Let There Be

and on PAGE FIFTEEN, there was light. What kind of light? Well, of the sun, moon, fire and wisdom.  From the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta: "Vision arose, insight arose, discernment arose, knowledge arose, illumination arose within me. . ."  Rather than simply being a product of enlightenment, Sayadaw turns it around and says that this light allows us to penetrate to ultimate reality. It sounds like an actual illumination rather than simply a metaphorical one although it might be both.