THE UNKNOWN PRINCIPLE
In the Sacred Scripture, it stands written that in the beginning God created the heaven and the earth and all that is in it. This is an irrefutable truth that can never be doubted. It is the same God who set and arranged the solar system into place. The place itself was made by God. But, who is God? The term God refers to the Highest and the Incomprehensible Principle underlying the existence of the universe. Since nothing can exist without a reason, God is literally the reason why all that is, exists. When I use the term nothing, I do not mean emptiness, but nothing in this case refers to something.
Having come to the realization that God is the creator of the universe, then we are left with a very strange and difficult inquiry: Why did God create the universe?
In this inquiry, we must first of all bring to light, the nature of God. What is God made of? This is clearly a wrong question because to be made of something presupposes materialism but God is not of this nature. To dig into the metaphysical nature of God, we have to indulge ourselves into the realm of ideas and minds.
God is metaphysically a pure Mind. An Absolute Mind in which all other minds derive their being. In the mind, there are ideas and since God is an Absolute Mind, He is also an Absolute Idea, which contains other ideas. An Absolute Idea and an Absolute Mind are synonymous. We cannot differentiate the two since they are absolutely identical in essence and existence.
Although God is of such a nature, there must have been an idea in His Mind, which propelled Him to create the universe. And this now leads us to properly investigate what kind of an idea it was.
In the Absolute Idea/Mind, there are countless ideas and minds. Allegorically, God must be understood as a Big Box containing other smaller boxes. But, these smaller boxes differ in size and importance. Therefore, there must be a box, which the Big Box do not even know or understand. In simplicity of language, I would say that in the Absolute Mind (God) there must have been a mind, which even the Absolute Mind do not know and this is the mind which propelled the Absolute Mind to create the universe.
God does not know this mind because the two are completely identical both in essence and existence. Therefore, it appears that God just found himself creating the universe without actually knowing the reason why He was doing so. This statement again needs an explanation for some of the distinguished philosophers may ask me the meaning of creation.
In the strict sense of the word, creation understood in the sense of bringing into being that which did not exist, is not possible. Therefore, God is like a big, dark and limitless cave from which all things, found in the universe, flow out like water flowing from a cave. But, does this mean that God does not know Himself? Or is He able to detect that things are flowing out of Him? This is a dangerous inquiry for now, and it will be discussed in the next article, God and Himself
Out of God (likened to a cave) things flow under a guiding mind/idea. This mind/idea, which makes it possible for this flow of things from God, is the one, which I had described above. This idea/mind is completely unknown to God and to us and from this moment, I will refer to it as the Unknown Principle
After dealing with the universe as a whole, let us now come to our own planet, earth. When you look around, you will detect strange behaviors among the human beings. Some go to school, some to work and other just sit and recreate.
But, have you ever asked yourself why people are behaving like this? There must be a reason, which is unknown to us, making us to behave the way we do. This reason, is the Unknown Principle. Or, why do people eat? Some of you may answer by saying that they eat because the stomach is demanding its rights. But, why is that stomach of yours demanding its rights hence making you to eat? It is all because of this Unknown Principle
Now, let me try and explain what this Unknown Principle might be, in human terms. In our everyday life there is one word in the English dictionary which we do not really know what it is and this is the word love. I have often heard a baby boy telling his father that he loves toy-cars. A baby girl tells her mother that she loves oranges and chocolates. A young man tells his girl-friend, I love you from the bottom of my heart.
The question then follows, What do all these people mean when they say I love this and that? What is this thing called ‘love’? Love is the principle underlying all human actions. Even thieves steal because they love stealing and they love sustaining themselves lest they die of hunger. Love can then be equated to the Unknown Principle which I have been referring to.
It was through love that the universe came into being. It is the primordial reason underlying the existence of all that is. We only get glimpses of love, but LOVE, in itself and by itself, we do not know. LOVE is that which melts the heart of both animals and human beings to nothing. In animals, it operates in a strange manner and is often referred to as instinct. LOVE is that which all things aim at. It is the internal movement that moves the external movements. LOVE, sets the whole heaven into ecstasy.
But, what is the nature of this principle called LOVE? First of all I have to state explicitly that the word LOVE is a human derivative and does not really point to the Unknown Principle that I am describing. This Principle defies expression. It cannot even be properly named in human terms and as a result, it is often misinterpreted and mistaken. In naming it, we are setting limits to it and how can we set a limit to that which is limitless. Being limitless presupposes that it is spiritual. It is a pure idea. At best, an Absolute Mind/Idea. This Unknown Principle must be what human beings call LOVE
Moreover, since this Principle is unknown to God because they are absolutely identical both in essence and existence, then LOVE (the Unknown Principle) and God is just but the same thing. If this is true, then, IS GOD LOVE, or LOVE IS GOD?
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