So the question we want to ask is, “Why was the universe created.” It is not a philosophical, abstract question, but a spiritual one that, in a personal context can help us gain a better understanding: of who we are and why we are here at this time; is there a purpose to life; and how we can go beyond most life’s problems?
Based on our earlier discussions, we realize that energy is never created nor destroyed, and therefore, we have always been present in time. At the beginning of time we were part of the unitary force behind creation, in a formless energy dimension. Then with the single explosive impulse of the Big Bang, we became a small piece in the enormous expansion. But what was the force behind the impulse, call it what you want, but let us name it, the creator. There had to be some intention, a purpose for evolution, where the formless became form and the one became many.
Let us envision what it must have been like just prior to this event. Imagine the creator resting in a joyful, peaceful state. Not dissimilar to meditation where no desire, no ego, no time enters into the picture. As the creator surmises everything, there is nothing but stillness, contentment, infinity. However, the creator realizes that in this nothingness everything is possible. Perfectly happy with the present state, the creator envisions the possibility of a heavenly host of many, an expansion of the unitary force. Is this possible? Why should the creator do such a thing? And most important, is all this conjecture? It is not speculation, it must have happened because we are here asking this very question in the now, and we were part of the impulse 13.7 billion years ago. It couldn’t have been anything else, we are the only specie which has the ability to contemplate, be self-reflective, and experience conscious awareness.
