The Divine Big Bang

The Divine Big Bang

Many years ago, my inquisitive mind wondered, "What prompted God to create, to want more than its All-in-One Self." So, I imagined being God at the moment before creation began. Was it possible that God felt lonely? Certainly, a human would feel lonely if they were the only being in existence. But God is not a human; God is source Spirit. But perhaps there is some kernel of truth in this hypothesis if we redefine loneliness to mean a desire to share the All-in-One Self with other beings, in essence to create a cosmic family to love. In my mind the solution to this dilemma was simple: God blew himself up which I called the Divine Big Bang. I imagined that was the beginning of creation. Since then, a vast spectrum of beings have been created who make up the cosmic family of God: those of perfect divine origin, all the way down to perfecting beings in time and space—the lowest of which are us humans.

According to The Urantia Book, this imagined moment before the Divine Big Bang never existed, at least not on the primal level of spirit reality. God as Father has always been in relationship with the Eternal Son and the Infinite Spirit. But other diverse orders of intelligent life have since been created.

In truth how could God ever be in a moment in which He didn't share Himself because sharing Himself is a primary divine characteristic. God is love and love always gives of itself. Besides the motivation of sharing Himself, I think the Father of All also wants to explore Himself through the experiences of all His volitional children. It is exciting to know that we are an essential part of God's own adventure.