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Origins of creation/Creation
An infinite sea of energy consciousness
A variety of
views
The starting
point - a fish desiring to experience water
An infinite sea
of energy consciousness
Each point is the center of the sea
Working with an infinite sea
Multidimensional exchange gives rise to an ebb and flow
Creation is a disturbance in this infinite sea
How a created form originates
One of the interesting question
humanity has faced, and continues to face, is from where did
creation/Creation
arise. Within the Releasing Your Unlimited Creativity material the
view is this question is addressed in several different ways
depending on the point that to be emphasized relative to our
creative power and creative ability.
A
variety of views (Top)
The “Creation
Story for the Creativity Perspective” provides the equivalent of
a traditional “story” as to where Creation arose to have a way of
seeing how it is possible
we each possess and infinite consciousness. The discussion “How
does creation/Creation get started” addresses the issue form the
perspective of consciousness being the cause of
creation/Creation
in the awareness of “I am” or “I exist.” In many ways it addresses
the way many mystical traditions talk about creation/Creation
arising from out of a void of “no-thing-ness.”
Yet when viewed from the perspective of the
creative/creation process to see creation/Creation arising out
of a “no-thing-ness” is simply not to see
the entire process. The discussion “The
ebb and flow of creation into and out of form” talks to this
issue of the origins of creation/Creation as continual ongoing never
ending process or dance into and out of form that always was and
always will be. In many ways is analogous to the way dance partners
can come together and move apart in the rhythm of the dance.
The discussion here integrates these views and is based more a
physics approach were
energy consciousness is seen as the essential material of
creation/Creation.
It addresses the answer to the question, “Exactly how does energy
mold itself in response to consciousness to give rise to both the
Physical Creation we experience and the life we experience in
Physical Creation?”
The
starting point - a fish desiring to experience water
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We start this discussion with a
statement often made by mystics. It is that, “We are like fish in
the ocean looking to experience water.” It is not unlike the fist in
the fish bowl in the figure entitled, “A Fish in Water Looking for
the Water.” That is, we are the “stuff” of Creation, we are
Creation. We are what we seek. But we cannot see who and what we are
because we are Creation, in Creation experiencing Creation. We are
creation/Creation
unfolding. The question is, “How can we come to understand how this
is possible?
An
infinite sea of energy consciousness (Top)
The starting point, as is the
starting point for all
creation/Creation
is the material of creation/Creation - that is,
energy consciousness. It is seen to permeate all of reality and
underlays all of creation/Creation. The energy consciousness can be
seen and experienced as
energy-consciousness, consciousness and/or energy. We can look at
the
role of consciousness as the cause directing the by now it
focuses its attention and awareness and/or the flow of energy
awakening and directing consciousness. There is no judgement and/or
a preferred way as to what way we choose to view energy
consciousness. However, each view will give us a different
experience. It is here we have the phenomenon and experience of
Creation by the different views and perspective we can have. This in
turn leads to many of the
mystical statements that
mind is an illusion for it is the perspective mind holds that
determines what it observes and experiences.
Although Creation is a never ending
ebb and flow into and out of form, we can return to a place of “no-thing-ness”
and see how
creation/Creation
can unfold from such a place. However the sea is a sea of
energy consciousness without form - a place of “no thing” as
opposed to a place of nothing. When we realize creation/Creation
unfolds out of a place of no form, there are quite profound
implications that are often overlooked in thinking of a void or
nothing.
 Imagine
if you will, an infinite cosmic sea of
energy consciousness. It extends to infinity in every direction
as in the figure “Infinite Cosmic Sea.” Analogously, we can look at
energy consciousness as the water in this infinite sea. All that
“swims” and exists in the ocean is the creation within energy
consciousness. As an infinite sea, it does not matter where we place
and initial point of reference for the sea extends to infinity in
all directions from any point we choose. All of reality is composed
and permeated by energy consciousness. All that is, is energy
consciousness. Everything that was, is and will be is energy
consciousness and contained within this sea. All exists in the
present moment within this sea for all unfolds from this sea.
Each point is the
center of the sea (Top)
What is important about this
energy consciousness is each point is the center of the sea. It
does not matter what point we choose as a starting reference, any
point will do. From a consciousness perspective, each and every
point is independent of every other point. Additionally, each point
in this cosmic sea is capable of awakening and expanding its
conscious awareness to encompass the entire sea. Each point is
capable of become an independent reality. Each point is capable of
becoming a
world unto itself. Such a world as described here is really no
different than how music is made and how a large orchestra works. As
discussed in the “Music
Analogy for creation/Creation” many independent instruments
generate independent notes which overlap to create the music we
hear. Similarly, a set of infinite independent points can come
together to give rise to a creation is to look at how an image is
created on a television or computer screen. The topic, “A
black and white universe of infinite colors” provides a
discussion on this concept.
This understanding that any point can be the center of this sea is
reflective of statements made by many
mystics. For example the Native America mystic Black Elk and the
Hermetic texts state that although one may choose or experience a
place to be the sacred mountain, such as Black Elk’s sacred mountain
in South Dakota, they both then go on to say the sacred place exist
at every point. In this awareness, every thought, every point
conceivable, is sacred and connected to the oneness and has the
potential for
cosmic consciousness that expands all of Creation. What we need
to realize is that no matter where we go, all that we see is more of
the same ocean of infinite
energy consciousness. It may be slightly different as to how it
appears as a result of local conditions, but it is in essence the
same everywhere. We are essentially the fish in the ocean that
cannot get out to see the ocean that it is in
Since there is the possibility of many independent overlapping
realities, at any given moment only a portion of what is is
expressed in physical form. Similarly, only a portion is available
to be experienced by our consciousness since our awaken
consciousness spans only a finite portion of this infinite sea. What
is important to note here is that you, as I, are the center of this
infinite sea. It is what the
Creation Story for the Creativity Perspective tries to
communicate. We each are a point of this infinite sea awakening to
the awareness that we can encompass the sea or remain an individual
point seeing and experiencing ourselves separate from the sea. Our
problem is that we are essentially the fish in the ocean that cannot
get out to see the ocean in which it finds itself.
Working with an infinite sea
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Energy consciousness is an infinite sea. As such, we can never
get out to look in. It has infinite boundaries and no limits.
Similarly it is rather difficult to draw and infinite object. All
one can do is symbolize the object as in the figure “An Infinite
Sea” above. Since every point can be chosen as the center of
creation/Creation
and this infinite sea extends to infinity in every direction, we can
redraw our infinite sea and sphere of infinite radius as in the
figure “A Sea of Infinite Radius.”
 The
sea of infinite radius can, in turn, be redrawn two dimensionally as
a circle to create the symbol of the infinite sea as a circle of
infinite radius or simply as an open circle. This symbol also
represents the source/Source of creation/Creation for all emanates
from the same
energy consciousness as drawn in the figure “Symbol for the
source/Source of creation/Creation.”
Creation is simply some point of
this infinite sea taking some particular forms and in the figure
“Creation Manifested.” However, Creation is not static. It is a
dynamic is and continuous
ebb and flow into and out of form. Hence the form of the symbol
for the Releasing Your Unlimited Creativity material. It is the
symbol for the Source of Creation emanating outward into multiple
simultaneously forms in a ongoing outward and inward flow
represented by the arrows.
Multidimensional exchange
gives rise to an ebb and flow (Top)
What needs to be understood, is
that this sea of
energy consciousness is
multidimensional. In fact, it has a infinite number of
dimensions and/or attributes all of which can be unexpressed or
expressed in some form. Although one aspect, attribute or dimensions
is losing energy and collapsing back into the source, the energy is
gain by another aspect, attribute or dimension. That aspect and
flows outward into some form only to eventually collapsing back into
the source and transfer the energy to some other aspect. As such the
ebb and flow into and out of form is an ongoing and never ending
process as the energy is transferred from one aspect or attribute to
another. If you wish, you can look at this as the individual pixels
on a computer screen exchange energy similar to that discussed in
the topic “A Black and White Universe of Infinite Colors.”
On this point of infinitely dimensional, each point is infinitely
dimensional and each of us are
multidimensional,
infinitely creative being. However, we have only awakened a very
small percentage of those dimensions to our being. Our human form,
that is our body, and the Creation we experience is representative
of that portion of our consciousness that we have awaken. In some
ways we can view awakening and the process of enlightenment as only
open these successive dimensions to our awareness. As we awaken to
our infinite consciousness across these infinite dimensions, we
eventually reaches a point where the expression of our awaken
consciousness is not longer a human body or, maybe better said, our
awaken consciousness can not longer fit in a human body and we
“transcends” or evolves past being human. (More
on .... infinitely creative being).
It is this infinitely dimensional aspect of
energy consciousness that gives rise to an infinite number of
creations. The number of permutations and combinations that are
possible is endless. Physical Creation is only a small fraction of
what can and is expressed.
Creation is a disturbance in
this infinite sea (Top)
 To
address how energy mold itself in response to consciousness to give
rise to both the Physical Creation we need to look at only one
aspect and realize all other aspects arise in the same or a similar
way. Rather than looking at a fish in the ocean, where the fish
represents a
multidimensional creation, we look only a piece if ice in the
water as in the figure, “Rather than a fish in the finite sea.”
In the case of an ice cube in the water, the only difference is that
the ice has a different temperature than the water. Otherwise, they
are the same. The water and the ice are composed of the exact same
material and only different in one or more properties or attributes.
In many ways we can look at ourselves or any creation within
Creation as s an ice cube in a sea of water. However rather than
water, the sea is a sea of
energy consciousness.
In looking at an ice cube in water, the boundaries between the ice
cube and the water are real yet the ice and water are exactly the
same material. Only the energy content of the water is slightly
different than the ice. This slight difference between the ice and
water creates a discontinuity in the water such that the ice is seen
separate from the water. Yet they are both the same. Although from a
physics phenomenon, the ice has less energy that the water what is
suggested here is that in
energy consciousness, the consciousness by having a thought
causes the energy to “condense,” concentrate or localize such that
it appears different than the surrounding energy consciousness. That
discontinuity between the though and the surrounding energy
consciousness gives the experience of a creation, of a created form
other than an experience of a uniform oneness.
In some ways, it can be said the boundary is illusionary and there
is no difference between the water and the ice. The ice is only a
discontinuity in the uniformity and sameness of the waters of the
ocean. It also needs to be noted the that discontinuity exist only
at the boundary. Once inside the ice cube, the ice looks the same in
any direction you go.
As long as the ice keeps its unique difference in temperature as
compared to the surrounding material, that is something to make it
different, it will hold its solid form and will appear to be
separate from the water of which it is made. The ice is only a
discontinuity of the water. The different in temperature causes the
density of the ice to be different than the water and as such, it
appears to have a form making it separate from the water. If the ice
continues to cool and the “coolness” expand outward, it condenses
more and more of the water onto itself expanding itself. It is
possible to eventually turn the entire ocean into its form, that is,
ice. If the ice heats up, it dissolves and become one with the
water.
The awareness of our consciousness works the same way. We can expand
our awareness to encompass as little or as much of Creation as we
desire. If we identify with our awareness and give it an identity
which we call our ego, we create a discontinuity and see ourselves
separate from the reminder of Creation.
In realizing ice as a discontinuity in the water, we can go a step
further in understanding what exactly is the essence of our nature.
It is to realize the boundaries between the ice cube and the water
are real yet the ice and water are exactly the same material. So it
also can be said the boundary is
 illusionary
and there is no difference between the water and the ice. The ice is
only a discontinuity of the water. The density and temperature of
the ice is different than the water and as such, it appears to have
a form making it separate from the water. It is to realize the ice
is simply a disturbance in the water as in the figure “Rather than
an ice cube a disturbance in the sea”
 To
realize that a disturbance in an infinite sea will give rise to a
form lays the foundation to realize this is the
way must music is made. Music the exact same type of phenomena
as indicated in the figure entitled “Compression Wave.” A
compression wave can be demonstrated with a “slinky” type toy. If
you compress it or pull it and then compress you can observe a
compression of the spring propagate the length of the slinky toy
much like the compressed sine wave in the figure entitled
“Compression Wave.”
As for making music, there is no sound in the air. Air is only air.
Sound is something other than the air itself. Music, as is any
sound, is made by disturbing the air molecules. When the air is
disturbed by a vibrating sting or a compression of the air as for
example by a drum head, a sound is heard. Yet the air is still air,
only it now contains a disturbance we call sound. But the sound
needs someone to be the observer of that sound. The air is
compressed in some way and a compression wave travel through the air
to be sensed by our ear. Music is only sound that we have judge to
be pleasant to the ears. Noise is sound that we judge to be
unpleasant. The two are produced exactly the same way. (More
on ..... the way must music is made)
How a created form
originates (Top)
 Another
way to look at how a disturbance is created is to realize the
wave particle nature of energy. It is to realize energy can
exist as a non localized wave or localized in a particle form with a
wave aspect as seen in the figure entitled “Wave Particle Nature of
Energy.” The localization of energy into the form of a particle is a
discontinuity in the sea of
energy consciousness.
 Since
energy and consciousness are different forms of the same material of
creation, when any one individual point of consciousness awakens, it
creates a discontinuity in the infinite sea of
energy consciousness as seen in the figure “Consciousness
awakening” and causes a localization of its energy into the
awareness. This discontinuity is the seed which gives rise to
Creation for it is experienced as the awaken consciousness as
creation/Creation.
In wholeness and complete uniformity of the infinite sea, there is
no Creation. There is no observer and there is nothing to observe.
Everything is the same. One does not know if they are awake or
asleep for there is no contract, no change, no discontinuity or
disruption to the calmness for an observation to occur. It is only
in separating into an observer and observed in some context of
observation does Creation come into existence and to do This means
there need to be some disruption or discontinuity that is created in
the uniformity to create the contrast to make a creation to observe.
One can view this discontinuity as created by a movement of
consciousness in some way.
Consciousness awakening is such a change to create a discontinuity
that starts the creative process. As we shall come to see, it is
this particular change that allows is to become conscious creators.
How consciousness focuses its attention and awareness determined how
much energy goes into creating the disturbance causing the ripple or
discontinuity in the sea of
energy consciousness. Who and what we are is the composite of
that to which our awareness has awakened
In essence, we each are a ripple, or better said a composite of
ripples or disturbances in the a infinite sea of
energy consciousness. Since there are an infinite number of
dimensions or aspects to energy consciousness, there is the
expression and overlap of many of these aspects to create a give
form or pattern. It is much like the individuals instruments overlap
to create a note in a symphony as discussed in the topic, “The
Music Analogy for Creation.”
What is suggested here is our entire body and the Creation we
experience is only a “condensed,” concentrated or localized form of
energy consciousness. Analogously it is like mass in two ways.
One way is that the mass is a form of energy that seems to be
concentrated, condensed or localized for even when a small amount of
mass is converted to energy, there is a relatively huge release of
energy. The second way is that although mass appears solid, there is
a tremendous amount of space in the most densest materials. It is
really an illusion to think the mass or any mass is solid and really
has that fix form we experience. Even the atoms of any material is
not fixed. Rather the energy just localized in a way that gives the
appearance and a structure to the atom.
To see this phenomenon of how energy can seem to be concentrated and
how a discontinuity or disturbance can produce an illusion is to
look at a
vibrating string in the way music is made. We simply fix or
fasten the string between two boundaries and then pluck or pound the
string. This is the way the piano and all string instruments work.
You can simulate a vibrating string by holding a rubber band between
your thumb and index finger and plucking. What you will notices as
the string or rubber band vibrates is an illusionary envelop. The
faster the vibration the more solid the illusionary envelope
becomes. If you change the position of the boundaries, that is
increasing or decreasing the length of the string that is vibrating,
you will produce a larger or smaller illusionary envelop. However as
long as the boundaries are present, the standing wave pattern, that
illusionary envelop will exist as long as energy is added. From a
consciousness point of view, the illusion will exist as long as you
continue to hold the focus of your attention and awareness on the
belief that create it.
Energy consciousness works in a very similar way. If our
consciousness holds a thought, whether it be consciously or
subconsciously held, it is a focus of our awareness and attention.
That focus causes our energy to flow into a pattern created by that
thought to create an experience of that. The shift of energy to
create an experience of that thought causes our energy from being
equally distributed across infinity to localize into a very narrow
band, that is the pattern correspond to the thought. However, some
fraction of our energy always stays spread out across infinite for
that is the wave nature of our being.
Our mind takes the energy it senses and localized it into a thought.
What need to be understood is our thoughts create a disruption or
discontinuity in the fabric of Creation. The creation of a thought
is a disruption or discontinuity that can then be experienced as a
creation. Yet, the disruption is really only an illusion that gives
the appearance of that what is observed is somehow a separate
entity. In this regard, all creations are an illusion and only a
distortion to create the observer-observed pair.
In awakening, consciousness can awaken to any one or to any number
of these infinite aspects of
energy consciousness. Those to which consciousness awakens
determines the particular type and kind of Creation that it
experiences. If one point of consciousness awakens to a set of
aspects to which another has also awaken, they will share a common
reality for those commonly awakened aspects. In essence our
awareness is the equivalent of a note, a sound or a disturbance
within energy consciousness. In any one moment Creation is the
composite of all the points of consciousness which have awakened and
that to which they have awakened.
The closest analogy for this is described in “The
Music Analogy for Creation.” It is how on the individual
instruments in a symphony each play their individual notes. All the
notes then overlay to create a composite sound of the orchestra.
Each note and sound is unique determined by both the instrument and
the musician playing the note. Each note can exist whole unto
itself, but it the composite a symphonic sound is creation. If the
notes are in harmony they appear to be part of the orchestra. If the
notes are out of harmony, they seem see foreign and not part of the
orchestra.
Creation is very much the same. Each point of consciousness and that
to which it awakens is whole and independent. It awakens to a small
portion of all that is. As it experiences that to which it awakens,
it being to expand and grown in to a deep and fuller awareness of
all that is. Only when it awakens to a common set of attributes with
another does it share a common reality. It is here an important
understanding is had. When we or any consciousness awakens, we
awaken to Creation as we perceive it. We do not awaken to that which
is. We awaken to that which is only as we experience that to which
we have awakened. We each start with essentially a zero awareness
and expand outward. But we only expand our awareness if we choose to
look to expand it.
A way to understand this is humanity at one time only saw the start
in the sky as point of light. They did not know what those stars
really were. When telescopes were invented, and for those who choose
to look, they began to see that there were plants, clusters of
starts and galaxies. When radio telescopes were invented, and again,
for those who choose to look, humanity began to see how big the
Universe really was. When the Hubble telescope was put in space
outside the earths’ atmosphere, another leap in understanding about
the size of the Universe was possible. Only in looking to experience
outside what we know do we open ourselves to the depth and breadth
of what is possible.
The beauty of Creation as we experience it is that we awaken to a
common set of these infinite attributes or dimensions of
energy consciousness so that we can share what we experience
with others. But the existing Creation is experienced outwardly.
There is also an inward experience that is just as deep and vast as
the outward experience. Ultimately they are one and the same. But
most of us have not yet awakened to what lies inside to see it
reflected externally.
What all this really means and how it gets translated into our
experiences of Creation is discussed in the topic “The
observer-observed pair within a context of observation and the
nature of duality”
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