Total Thoughts - March 2, 2009 - When Did Creation Start

• Every effect has a cause and if the cause is taken away there can be no effect - similarly, multiple effects can have a single cause
• Time is the measurement of change - time does not exist where an entity does not change (i.e. Brahman)
• Creation is beginning-less for time only came into effect after creation changed - we cannot say 'when' creation began for 'when' relates to time which only came afterwards
• God is not the cause for creation God is creation - this creation is simply God with different names and forms similar to the idea that all is energy which cannot be created nor destroyed but only takes different manifestations
• God is Infinite and there is nothing which is exclusive of Infinity - this means us, all objects, beings and situations are all God
• We assume our differences are real / important due to spiritual ignorance - when we begin to live spiritually we come to appreciate that our differences are only functional (i.e. to an Enlightened personality a clod of clay and a brick of gold have different utility but the same value / importance)
• If we live with the notion that tomorrow we will be happy, happiness today will never come - if we live with the notion that we will be happy today, unhappiness tomorrow will never come