The Oddness of Manifestation: Cause Follows Effect

Effect precedes cause just as imagination precedes production. Effect is first imagined, then its cause occurs. Because as the Beginning the Ineffable first imagined the effect of itself fully manifest: "This is the manifested me." That is why the first verse of the Bible says, "As the Beginning, the Son of God creates the heavens and the earth" (Genesis 1:1 Victor Alexander). Then the Ineffable, by Its Son, Its imagination, began the cause of all manifestation OF ITSELF.

Yes, effect causes cause. Cause is effect's effect. I am not trying to be cute or cleaver in this. It is just why we must first imagine what we want as though it were already in effect. Because then it will be caused. This is right, because it is the way God works: intention precedes action. He looked at what he had created in mind, and it was beautiful. NOW what he had imagined is becoming through causality.

It is a moving bus. Give it a destination: Better Than The Best. Imagine what you want and assume it is already in effect. In humility, thank God for it. You will not be allowed to steer the bus, but thank him for having gotten there. And again when you get there.