Life is a Spiral

The question that causes the most challenge for philosophers and scientists is what is meant by "creation out of nothing". Scientifically the notion of out of nothing is a dead-end explanation. On the other hand, theologically we are left with much speculation. The particularly plausible theory is presented by V F Bedogne who speaks of the beginning as coming from consciousness. This begins from that which he calls emptiness, or consciousness in its simplest form, and grows from its need to reach fulfillment, repeating this quest for fulfillment, time and time again, until it reaches that state that gives rise to the big bang and inflation. This is an explanation that arises in close form to some Asian mystical theology explanation and is referred to as involution. Involution is a counter-movement to the journey of evolution.

Diagrammatically posed, we need to speak of creation as a sphere, to break the time stranglehold on our dead-end problem of out of nothing. The sphere is spoken of as the symbol of the integral. The symbol can diagrammatically set up the four-way points of an axis. This indicates an array of time concepts, with the centre of the sphere timeless, and the outer rim time-bound. The multiple axes of the sphere complete the structure, North South East, and West in their multiple forms. The concept of the sphere is then set to depict time from timeless, in the centre, to time-bound increasingly at the outer rim. The movement from the centre of the sphere becomes increasingly time-conscious as it moves toward the outer rim with progressively time-bound characteristics.

This movement diagrammatic picture signifies the process of involution and evolution. The movement of creation starts from the singularity of unity depicted by the centre of the sphere increasingly moving to the outer rim of the sphere. This is the movement of involution.  The movement turns to movement around the rim which is timebound.

The point of singularity is the purity of God. The movement from this singularity is the story of incarnation which ultimately progresses to Christo-genesis and finally after a long journey of incarnation inspiring evolution, eventually reaching the story of Jesus, the Messiah, the redeemer, the Universal Christ, and the Cosmic Christ as the process is made in understanding.

God is the source of all that is. God is a spiral and creation is merely part of the journey that circulates around and around the circumference returning in the fullness of time to the singularity of the spiral. Each part of the circle suggests the transition to the next stage of life and the process continues perfecting the quality of life.  The singularity is timeless and draws one to perfection until one shares the oneness, unity, and singularity of being.

This story is arguably the story of reincarnation, which out of respect for Asian religions is legitimate. But the Story of crucifixion and resurrection is a vital part of the complete story. The process of dying and rising again completes the story of the progressive climb toward the singularity by introducing a step-by-step progression of the climb. Whereas crucifixion resurrection is a definitive concept of the end of life, it is also a process of living. We must die to oneself daily so that we may rise to a greater life in the here and now.

This explanation addresses the problem of premature death and wayward living. But I reiterate this is one attempt at addressing the question of ‘out of nothing.’ Many minds are geared toward speculation.