Why is there something rather than nothing? Why, in particular, does the universe exist? Where did it come from and where, if anywhere, is it heading? Is it itself the ultimate reality behind which there is nothing or is there something 'beyond' it? Can we ask with Richard Feynman: 'What is the meaning of it all?" Or was Bertrand Russell right when he said that 'The universe is just there, and that's all'?

The universe has no news of our existence.

The whole universe is one. There is only one Self in the universe, only One Existence.

There is no need to build a labyrinth when the entire universe is one.

There's no need to build a labyrinth when the entire universe is one.

God, therefore, is the one most simple essence of the entire universe.

There are no divisions in the universe, the universe is oneness, the universe just is

The universe comprises all being in a totality; for nothing that exists is outside or beyond infinite being, as the latter has no outside or beyond.

Just focusing on what exists now seems a bit exclusive. And if we include everything that has ever existed as part of the universe, why not include the future as well? This seems to leave us with the definition that the universe is everything that has ever existed, does exist, or will ever exist.

The Universe, the whole infinite Universe. The infinite suns, the infinite distances between them, and yourself an invisible dot on an invisible dot, infinitely small.

There’s an ancient philosophical joke that’s much subtler than it seems. Question: Why is the Universe here? Answer: Where else would it be?

I stress that the universe is made mostly of nothing, that something is the exception.

The universe exists because we are aware of it.

The universe itself is God and the universal outpouring of its soul