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This memorial day I went through some old docs and other sources and found that my great, great, great grand parents were both Quakers. Evidently there's some lineage also traced back to the 1600's of in the "New World" even. Finding this out, it got me going down the path of looking into what Quakers stood for and it seems that the main premise is The Inward Light.

Which led me to some reading about, which led me to, yet another, confirmation that any and all ideologies have been compromised by ilk.

I have never been someone that follows(persons or rituals) and have always found that "God" is within and is of us all.

It also led me to create an account, after removing myself from a previous one, to query those of you who are a bit more well read and versed in theology than I.

What is the Inward Light?

This memorial day I went through some old docs and other sources and found that my great, great, great grand parents were both Quakers. Evidently there's some lineage also traced back to the 1600's of in the "New World" even. Finding this out, it got me going down the path of looking into what Quakers stood for and it seems that the main premise is The Inward Light. Which led me to some reading about, which led me to, yet another, confirmation that any and all ideologies have been compromised by ilk. I have never been someone that follows(persons or rituals) and have always found that "God" is within and is of us all. It also led me to create an account, after removing myself from a previous one, to query those of you who are a bit more well read and versed in theology than I. What is the Inward Light?

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[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

I have not deeply researched Quakers, but always found them interesting.

As far as the term, "Inward Light", I would opine that combines the idea that heaven is within you, and receiving heavenly guidance. So, when you listen to or follow the "Inward Light" (via intuition I guess), that would mean that through prayer and yearning, you discern what God wants for your life. Why they use the term "Light" is because it illuminates. That's my best guess about how your great grandparents may have seen it.

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I have little doubt that the "Inward Light" is just as you describe. It's something that I have known my whole life and live by day to day but don't realize it because I just do.

I guess, to me, everyone has their own "Inner Light" as well. In a time and era where the light of a fire meant life or death, quenching another person's light was a death sentence.