Second Day: Time, presence
Second Day: Time, presence.
The second cycle of creation.
The present moment as the source of knowledge. Presence, the definition of the process of the present moment. Heaven, the gate of the knowledge of laws, is the present. Time: the definition of past, present, and future.
Genesis 1:8
The second cycle of creation is the creation of the conditions of time. This is logical and understandable, but it is also significant, because every cycle of creation is built upon the definitions that already exist and appears in accordance with them.
During the first cycle, it was defined that definitions appear in the material world, where their relationships to one another also become manifest. In the material world, God's laws appear in a form that can be experienced.
During the first cycle, conscious and unconscious existence were also defined, and they alternate with one another. Thus, through repetition, the laws that appear in the material world become recognizable.
The definition of time has significance and meaning only from the perspective of the conscious I, because for the unconscious I, the world simply exists. The conscious I is that whose knowledge continuously changes. Consciousness requires time and a sequence of experiences for the process of knowing, so that what it has already come to know may appear in the material world, and, based on its experiences, it may connect additional laws to those it already knows.
The knowledge we possess determines what we are capable of perceiving, because we can only connect what we experience as something new to our current knowledge.
Based on our knowledge, our perception is also determined, because even if we have a sensory organ capable of perceiving something, we cannot understand it without sufficient knowledge. For example, there is no point in turning the pages of a book if we cannot read. We may see every letter and every word, yet we cannot understand the content.
The later narratives provide great assistance in understanding time, because God knows exactly what will happen at every moment and in every place, what we will feel, what we will will, and what we are capable of.
The laws determine what will happen. Our current knowledge determines only our will, because it depends on how much knowledge we currently possess and what kind of knowledge we possess.
Within the already existing world, according to the laws of the second cycle of creation, a timeline comes into existence. By progressing along it, consciousness is able to come to know God's laws through the experience of the material world.