“Intent and love together created a universe.” O K Waters
Most religions and spiritual cultures hold an image of God the Creator in one of three forms:
1. A single creative entity. This is a perfectly valid view of God, one which ignores the different facets of consciousness that were needed to create the universe and, instead, focuses on the One.
2. A duality, where God employs two aspects of itself in order to achieve the Creation of the universe. Creation myths from around the world mention a dividing of the “waters” of original consciousness.
3. A trinity, where the two aspects of consciousness are activated by a third principle, motion, as in the motion initiated by the original creative command, “Let there be light.”
In ancient Greece, the universe was said to have been a place without light until Eros (Love) arose, bringing light and order. Here we have intent and feeling bringing light into being.
In the ancient Aztec culture, an original “Lord” and “Lady” were said to have brought into existence all things. People throughout history have more easily understood humanized, parental versions of God. After all, concepts like God the Father and the Divine Mother have been much more understandable than faceless, fundamental principles.
In the early days of the Christian religion, competing bishops voted for a unified creed, which resulted in the Holy Trinity of Christianity being composed of God the Father (as the “thought” or creative principle), the Holy Spirit (as the feeling principle) and God the Son (as a representative of God’s action upon earth).
Hinduism, the origin of which pre-dates recorded history, recognizes an original or Absolute state as the one ultimate state of being behind all things. Then, from the single-state Absolute, sprang forth the three principles of Creation. These principles are portrayed as the personalities of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.
While Brahma is the Creator aspect, Vishnu represents the aspect that preserves and sustains the universe – an all-pervasive love, in other words. Shiva represents the aspect that brings motion into the universe, making possible the creation and the eventual decay of objects in the physical world. It is the principle of motion which brings constant change.
Judaism, Christianity and Islam all share the same historic roots. In the Book of Genesis, it is said that Creation began when God created the heavens and the earth and then said, “Let there be light.” Notice that this initial act of Creation came before the creation of the stars and the creation of our Sun. Therefore, these initial instances of the words “heavens” and “earth” need to be taken metaphorically, not literally. The “earth” was said to be formless and empty, like a pre-creational void, as the Spirit of God hovered over the “waters” of the formless deep. So, here we have:
1. The intent of God the Creator, hovering over
2. The formless deep of a universe-to-be. This “formless deep” referred to the universe, not to the Earth, because the stars (and therefore the Earth) had not yet been formed. There was only the principle of feeling, holding the concept of space within a controlled envelope. Then, later, all possibilities began with:
3. “Let there be light.” This is where motion was applied in order to activate the hollow shell of the universe. This, then, made all of Creation possible, including the stars, the planets, their biospheres and all that they contain.
The common thread in all of the above stories of Creation is this: Intent and love together created a universe in the form of a void, an abyss. Intent and love were then set into complementary motion in order to bring light and life into the void.