The tenth book of the Rig-Veda contains a creation hymn (10.129) as follows:
“Nor being was there nor non-being;
there was no atmosphere and no sky beyond.
What covered all, and where, by what protected ?
Was there a fathomless abyss of the waters?”
“Neither death was there nor immortality ;
there was not the sheen of night nor light of day.
Tliat One breathed, without breath, by inner power ;
than it trulv nothing wliatever else existed besides”
“Darkness there was, hidden by darkness at the beginning;
an unillumined ocean was this all.
The living force which was enveloped in a shell,
that one by the might of devotional fervor was born”
“Desire arose in the beginning in That; it was the first seed of mind.
The sages by devotion found the root of being in non-being, seeking it in (their) heart.”
“Who truly knoweth ? Who can here proclaim it ?
Whence hither born, whence cometh this creation ?
On this side are the gods from its creating.
Who knoweth then from whence it came to being? “
“This creation—from whence it came to being,
Whether it made itself, or whether not—
He who is its overseer in highest heaven,
He surely knoweth—or perchance he knoweth not.”
These verses speak of existence outside of the time-space continuum that we live in. Our bodies are so hard-wired to this reality, rightly so, that it is difficult for us to comprehend any other way. Yet we have insights, and we have surreal moments, and we know when we are in that place that our soul truly exists.
Since the beginning of time we have asked these same questions, and whether or not we have tapped in to the truth, or some perception of the truth, cannot be proven. Sometimes we need answers, sometimes its good enough just to ask.
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