did God have consciousness before the universe was created?

Question

was there existence before the "word"(in the beginning there was the word)was created

Answer 1

This question raises an interesting paradox. In Jewish belief, all of existence is dependent on the will of the Creator. He said "let there be light," and there was light, and so on. So, if you believe in G-d, the universe came from an act of creation, and that act had to have a conscious entity behind it. To say G-d created the universe unconsciously is qualitatively no different from saying the universe created itself.

Okay, here's where we run into the paradox as I see it. The creation of the universe was a deliberate act on the part of the Creator. But time, as we experience it, is a part of the universe. G-d is supposedly omnipotent and omniscient. As such, G-d doesn't exist within the universe so much as the universe exists within G-d. This is why one of the Hebrew names for Him is "HaMakom," lit. "The Place". So the paradox is, if G-d is not confined by the universe's various dimensions, like time, then how could He exist before the universe was created? There was no before! And yet, there had to be a conscious force prior to the creation of the universe. "Before" and "After" can only exist if time exists, but when there was no universe, well, there was no "when"! There was only G-d.

Go ahead and chew on that one for a while. Enjoy it. :)

Answer 2

Quantum mechanics is suggesting that the universe was created by consciosness and that humans having a consciousness are also creators and can create the life they want to because conciousness can manipulate matter. These theories in quantum mechanics are be proven on a daily basis. So in reality there wree no words spoken it is the thoughts that brought creation into existence.

Answer 3

Your question is a very deep one.

One thing I'm pretty sure of, there is no emanation in the level of consciousness. It has to be cloaked in a way so something else can receive that emanation. Something "physical." The physical is in quotes, because it is possible to affect things in the spiritual realm, but to achieve that effect, there has to be a thing other than self.

I think you have been reading some chassidic or kabbalistic books.

Shalom,
Gershon