The Creating Power, that which was
before Creation, is generally considered to be eternal – uncreated
in itself. God, Brahman (as Brahma) or whatever we call it, has
always been, and from its being, the Universe somehow came into
existence. As human beings, producers of tools and art, we tend to
think of Creation as an act of construction. We tend to think about
it as a decision made, followed by an act of crafting, which is the
process we typically follow when we make various items.
However, if we look at the idea of
Creation from the perspective of Eternity, we may come to look very
differently at it. There are two ways of thinking about an eternal
Creator, as I see it. “He” either exists outside of time, or He
exists forever and ever. Existence/Being outside of time is really
hard for the human mind to comprehend, but for the sake of this
argument we may think of time-less existence and eternal existence as
the same thing, and formulated as a story it goes something like
this:
Initially God IS. God has always been. For countless
eons, eternities followed by eternities (try to picture it), God
is. There is
nothing else. The existence of God is all that is, and this is-ness
has no beginning. So here is the
question: Why would God , suddenly one “day” consider to create a
Universe? What would, after an
infinite number of “days”,
cause God to stir in this way? There is nothing outside of “Him”
to provoke a change or a decision. What would then give rise to this
desire, need, or wish in God?
I don't know about the reader, but for
my own sake, this question, together with the idea of Oneness, made
me look very differently at the concept of Creation. I no longer
understand Creation as an act at all. I think of Creation as being
something visible only from the human perspective – from the
perspective of time, so to speak. I don't think God changed anything
at all. I believe that Time and Space are ways of perceiving God.
When God interprets Himself in a certain way, He understands Himself
as The Universe.
Can an infinite, eternal power change? …
and what does It change in relation to?
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With this in mind let's take a look at
John 1:1-1:4:
“
In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in
the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing
was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the
light of men.”
A simple
image may arise of Christ sitting by the side of the Throne of God,
anticipating his future arrival, but for me these lines speak about
the very nature of the Creator. They tell me that In God is the
possibility (inevitability) of Creation. In Timeless Being, the
perspective of Time exists from scratch. Christ is not only a means
of salvation, but also that trait of God which made us possible to
begin with. “...and that life was the light of men”. Christ is materialization.
Have you
ever seen one of those pictures which you can read in two different
ways? (do you see the young lady, or the old hag?) I suggest, that
the Universe came about in a similar fashion. That which IS didn't
add anything new, because there was nothing to be added. It simply
beholds its own dynamic Mystery, and in its Consciousness, time and
space is perceived. Bang!
That is how we perceive
the world, and that is why we call ourselves “We”. God is ONE,
and I wonder... from His perspective, Creation might never have
happened...? I believe that we are ONE with Him right now. We are
simply unable to comprehend it. Experiencing this is what
Enlightenment/Salvation is about, as I understand it.
Let's
end this post with going back to John 17:21: ”... that
all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in
you. May they also be in us...”
