I need to reread the entire series again and see if this idea holds water. My idea is that the is a light half to the True Power and that Rand learns to wield it before The Last Battle. I got the idea when rereading the scene where Nynaeve delves Rand to check his madness which she does find, but finds it being countered by points of light.
I think the concepts of darkness and light can exists without the other, shadow needs both.
IIRC, Rand's encounter with Moridin in Shadar Logoth gave him access to the True Power. This may have been necessary for him to access the light half of it.
The comments on the True Power above might invalidate my theory. But IIRC, RJ had some pretty hard rules for the WOT world. Also, I seem to recall he had a degree in physics which seemed to influence the WOT world. For example, mirrors of the wheel sounds like the idea of quantum superposition to some degree. So if the true power has rules like the one power, perhaps the balance aspect is one of those rules.
My theory on lighting his pipe at the end...
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I need to reread the entire series again and see if this idea holds water. My idea is that the is a light half to the True Power and that Rand learns to wield it before The Last Battle. I got the idea when rereading the scene where Nynaeve delves Rand to check his madness which she does find, but finds it being countered by points of light.
I think the concepts of darkness and light can exists without the other, shadow needs both.
IIRC, Rand's encounter with Moridin in Shadar Logoth gave him access to the True Power. This may have been necessary for him to access the light half of it.
The comments on the True Power above might invalidate my theory. But IIRC, RJ had some pretty hard rules for the WOT world. Also, I seem to recall he had a degree in physics which seemed to influence the WOT world. For example, mirrors of the wheel sounds like the idea of quantum superposition to some degree. So if the true power has rules like the one power, perhaps the balance aspect is one of those rules.