What Do Day and Night Mean in the Bible?
God named the light Day and the darkness Night, which represent the conscious I and the unconscious I.
The alternation of Day and Night represents the cycles of knowing — repetition.
After God named the darkness Night and the light Day, the text continues: “And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.”
The recognition of laws is not possible through a single occurrence. Rather, it is through repetition that they become recognizable. Under the same circumstances, the same thing happens, and this reveals the law, which becomes recognizable through repetition during our experiences.
An experience is observed during the Day, then Night follows. Later, we experience the same experience again. In this way, we recognize that what happens occurs according to law, and over time we come to know the law itself.
The laws that have already become known also build upon one another. Therefore, additional laws can appear to us, and we can perceive them, only after we have come to know the laws that are necessary for their perception.
A printed book is nothing more than meaningless scribbles if we cannot read. However, once we have learned to read, we can understand what is printed on the paper. If we see numbers on the page but do not know what they mean, we cannot understand them either. Once we have learned mathematics, however, they also carry a clear meaning. Musical notation, on the other hand, still remains beyond our understanding. Based on our previous experiences, we may assume that it also has meaning, but only after we have learned to read musical notation are we able to interpret it as well.
If a book written in another language comes into our hands, we may already know from our previous experiences that it certainly means something. However, we cannot read it until we know the laws that are necessary for understanding it.
Learning takes place through repetition. The experience that appears returns again and again, enabling us to recognize the laws that appear.