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Morgan Gendel named the episode after "The Inner Light," a song written by George Harrison and released by The Beatles as a B-side to "Lady Madonna:"
Without going out of my door
I can know all things on earth
Without looking out of my window
I could know the ways of heaven
The lyrics of Harrison's song are in turn based on the 47th chapter of the Taoist Tao Te Ching:
Without going outside his door, one understands (all that takes place) under the sky; without looking out from his window, one sees the Tao of Heaven. The farther that one goes out (from himself), the less he knows. Therefore the sages got their knowledge without travelling; gave their (right) names to things without seeing them; and accomplished their ends without any purpose of doing so.
According to Gendel, the song "captured the theme of the show: that Picard experienced a lifetime of memories all in his head."
Read more about this topic: The Inner Light (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
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