The beginning

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I am the alpha and the omega, the beginning without end

The absolute and literal beginning of all things could be considered to have occurred when the original monad I (a.k.a. god with a little "g") emerged as a singularly self-aware intensification of the Fabric of Consciousness. If one considers the fact that god=>consciousness=>light, then technically "the beginning" could be represented as the instantiation of light. Keep in mind however that The Fabric of Consciousness existed prior to the initial intensification and so technically, consciousness/light has always existed, making the notion of a beginning (or an end for that matter) unnecessary and potentially misleading.

The traditional Catholic representation of The Beginning corresponds to The Watershed event as described in Volume Two of Michael Sharp's The Book of Light. This beginning is, however, no beginning at all since consciousness had been unfolding long before the monadic intensifications of The Fabric chose to enter into The Waters of Creation in order to manifest "from within."