Color of Photons

Analogies have limited scope but great utility. While they cannot be extended beyond the context for which they are meant, they help drive home a succinct message by making a rigorous concept concrete and accessible to a larger audience. This analogy compares the color of photons with the form of God.

There is not a single color
by which photon could be defined
rather photon is the carrier
of all colors that we find
Defining photon with a color
yes we can desist
but it is because of photon
that any color can exist
There is not a single form
by which God could be defined
rather God is the carrier
of all forms that we find
Defining God with a form
yes we can desist
but it is because of God
that any form can exist
Photon takes up a color for
electron with which it relates
to the eyes of an artist
immense joy it generates
God takes up a form for
the jiva with whom He relates
in the heart of a devotee
pure mellows it generates
A dilemma from ages
making communities shatter
a little Physics is enough
to resolve the petty matter

Neither form nor color is absolute, hence they cannot be used to define more fundamental entities like photons and God, which are better defined in relationship with similar fundamental entities, i.e., electrons and living entities, respectively. Depending on the energy that an excited electron emits, a photon takes up different colors. Both electron and photon are fundamental but their diverse relationship leads to diverse colors. Similarly, both God and jiva are fundamental but their diverse relationships lead to diverse forms. Color indicates the fundamental relationship between electrons and photons. A form indicates the fundamental relationship between living beings and God.

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