“Now the origin of the universe that you know, as I have described it, was of course a master event. The initial action did not occur in space or time, but formed space and time.”

—  Jane Roberts

Session 919, Page 373
Dreams, Evolution and Value Fulfillment, Volume Two (1986)

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