Definition: Source

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Revision: 8 Jun 2026

Source

The Supreme Creative Agency of THE SUPREME.
Creative aspects of THE SUPREME that could also be referred to as Creator or God. Whereas, Creator and God tend to connote a Supreme Being with which one can have a personal relationship, Source may be regarded as more impersonal.
Source may also be referred to as Cause, Creator, Divinity, God, Omneity, Origin, the Infinite, etc.
That from which all phenomena seem to originate.
The origin and originator of all that is created.
The origin and originator of creation.
Though Source may be conceptualized as a point from which all creation, Source is equally in all that is created.
The root of all that is created.
The root of every creation and of creation as a whole.
As separation is impossible, all beings and all things are Source.
Since there is no separation, from the perspective of a being, Source is all that seems to be beyond one, which one nevertheless is. Union with Source is the precursor to realizing that only THE SUPREME is.
Everyone and everything is Source. Source is everywhere.
Nothing leaves Source. All phenomena arise in Source, appear to move in the space of creation, but never really go anywhere.
As aspects of THE SUPREME, Source is also THE SUPREME.

Sayings:

“All things seem to emerge from the Source. All things seem to return to the Source. Yet nothing ever leaves the Source or returns to the Source.”
“Creation is Source sourcing Source.”
“What is most deeply human is Source.”