A deeper understanding of God – and time and space

I had a healing last fall. There was a time of struggle and despair. I prayed deeply, and what I learned brought moments of light but no relief. Then the healing came, and ever since, I have felt the understanding of something that is very important to me. It is the fact that God owns the whole show – God is the whole Mind, the only perceiving and thinking that goes on, not just what is here but presence itself; not just a power but power itself; not just something that acts, but action itself.

To continue along this line of thought: God does not exist in space, but space exists in God. Space is a concept that God created – it is the idea of every creation of God having room to move, to develop, to interact. It provides for harmonious and intricate interweavings of motions on every scale, from cosmic to microcosmic, and at all levels between. The law of God regarding space is that everything has the right amount of it in which to move and grow, and everything with it in that space in order for Life and Love to be made splendidly manifest. Space wasn’t something that existed first, and God needed to fill it. Space belongs totally to God. Therefore, there are no spatial constraints that have any relevance to God. And for man, there can be no properties of space which hinder man’s relations with God. There’s no such thing as not enough space, as being cramped or stunted or imprisoned. There’s no such thing as too much space, as being lost or isolated or without needed resources and companions. When we think there are space related constraints, it’s just a story. Understanding that space belongs to God and is used only for God’s purpose frees us to move freely in space as God intends us to.

It’s the same thing with time. God does not exist in time, but time exists in God. Time is an idea which God thought up, which allows for various aspects of Creation’s expression. Time is the idea which allows for unfoldment and growth, for an identity to display a sequence of development while still being itself. It allows for rhythm and harmony, and periodic pattern. Time and space, as ideas of God, work together to allow the arena for music and dance, and for Life and Love. Since time is an idea of God, there is no time before God, and there is no time in which God is not being expressed. Since man is God’s expression, man must have the same dominion over time that God does. There’s never not enough time. God uses time to make room for every needed thing to happen. There’s never too much time – no time in which good is not unfolding, no emptiness or boredom. When we think we are under the crunch of time, we are believing a story - that time exists independently of God – perhaps that God might be able to help us, if we pray right, but that it is a hard problem even for Him. When we understand that time is God’s idea, we can see that we need never fear that it will give us a bad turn.