02-22-2011, 12:00 AM
Hi Enchantra and Nu Lang,
Just pulling your leg a bit Enchantra. My point is that we all believe in time or we couldn't function.
But we have also heard and experienced things that lead us to believe that the elements of this world are not quite what they seem.
Time is one of those things.
According to the Qabala there are four worlds. Atziloth (Divine World), Briah (Creative World), Yetzirah (Formative World), and Assiah (World of Making). These would be ever denser manifestations of the One who is without beginning or end. God, in a word.
As above, so below. Human beings are also fashoned according to this same pattern.
Isa 43:7
Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
I have noticed that the first lines in the book of Genesis seem to begin with the "Creation" or "Creative World." Or the "Second World" of the Qabalah. Also at "the Beginning."
Ge 1:1
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Ge 1:2
And the earth was without form, ...
If it is "Beginning" then we are speaking of time. The "Beginning" of anything speaks of the concept of Time. Beyond that our minds cannot go. Beyond that there is only God, that/He which has no beginning or end. The Unkowable.
The "Big Bang" theory also has many correlations with the first few lines of Genesis. Most noticeably, to me, is that our minds cannot go past a certain point. I believe that point is the same for both religion and science. Science needs something to study and we are in the realm of No-Thing here. Religion needs something to describe and we have reached the point where that is not possible.
As abstract as it is, the "Beginning" is a "step down" into manifestation from the Indescribeable and Incomprehensible.
Just pulling your leg a bit Enchantra. My point is that we all believe in time or we couldn't function.
But we have also heard and experienced things that lead us to believe that the elements of this world are not quite what they seem.
Time is one of those things.
According to the Qabala there are four worlds. Atziloth (Divine World), Briah (Creative World), Yetzirah (Formative World), and Assiah (World of Making). These would be ever denser manifestations of the One who is without beginning or end. God, in a word.
As above, so below. Human beings are also fashoned according to this same pattern.
Isa 43:7
Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
I have noticed that the first lines in the book of Genesis seem to begin with the "Creation" or "Creative World." Or the "Second World" of the Qabalah. Also at "the Beginning."
Ge 1:1
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Ge 1:2
And the earth was without form, ...
If it is "Beginning" then we are speaking of time. The "Beginning" of anything speaks of the concept of Time. Beyond that our minds cannot go. Beyond that there is only God, that/He which has no beginning or end. The Unkowable.
The "Big Bang" theory also has many correlations with the first few lines of Genesis. Most noticeably, to me, is that our minds cannot go past a certain point. I believe that point is the same for both religion and science. Science needs something to study and we are in the realm of No-Thing here. Religion needs something to describe and we have reached the point where that is not possible.
As abstract as it is, the "Beginning" is a "step down" into manifestation from the Indescribeable and Incomprehensible.