philosophy and represents the source from which all things emanate. Whether things be seen or unseen,
that underlies them all and is considered to be an infinite, living mind limited by nothing and encompassing everything.
[ {{cite book]| last = Ra | first = Summum Bonum Amen | authorlink = | coauthors = | editor = | others = | title = SUMMUM: Sealed Except to the Open Mind | origdate = | origyear = 1975 | origmonth = | url = http://www.summum.us/philosophy/ebook/ebook.htm | format = HTML | accessdate = 2006-05-26 | accessyear = | accessmonth = | edition = | date = | year = 2004 | month = | publisher = Summum | location = Salt Lake City | language = | id = | doi = | pages = | chapter = | chapterurl = | quote =The word "summum" is Latin meaning "highest" or "greatest," [ {{cite web]| last = Mirza | first = Sumair | authorlink = | coauthors = Jason Tsang | date = | year = 1999-2006 | month = | url = http://www.classicsunveiled.com/romevd/html/vocabs.html | title = Latin Wordstock - Vocabulary 'S' | format = | work = | pages = | publisher = Classics Unveiled | accessdate = 2006-05-22 | accessyear = and in the context of the Summum philosophy it means "the sum total of all creation." [ {{cite web]| last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | date = | year = | month = | url = http://www.summum.us/about/ | title = About Summum | format = | work = | pages = | publisher = Summum | accessdate = 2006-05-26 | accessyear = The Summum philosophy appears to distinguish between the names "Summum" and "SUMMUM" to the extent that the former represents a philosophy and an organization with members that espouse the philosophy, while the latter is a name that represents the infinite source of existence far above the highest flights of human comprehension and imagination.[ {{cite book]| last = Three Initiates | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | editor = | others = | title = The Kybalion | origdate = | origyear = 1912 | origmonth = | url = http://www.kybalion.org/kybalion.asp | format = HTML | accessdate = 2006-05-10 | accessyear = | accessmonth = | edition = | date = | year = 1940 | month = | publisher = The Yogi Publication Society | location = Chicago | language = | id = | doi = | pages = | chapter = | chapterurl = | quote = The Summum philosophy goes further by explaining how SUMMUM or The All came about, and includes additional details about the nature of SUMMUM.The Summum philosophy explains that before there was anything, there was Nothing, and if there was Nothing, then it must be possible for Nothing to be. If it is possible for Nothing to be, then it must be possible for Everything to be. This would have to be so, for at this point, no thing (i.e. force or condition) exists that could limit the possibilities. If all possibility exists, then it must include the possibility of Nothing, or else it would not be ALL possibility.
Summum refers to Nothing and All Possibility as the "Grand Opposites." Automatically and simultaneously, with no beginning and no end, do these Grand Opposites establish each other and, consequently, have an automatic relationship or bond with each other. The bond is such that the Grand Opposites join and break apart in an inconceivably rapid manner as they oscillate between Nothing and All Possibility. The breaking and bonding occurs infinite times within a finite moment, a kind of "cosmic copulation." This produces an infinite vibration whose result is an Infinite Living Mind, an essence which is the basis for the term "spirit," and that is SUMMUM. Thus, SUMMUM is an eternal moment of infinite vibration whose nature is the union of nothing and all possibility, and whose nature is to express the possibilities which subsequently leads to the creation of infinite universes, all held within its infinite mind.[ {{cite web]| last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | date = | year = 2002-2006 | month = | url = http://www.big-bang-theory.com/ | title = Big Bang Theory | format = | work = | pages = | publisher = AllAboutScience.org | accessdate = 2006-05-22 | accessyear = In light of the Summum philosophy, the universe was not born out of nothing, but out of nothing and possibility. In addition, scientists state that at the moment of the birth of the universe, a singularity exhibiting infinite heat and density existed.[ "Big Bang." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 23 May 2006, 12:50 UTC. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 23 May 2006 .] Science through observation has discovered that behind observable phenomena, there appears to be a corresponding vibration (String theory holds that everything in the universe is composed of tiny, fundamental strings that vibrate).[ * {{cite web]| last = Groleau | first = Rick | authorlink = | coauthors = | date = | year = 2003 | month = June | url = http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/resonance.html | title = The Elegant Universe: Resonance in Strings | format = | work = | pages = | publisher = NOVA / PBS | accessdate = 2006-05-23 | accessyear = Hence, that moment of infinite temperature and density can be looked upon as a result of the extreme vibration produced by the infinite interaction between Nothing and All Possibility.* The Absolute
* Absolute Infinite
* The All
* Chaos
* Conceptions of God
* Cosmos
* Existence of God
* God
* Names of God
* Oneness (concept)
* Summum
* Supreme Being
* Universe* {{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | date = | year = | month = | url = http://www.summum.us/about/ | title = About Summum | format = | work = | pages = | publisher = Summum | accessdate = 2006-05-26 | accessyear =
* "Big Bang." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 23 May 2006, 12:50 UTC. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 23 May 2006 .
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* {{cite web | last = Groleau | first = Rick | authorlink = | coauthors = | date = | year = 2003 | month = June | url = http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/resonance.html | title = The Elegant Universe: Resonance in Strings | format = | work = | pages = | publisher = NOVA / PBS | accessdate = 2006-05-23 | accessyear =
* {{cite web | last = Mirza | first = Sumair | authorlink = | coauthors = Jason Tsang | date = | year = 1999-2006 | month = | url = http://www.classicsunveiled.com/romevd/html/vocabs.html | title = Latin Wordstock - Vocabulary 'S' | format = | work = | pages = | publisher = Classics Unveiled | accessdate = 2006-05-22 | accessyear =
* {{cite book | last = Ra | first = Summum Bonum Amen | authorlink = | coauthors = | editor = | others = | title = SUMMUM: Sealed Except to the Open Mind | origdate = | origyear = 1975 | origmonth = | url = http://www.summum.us/philosophy/ebook/ebook.htm | format = HTML | accessdate = 2006-05-10 | accessyear = | accessmonth = | edition = | date = | year = 2004 | month = | publisher = Summum | location = Salt Lake City | language = | id = | doi = | pages = | chapter = | chapterurl = | quote =
* {{cite book | last = Three Initiates | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | editor = | others = | title = The Kybalion | origdate = | origyear = 1912 | origmonth = | url = http://www.kybalion.org/kybalion.asp | format = HTML | accessdate = 2006-05-10 | accessyear = | accessmonth = | edition = | date = | year = 1940 | month = | publisher = The Yogi Publication Society | location = Chicago | language = | id = | doi = | pages = | chapter = | chapterurl = | quote =* http://www.summum.us The organization and philosophy of Summum
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