P1158:3, 105:5.3
While we present this narrative as a sequence and portray the historic appearance
of the finite as a direct derivative of the absolute, it should be borne in
mind that transcendentals both preceded and succeeded all that is finite.
Transcendental ultimates are, in relation to the finite, both causal and
consummational.
P1158:4, 105:5.4
Finite possibility is inherent in the Infinite, but the transmutation of possibility
to probability and inevitability must be attributed to the self-existent free
will of the First Source and Center, activating all triunity associations.
Only the infinity of the Father's will could ever have so qualified the absolute
level of existence as to eventuate an ultimate or to create a finite.
P1158:5, 105:5.5
With the appearance of relative and qualified reality there comes into being
a new cycle of reality -- the growth cycle -- a majestic
downsweep from the
heights of infinity to the domain of the finite, forever swinging inward to
Paradise and Deity, always seeking those high destinies commensurate with
an infinity source.
P1158:6, 105:5.6
These inconceivable transactions mark the beginning of universe history, mark
the coming into existence of time itself. To a creature, the beginning of
the finite is the genesis of reality; as viewed by creature mind, there
is no actuality conceivable prior to the finite. This newly appearing finite
reality exists in two original phases: