In the beginning There was neither existence nor nonexistence, Neither sky nor heaven beyond … That One breathed, without breath, By his own breathless power. The first born was the Creative Will, The primordial seed of the mind. All else followed. The sages, searching for the truth within themselves, Discovered the eternal bond between the seen and unseen. This bond was an endless line stretched across the heavens. What was above? What was below? Primal seeds were sprouting, mighty forces were moving; Pulsation from below, pure energy above. Who here knows? Who can say for sure? … When it began and from where it came-this creation? The gods came afterwards So who really knows? From where this creation came, By what means it was formed, Only He who watches from the highest heaven knows or perhaps even He does not know!

(The Rig Veda)