Hmmm. To explain my personal understanding of what I do when I hold someone in the light, I go back to Fox's image of an ocean of darkness and an ocean of light flowing above it. When I hold someone in the light, then. I am lifting them out of the melange of experiences that create/feel like an ocean of darkness in difficult times, and up into the ocean of light where there the light comes from all directions so there are no shadows. My effort to do this for another on their behalf is important because the deeper we move into the ocean of light, the weaker the shadows of fear, etc., When I hold someone in the light because of circumstance or need, I do so because they might not be able to fully glimpse or reach up out of the darkness toward that ocean of light as fully as they might with my assistance

Thank u for sharing.

Dear Sam,
F Baudrazin in his article in J J Von Allmen's Vocabulary of the Bible discusses Light under seven headings. Early Quakers, who knew their Bibles better than we do today, would had a view of Light that was full of scriptural resonances. Among them would be an understanding, not only of the light of day, of the sun, of the stars (Gen. 1.4; Exod.10.23; Job 26:10, etc), but also he New Testament references (Jn. 1:12-13; 8:12; 12:36;). I would argue that the Light is the Light of Christ. Baudraz concludes his article with "In the Johannine passages light is inseparable from life ,truth, and love. God has placed all these blessings, which properly belong to Him, in His Son, in order that through faith in Him men might receive these ifts and participate in the very life of God."
Hope this helps. In Friendship, and with warmest regards. Chris.

Thanks for this , I too share your view that some of my meaning and experience crosses all of the above.