As I understand light (barely) it is an energy with a higher vibration than myself. I believe it responds to our thoughts. For example, if I imagine the earth surrounded with white light and then intensify that light 100fold, I know it does that. I have been a reiki therapist for many years now and occasionally I can see the light that flows out of my hands. Its pretty interesting. I dont know if fire vibrates that high. As far as the highest, love seems to be the upper boundry we, as humans, have. Perhaps its that way for lightbeings too.
Kelly

It's interesting that you say that - I've never been what most people would consider an "activist" for that very reason. Portland is a very activist-oriented city, and the police have a rather trigger-happy reputation because they tend to only see the ignorance. Frequently, "professional protesters" become involved and wreak havoc, and I think it's scaring a lot of community builders away. Residents have concerns, and law enforcement has concerns. I think that direct confrontation in a violent, accusoritory manner only causes the "opposition" to reaffirm their view that they need to clamp down on us. Innocent people then get caught in the cross-fire. ELF is a particular violator and their way is *not* my way. Setting fire to homes and other property items only does harm, since the items are covered by insurance anyways and nobody thinks "Gee, my wood-structure house was torched. Maybe I should build an earth-friendly straw bale house instead!" I remember one particular instance where a local mink farm was raided and all the minks set loose (I don't remember what group did it exactly). All that was accomplished in the end was more minks were killed in the fire that was started than survived. My marine biology prof told us a story about a mama and baby sperm whale that beached along the coast. Mama was dead, but the baby wasn't. Scientists (including my prof) arrived to rescue the poor thing and attempt to rehabilitate it at a nearby facility, but GreenPeace showed up and insisted on shoving the baby back into the ocean to prevent its "capture". The last thing my prof saw was the baby rounding the nearby spit and it was never seen again. There was no way it could have survived on its own at its age.

Don't get me wrong - I want the world to be a better place just as much as anyone else does. I wholeheartedly agree with Tenorune...self-awareness and love are the only way to change the world, and folks need to educate themselves in the best way to do that depending on the situation. Protesting in ignorance only pisses people off.

Sorry 'bout the soapbox...I'm going to go do my part and clean my apartment now with a huge box of baking soda and jug of vinegar. ;)

love and light,

Robyn