By Stephen G. Post, via his website, The Institute for Research on Unlimited Love

In all of the major world religions there is a common view that the universe originates from a Supreme Mind or Absolute Consciousness that creatively sustains it. All the energy and matter of the universe, along with its thermodynamic laws, constants and order, originate from a nonmaterial Mind (also known as “Ground of Being,” “Ultimate Reality,” “Infinite Mind,” “God,” “Pure Unlimited Love,” etc.) Every scripture states, in one way or another, that “in the beginning” was Mind (e.g., Rig-Veda VIII, 58:2; John 1:1; Quran 36:81). This idea of Mind before matter was assumed true with few exceptions until the onset of modern materialism, and most people regardless of tradition still assert it.