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The Enormous Scale of Creation
by Owen Waters
In the Middle Ages, most people
worked the land. They were
peasants who rarely ventured far away from their place of
birth, so their concept of
the world was quite small. Likewise,
their concept of God the Creator was small in scale. To them,
God was an
all-powerful, wise, elderly, human-like figure who
lived somewhere above them and would, one day, judge them in
person.
People, at the time, didn't realize the massive size of the
planet upon which they stood.
To them, most of their universe
could be seen from the top of the nearest hill. Today, with
cosmology and the
Hubble telescope to help us, our view of the
size of the universe has been stretched farther and farther.
What we have learned, since the Middle Ages, includes these
realizations:
1. The Earth is not the center
of the universe. Apparently,
when this was discovered, it came as quite a shock.
2. The Earth is round.
This was excellent news at the time: No
more worrying that you might take to sea and sail off the edge
of the
world.
3. The Earth travels around the Sun. This means that, while
modern-day life on Earth may seem to
be expensive at times, it
does come with the added bonus, once a year, of a free trip
around the Sun.
4. The Sun is over a million times bigger than the Earth.
5. There are 200 billion other suns in our own galaxy.
6. There are well over 100 billion galaxies in the universe.
7. As big as the universe is, in order
for God to be
everywhere, God has to be bigger still.
When you view God as Infinite Being, the All That
Is, or the
Absolute, you have a sense of scale that still encompasses all
of Creation, no matter how far the universe
stretches. The
infinity of Infinite Being encompasses all of space. The
'Being' part of Infinite Being
created all of space within its
consciousness.
In fact, in a universe full of infinite possibilities, how
do
we know that this isn't just one of many universes? The
possibility that there may be infinite universes
in all of
Creation boggles the mind further still. If there are infinite
universes, then ours is just one small
one compared to the
extend of Infinite Being, the Creator of all that exists.
The question is, where does
the individual fit into this
enormous scale of Creation?
As individuals, we each appear as a manifested
part of
Creation's infinite array of possibilities. However, that's
just the external appearance.
The deeper into consciousness you travel, the more you become
aware that the All is One. That the infinite possibilities
are
all expressions of the One. Beneath all expression is just the
One, and the One is Infinite Being.
In the 'All is One' ultimate reality, you are not just a part
of Infinite Being, you are a viewpoint of the
One. Nothing can
be truly separate from the One. It can only be another facet or
viewpoint of the One.
That means that you are the One. You are Infinite Being.
Now, it may not be appropriate, in this external world
of
separate people, to announce, "I, personally, am Infinite
Being." But, as you travel within, to that
sacred space of your
inner being, the truth dawns. You do realize that, deep down,
that is what you are. You are
Infinite Being, and so is
everyone else, at the level of their deepest spiritual essence.
Because people
are an expression of Infinite Being, the
potential within each and every one of us is infinite.
There are
no limits to what you will become in your journey
back to your original spiritual home. And, there need be no
limits
in the life that you are now leading.
Society will benefit enormously when such realizations become
commonplace.
Today, however, the chances are that, throughout
all of your life, you have been pressured to be modest. Society
has been terrified of the idea that a person might think
themselves important. "Don't even think about rising
above your
station," they cry.
Admittedly, inflated egos can be a tiresome bore, but it
really
is time to question any social conditioning which places
limits upon human potential. A society that encourages all
of
its members to develop their full potential would be more
supportive, creative and productive. Everyone would
benefit.
The sooner more people think in terms of unlimited human
potential, the sooner they will saturate
the global mind
atmosphere of the planet with that New Reality idea.
Just think of yourself this way:
"INFINITE BEING, INFINITE POTENTIAL."
Owen Waters is the author of "Love, Light
Laughter:
The New Spirituality," which is available both as a
paperback and a downloadable e-book, at:
http://www.infinitebeing.com/ebooks/love.htm
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