A Creation Story

In the beginning all was dark and a void of infinite darkness existed. The dark, empty void of the sleeping, unconscious, mind that we have all known at one time or another.
Then something stirred and the mind became aware and as it became conscious the first words were formed, “Who am I?” As more awareness slowly developed a major step took place when it realized that “I exist. I am.” Slowly as self awareness formed a more clear picture the mind looked outward at the darkness and wondered what was there and in that instant it became light but there was nothing but light to see.
The mind then reduced the light to a faint glow of many smaller lights scattered as far as he could see. In the mind the being began to take shape and as it saw its self standing on something the force of gravity was created and the concept of solid matter took root. Wanting to see where it stood the being brought one speck of light closer to illuminate the surface , and the world was created as a surface stretching off in all directions as far as the mind could see. And the mind began to move across the surface to see what was there.
In its self image it walked and breathed and felt the warmth of the light in the sky and thus these senses and sensations were created. Like a person at a computer creating a simulated city or world, the mind was by, the simple act of doing, creating the world in which it moved. And as it walked it created it all.
It thought of what would become mountains and seas, rivers and deserts, jungles and vast plains of grasses. And it pictured animals of every description from the weird to the most plain, and beings much like its self. As it walked and looked about it was always under the light of the Sun and thus the world moved under its feet and in time it saw it was back where it started. And thus the world was made round and turned in the light of the Sun. That walk created the world and everything in it.
As the mind thought more about its world it added more details. Because of the power of thought it could move anywhere at a whim and none of the rules applied to it. It could introduce a new animal or take a species away at a thought. It could create or destroy anything at a thought, and in time it was aware of that power.
One thing was missing. After a while the mind wanted a being in this world that was aware of the mind. It could become visible and could interact with the creatures it had created but not on the level it wanted. So it thought to create a being that looked the way the mind thought of its self looking. A kind of living replica that the mind could follow and observe, and it made that replica aware of its self, and more importantly, aware of the fact that it had been created by the mind. This first self aware and thinking creature became man when the creator thought of the name.
In time as the story goes, man became lonely for another mind that was also aware. For all the creatures in the world, even those that looked human, were little more than animals going about their lives with no thoughts beyond the needs of the day. So he pleaded with the mind for company, and the mind knowing how he felt gave him a companion.
The mind was happy. He could walk about his world and watch the creatures on it. He could make changes and manipulated them and their lives with a thought. And now he could talk with others that had their own thoughts rather than echoing his own.
But he had created a problem within the world. It was his awareness that created the world and this power was now shared with other less mature beings. Once aware of the conscious mind that created them, men began to imagine that others may be like it. Man was in awe of the power to create life and to destroy worlds and while they worshiped their creator they were jealous as well. At first man only demanded the obedience of his children and family to copy the way he treated his creator. He wanted the worship and respect that he gave his creator to be shown to him for his “creation” of the family.
And the mind of man began to change the world in which he lived. Man taught his children to see the world as he saw it and he began to replace the original creator with explanations that made man the more important. In the collective minds of man a whole new history was created. The collective power of the many now rivaled the single mind of the creator and the mind of man created the evidence he would need to support his beliefs. As he looked to the skies with more and more powerful equipment he expected to see wondrous things and he found them. He looked into the earth expecting to find proof that the world was older than he had thought and he found it. And he even looked into himself and found strange and intricate systems that explained how he worked and why.
Now, as man finds his world spinning out of control, and growing more perplexing day by day, the collective minds are looking for help. They wish for the days when they could call on a single mind, a single being that could rewrite the world and make the evil and trouble go away. But they no longer really believe in the mind’s existence, or in its power. They begin to hope instead for some other race of living creatures that will have the power, and desire, to save them. They have already begun to create signs of their presence in the skies and in their own minds.
The power to create, destroy, or protect was given to man long ago.
But he doesn’t realize his, or its, full potential yet.
He doesn’t yet understand that he has created the world, the very universe, in which he lives. That what his mind can conceive it can achieve. That when he looks for miracles he will see them, and that when he looks for disasters and dangers he will find them as well.
All of his own creation.