«I wanted something which operated on more levels, was capable of more development, had a more «grey'd» quality, like
the indeterminate nature of reality» (B. Riley, quoted in «Into Colour: In Conversation with Robert Kudielka», in R. Kudielka (ed.)
Jainism holds that because of
the indeterminate nature of Reality, different viewpoints are possible and that none can claim final knowledge of the truth — which brings us back to the pervading sense of Mystery.
I argue that God exists in all three time - dimensions simultaneously: as a determinate past actuality in virtue
of the divine consequent
nature, as an
indeterminate future
reality in virtue
of the divine primordial
nature, and as a concrescing present
reality in virtue
of the ongoing integration
of the divine primordial and consequent
natures.1 Yet, while I agree with Ford that there is no way for finite actual occasions objectively to prehend that integration
of the primordial and consequent
natures within God even in terms
of their own self - constitution here and now, I would also contend that finite actual occasions still feel the feelings
of God toward themselves as a result
of that integration
of the primordial and consequent
natures within the divine being.