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World and time

The world is the same as the time, time cannot exist without the world and world cannot exist without time. Stopping of the world is stopping of the time. Time is born together with the worlds and worlds exist until time exist. There is no time outside worlds, there is only eternal, deathless, bornless, timeless. And the world is the same as the state of consciousness.

“Mendicants, the world (Loka) has been understood by a Realized One; and he is detached from the world. The origin of the world has been understood by a Realized One; and he has given up the origin of the world. The stopping of the world has been understood by a Realized One; and he has realized the stopping of the world. The practice leading to the stopping of the world has been understood by a Realized One; and he has developed the practice leading to the stopping of the world. (AN 4.23)

Loka (Pali): “world”, “being”, “cycles of birth, life and death”

Aeon from Greek αἰῶνες (aiōnes) is “life”, “being”,”generation”,”ages”, “period of time” and “timeless” and “eternal”.

Same in Hebrew עולם (ʿōlām) is “worlds”, “ages”, “universe”, “time”, “eternity”.

  1. Maimonides (1138-1204 CE): ʿŌlām represents eternity, emphasizing God’s timelessness.
  2. Nachmanides (1194-1270 CE): ʿŌlām signifies the unity of God, encompassing past, present, and future.
  3. Kabbalistic Thought: ʿŌlām is associated with the Sephirot (divine attributes) and the concealment of God’s essence.

“Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.” Hebrews 11:3 (KJV)

Further parallels:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aion_(deity)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeon_(Gnosticism)