The Purpose of Creation

"If being is already complete and perfect, why does it manifest as the world? What is the purpose of creation? Rupert says: ‘Being doesn’t have a purpose for manifesting as the world – purpose implies incompleteness, a goal to be achieved. From being’s perspective, there is no world as such, no creation. What we call the world is simply being refracting itself through the perceiving faculties of finite minds. It’s like asking why the sun shines – shining is the sun’s nature, not something it does for a purpose. Manifestation is being’s nature, its overflow, its love expressing itself. Through perception, being gives birth to its infinite potential in form, not to achieve anything or become anything, but simply because this is what being does. Creation is not purposeful; it’s spontaneous, like a flower blooming.’"

From event 21 - 28 November, 2025 Seven-Day Retreat at The Vedanta, 21–28 November 2025

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