It would seem that everything that we perceive and think about comes forth from our consciousness, or our mind, so that our perception of what we see and understand is through the prism of our mind. This signifies for many a folk, that we what we see, touch, and think is the true reality of what is occurring in not only this world, but this would appear to be the only thing that matters or even exists; whereas, for people that think outside the box, they understand that since what we are perceiving is limited by our mind, that our perception is thus limited by our consciousness of what we know as time and space, yet, there is also that intuitive inkling that what is truly real is outside of time and space, completely.
Look, it has to be said, that there was never a time when God did not exist, and there will never be a time when God does not exist, which means that God has no beginning and God has no ending. When we comprehend this, then we know that what we are currently experiencing in regard to time and space in this life is an artificial construct created to permit us to prove our mettle in this material experience, no more and no less.
So too, the consciousness that we have, which gives us our individuality, appears to be the difference between our existence and our non-existence. In other words, without our mind, we simply would not be, because it is our mind that allows us to perceive, and without such, there would be no perception and therefore no being. This, though, is only true within the domain that we currently exist in, for in actuality, we are ourselves in our eternal essence beyond time and space, making us to be timeless, and therefore having always existed. So then, the best way to look upon this world is to see it as a proving ground, of which lessons are to be learnt, and thereby those lessons are to be actively applied for the betterment of the society that we are a member of.
This signifies for those that have incarnated upon earth, that there is a purpose for our existence here, and we are to live up to that purpose, which will provide us when we are successful in our tasks with the escape velocity to return to that which we are an integral part of. Indeed, while there is plenty of mystery on earth, there is nothing as mysterious as that which is beyond time and space. The conventional reality that so many believe in, that this material experience is the actual reality, of what is and is not, is not the true reality, for it is better to see where we are currently at as a dreamworld, provided to us, with the opportunity to do our fair part to construct a successful story that will end well, and thus bring us back to where we have always been.