There is always a centre in everything that exists.
It is neutral. It does not directly affect the object or the person of which or whom it is the centre. A centre is nothing in itself, yet it is omnipresent. It is the cohesive factor of what it is the centre of. It can be neither deducted, added, divided, nor multiplied. Just try, and you’ll see it remains the centre.
It is dimensionless. It is at the centre of everything. When the thing disappears, the centre itself remains, though it is no longer apparent.
It can be the centre of the universe or the centre of a single grain of sand.
It exists only when an object or a person exists, without disappearing when they do.
The centre IS. It is an expression of the manifest or non-manifest eternity.
It just IS.
It is not coloured. It emits no sound. It is neutral. Some people call it the central axis around which everything revolves. Yet it is motionless and omnipresent.
The centre does not know anything about itself. Otherwise, it would not be the centre. But for us it remains a universal reference, a universal landmark.
It is our foundation, our source and our goal. Though it is nothing, every life originates from it. This very nothingness is what gives it its signification, its reality.
Close to the centre, life is strong and concentrated. The farther away you are from the centre, the more movements there are. The centre is the multidirectional source of the whole creation, the source that gave creation its existence, its consistency, its direction and a reason for being.
You may call it God …
Theophile the Elder
An excerpt from Theophile’s journal
Essays