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IspresencethesameasBeing?
When you become conscious of Being, what is really
happening is that Being becomes conscious of itself. When
Being becomes conscious of itself — that’s presence.Since
Being,consciousness,andlifearesynonymous,wecouldsay
that presence means consciousness becoming conscious of
itself, or life attaining self-consciousness. But don't get
attachedtothewords,anddon'tmakeanefforttounderstand
this.Thereisnothingthatyouneedtounderstandbeforeyou
canbecomepresent.
Idounderstandwhatyoujustsaid,butitseemstoimplythat
Being,theultimatetranscendentalreality,isnotyetcomplete,
that it is undergoing a process of development. Does God
needtimeforpersonalgrowth?
Yes, but only as seen from the limited perspective of the
manifested universe. In the Bible, God declares: "I am the
Alpha and the Omega, and I am the living One." In the
timeless realm where Goddwells,whichisalso yourhome,
thebeginningandtheend,theAlphaandtheOmega,areone,
and the essence of everything that ever has been and ever
will be is eternally present in an unmanifested state of
onenessandperfection—totallybeyondanythingthehuman
mind can ever imagine or comprehend. In our world of
seeminglyseparateforms,however,timelessperfectionisan
inconceivable concept. Here even consciousness, which is
the light emanating from the eternal Source, seems to be
subject to a process of development, but this is due to our
limited perception. It is not so in absolute terms.
Nevertheless, let me continue to speak for a moment about