Question:
to light a candle is to cast a shadow.?
KU
2006-08-30 15:53:14 UTC
explain.
36 answers:
anonymous
2006-09-04 17:18:13 UTC
Ahhhh Grasshopper, You have found the true wisdom within. The shdow cannot live without light.
anonymous
2016-09-30 05:21:08 UTC
Cast Shadow Definition
Blenderhead
2006-08-30 18:09:57 UTC
A candle only casts light from one point, so while it may illuminate some of our surroundings, it leaves others in darkness. I think this can be a metaphor for how relying on a single perspective or source of knowledge can still leave gaps in our understanding.



Another understanding is that when you light a candle, you, the person sparking the flame, are always going to cast a shadow. The lesson there is the inevitability of our involvement in events preventing those events from having a perfect outcome.
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2006-08-31 06:16:01 UTC
To see, in this instance, is to see with the eye of the candle. The eye of a candle sees no shadows, as the eye of the candle is the light of the candle - light is the life of a candle, and also a purpose to its life. To light a candle is to dispel all shadows in its radiant gaze. And then when a candle sees another candle both see no shadows in eachother's existence.



The one who sees with an ordinary eye will beg for light and will be haunted by shadows; the one who sees with an eye of light will give light, and will seek things to illuminate. A candle sees with its light and then it also enables others to see.



I understand when people talk about shadows. Could shadows be 'the shadows of doubt' against the spread of light of faith? Shadows do not spread like light but light does - light spreads across boundaries. Therefore to see a shadow is to see against the spirit of a candle. May be I know the realism behind this otherwise wise saying, but can I speak of a candle and not like a candle?
indian_ernie42
2006-09-04 04:30:31 UTC
Wow...nice question. Let's see...Here is a question about duality. There is no up without a down, no front without a back. That kind of thing. "To light a candle is to cast a shadow" may mean, perhaps, that one cannot be totally good, nor even hold the expectation of being or of being perceived to be. Then, too, I could be completely wrong. I'll keep this one with me for a while. Thanks for a wonderful dilemma.
Peyman
2006-09-01 23:46:53 UTC
Yes sure, but more important than this is to overshadow the surrounding darkness, though be it only with a candle. Instead of cursing the darkness or fearing shadows, let's light a candle.
i crave yours
2006-08-31 00:40:01 UTC
is a reflection to fantasy fiction about the classic movie or story, "The chronicles of Narnia." it says that:



When Aslan said you could never go back to Narnia, he meant the Narnia you were thinking of. But that was not the real Narnia. That had a beginning & an end. It was only a shadow or a copy of d real Narnia which has always been here & always will be here: just as our own world, England & all, is only a shadow or copy of something in Aslan's real world. You need not mourn over Narnia, Lucy. All of d old Narnia that mattered, all d dear creatures, have been drawn into d real Narnia through d Door. And of course it is different; as different as a real thing is from a shadow or as waking life is from a dream. [211-212]



The preceding passage has d obvious purpose of explaining d finite domain of our Earth ("a shadow;" "the old Narnia"), when compared to d heaven-like realm which has always existed ("the real Narnia has always been here & always will be here"). Yet, another parallel can be drawn from d explanation of d old & real Narnia as an explanation of d nature of fantastic literature, or maybe even any genre of fictional literature, for stories in general have "a beginning & an end." "The Door" by which one reaches the realm of these stories is through d medium of books. Engaging stories have d tendency of absorbing d reader into d book's setting, which explains why one might, in d extreme case, "mourn over" d ending of a book.
Goldenrain
2006-08-31 11:20:30 UTC
No, to light a candle is to cast light. Life is full of opposites though; with the candlelight you also get a shadow of darkness; we have daytime and nighttime; push and pull; love and hate. Dwell on the positive.
jason of argonant
2006-09-05 09:29:41 UTC
every new life is like lighting a candle and the knowledge that that life will end sometime is the shadow cast over it
anonymous
2014-02-20 21:11:39 UTC
"You must not change one thing, one pebble, one grain of sand, until you know what good and evil will follow on that act. The world is in balance, in Equilibrium. A wizard's power of Changing and Summoning can shake the balance of the world. It is dangerous, that power. It is most perilous. It must follow knowledge, and serve need. To light a candle is to cast a shadow."
Purple 8
2006-08-30 16:03:50 UTC
If you open a box containing a lighted a candle the whole area is illuminated. If you open a box containing only dark shadows the area is not changed at all, but the box becomes lighter..... Where is the shadow......?
lady_in_blue_109
2006-09-03 15:40:57 UTC
got to be some mumbo jumbo saying............. to light a candle is to give light....to show the way.... to illunminate...... your definition sounds negative, I would prefer to think of a lit candle as a positive token of memory or light.



A lit candle would cast a shadow in a dark room, in victorian england prior to gas lamps and very much before electricity, the candle would throw a shadow as it would be the only ambient light.
Chess
2006-08-30 16:05:08 UTC
Light means success, shadow (darkness) means the opposite. For every job promotion someone got, there is someone who didn´t get it. For every team that wins a championship game, there is a team that lost that game. Basically, i supose, it means that for every success story, there´s always the other side of the story that would be in the shadow of the successful one.



Newton´s "every action has an equal and opposite reaction" can help understand this.
anonymous
2006-08-30 16:18:37 UTC
When you light a candle in the dark though it brings brilliance it also leaves its own shadow behind it. Behind the brightness there is darkness.
anonymous
2006-08-30 15:58:36 UTC
Well, it's about light and dark. In the dark we have no shadow. When light appears our shadow is cast.
latterviews
2006-09-03 21:08:16 UTC
No. Shed light in the vicinity. Shadow is the product of an object in the vicinity of light.
anonymous
2006-08-30 16:18:57 UTC
Yes my child, and to swim in calm water causes ripples, you are learning very well. Your next lesson is to walk on the rice paper without leaving any foot prints, and then you must snatch the pebble from my hand before my hand closes.
anonymous
2006-08-31 13:07:57 UTC
If you throw light on something, you cast darkness on something else. If you discover a truth, you disclose a falsehood.
Silkie1
2006-09-04 10:54:53 UTC
It is a sign of a defeatist personality. Travel faster than light and it need not be the case. A bugger trying to keep your match alight though.
casco
2016-11-23 20:06:08 UTC
It signifies that the shadow can't stay devoid of mild and vice versa, in my opinion. Like an excellent difficulty can't exist devoid of the undesirable, the way one difficulty can't exist devoid of the different
Deep Heat
2006-08-31 11:37:16 UTC
Remember; the shadow was there first.
nathaniel_ward
2006-08-30 16:00:06 UTC
our true shadows (evil sides) only appear when the light is lit. like if we get a chance for glory or sumthin good happens to us..... and u call urself a ninja :)
anonymous
2006-08-30 21:16:48 UTC
just as to label something as "A" also suggests the existence of some not A or the opposite of A
muriel
2016-05-14 14:20:16 UTC
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mengmeng
2006-09-05 08:47:21 UTC
to fill a glass is to empty a jug

to sustain a life is to kill a plant/animal

to come near is to go far

to input is to output
anonymous
2006-09-05 06:52:47 UTC
I see a lot of women walking through my town centre who look like you.
Nowayjose
2006-08-30 16:45:00 UTC
Denki o tsukete kudasai!
anonymous
2006-08-30 16:22:21 UTC
Only in the dark

Take care!
Fluke
2006-08-30 15:57:26 UTC
A true Ninja should know this!!
**ZARA**
2006-08-30 17:57:00 UTC
IF YOU LIGHT IT IN THE DARK.
anonymous
2006-09-04 04:43:55 UTC
to see one has only to LOOK
anonymous
2006-09-05 04:07:58 UTC
not neccessarily NO!



This can mean several things
cmilja m
2006-09-05 07:02:06 UTC
Only if you are doubtful.
anonymous
2006-09-03 04:31:28 UTC
only if you have the darkside you can't see.
anonymous
2006-08-30 16:02:04 UTC
Can't be bothered.
geraldine
2006-08-30 16:03:11 UTC
i know


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