souls hitherto dozed in oblivion, a new opportunity to redeem themselves. The cosmic manifestation gives the embodied and conditioned souls the possibility of returning to God, in their original abode, and this is its primary purpose. The Lord shows such goodness that in the absence of this manifestation, He experiences as a lack, hence creation. Although the existence of the internal power was already manifested, the other power of the Lord seemed dormant, latent, and the Lord wanted to call her back to the activity, like the husband who pulls his wife from sleep to enjoy of his company.

This reveals the Lord's compassion for his drowsy energy. He wants to see her awake so that she can share in her pleasure, as do other waking wives. The creation process as a whole aims at awakening to the real existence, that of the spiritual conscience, the conditioned souls until then asleep, so that they can become as perfect as the souls forever liberated who live on the Vaikunthalokas, the spiritual planets, in the kingdom of God. He likes to see all the entities emanating from his different powers sharing the sublime happiness of spiritual bliss, because to participate in the eternal satisfaction of the Lord represents the highest perfection of existence, all of spiritual bliss and eternal knowledge.

Logos 134

The Sovereign Lord is the master of all other beings. He alone existed before creation.

In truth, all that exists emanates from the Supreme Lord, He always represents the unique existence, the Absolute, One without second. This is his prerogative, because He is infinitely perfect and all-powerful. All existence other than one's own, which includes its plenary emanations, is an integral part of its Person. The full manifestations of God and sentient beings, the first of which is Brahma, are separate emanations of the Lord.

Before creation, spiritual existence was already manifested, but material existence was still in Him latent. It is by its sole will that the material manifestation unfolds and resolves. As for the diversity proper to Vaikunthaloka, the spiritual kingdom, it is one with the Lord. Material creation occurs at intervals through the will of the Lord, and during the periods between annihilation and creation, separate beings and material energy dwell in Him in a state of sleep.