Friday, 4 April 2025

First Creation is groupish - Second Creation is individual

The Primary Creation is groupish, because it is universal: the creation of everything that is created, for everything that is created.  

We all inhabit the First Creation - and can only "opt-out" in the sense of annihilating awareness of our self as a distinct entity. 


Second Creation is personal, individual... 

Because the Second Creation is "opt-in" - Heaven is accessed by a decision/ action of a specific person. Heaven is not universal; it is inhabited by those who have chosen it. 


2 comments:

Francis Berger said...

Your thoughts on opt-in/opt-out have been very clarifying and helpful. They have helped me to better understand the nature of both creations and the role freedom plays in both.

Bruce Charlton said...

@Frank - Thank you.

The way I think often involves me attacking the same problem from different directions (sometimes only slightly different) until I am confident I really understand it.