“I asked if I might understand this, and it said to me, The One is a sovereign that has nothing over it. It is god and father of all, the invisible one that is over all, that is incorruptible, that is pure light at which no eye can gaze. The One is the invisible spirit. … It does not exist within anything inferior to it, since everything exists within it alone. It is eternal, since it does not need anything. For it is absolutely complete. It has never lacked anything in order to be completed by it. Rather, it is always absolutely complete in light. The One is illimitable, since there is nothing before it to limit it, unfathomable, since there is nothing before it to fathom it, immeasurable, since there was nothing before it to measure it, invisible, since nothing has seen it, eternal, since it exists eternally, unutterable, since nothing could comprehend it to utter it, unnamable, since there is nothing before it to give it a name. The One is the immeasurable light, pure, holy, immaculate. … It is impossible to say, “How much is it? What kind is it?” For no one can understand it. The One is not among the things that exist, but it is much greater. It is not a part of the eternal realms or of time. For whatever is part of a realm was once prepared by another. … Such a one beholds itself in its light. The One is majestic and has an immeasurable purity. The One is a realm that gives a realm, life that gives life, a blessed one that gives blessedness, knowledge that gives knowledge, a good one that gives goodness, mercy that gives mercy and redemption, grace that gives grace. Not as if the One possesses all this. Rather, it is that the One gives immeasurable and incomprehensible light. What shall I tell you about it? Its eternal realm is incorruptible, at peace, dwelling in silence, at rest, before everything. It is the head of all realms, and it sustains them through its goodness. We would not know what is ineffable, we would not understand what is immeasurable, were it not for what has come from the father. “~The Secret Book of John
Nothing Over It
I sometimes see questions on Facebook spiritual groups like, “Who created God?” and “What existed before God?” If you understood the real God, the God of spirit that John is calling “The One,” you wouldn’t ask such questions. As John correctly states, The One is God of all with noting above or before him. His[1] existence is not dependent on any other being, any time, any space, any thing. If it was, He wouldn’t truly be The One God.
Everything Exists within It
This is true, though it can be misleading. Everything is part of the Godhead, but not everything is part of God as a being. When speaking of the spiritual, such things can get complicated. So how can God have evil things and evil beings within Him? In the same way that you can have a disease within you, yet you did not create the disease, nor is the disease a part of you. The disease is an invader in your body, and evil is an invader in the body of God.
Does not Need Anything
“I’m sure that a lot of us question, when reading the bible or other scripture, why God would want sacrifices of animals, burned fruit, or even humans. The answer is that The One, the True God, does not. It is the false god, the Demiurge who created the fallen realm of matter who desired such sacrifices. The only thing The One wants us to sacrifice is the misuse of free will to do things that are against His plan for redemption.
Not Part of Time or Space
The One is not part of time, but is over time, beyond time. Questions like “What existed before God?” make no sense because it implied that God is subordinate to time, which He isn’t. Likewise, God is not restricted in any way by space and exists both within and without space. He is everywhere and nowhere because the whole concept of space is outside of The One. Space and time are restrictions and God has no restrictions. But just as we might choose to avoid places full of disease, death, or other dangers, God limits His presence in places that are not truly part of His realm, though they are derived from it, namely, the realm of matter.
Immeasurable and Incomprehensible Light
We often hear of God and light being connected, but most people think of this as being physical light. It is for that reason that many have been tricked by Satan and demons into believing that they are seeing angels or other heavenly beings. The demons and devils can shine with physical light, but only God, His Angels, and advanced spiritual people give off Spiritual Light. It is the Spiritual Light that John says is immeasurable and incomprehensible. That Spiritual Light flows to us primarily from the Spiritual Sun, so the best way to receive that Light is to turn to the Sun.
[1] I am using “His” out of convention, but God is just as much female as male, God is beyond such distinctions.
From the SUN TALK collection by Harold Boulette