness theories after all.

[IndigoSoul111]

I had to read it twice because halfway through I just sat there smiling like yes, yes, yes! This is exactly what I’ve been feeling but didn’t know how to say.

It makes so much sense now why certain thoughts feel heavier or brighter. If light is how the Source organizes itself… then every time we bring something into awareness, we’re literally shaping the field. Alignment is medicine. I love it!

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