But this definition is not complete. The primary sense of the word reflects a reality that is beyond time, that is, without beginning, end, or division. When the great religions of the world speak of a divine presence that exists eternally, they are speaking, as Einstein did, of the transcendence of time as human beings generally perceive it. The idea that there is some aspect of the human identity involving contact with something changeless and beyond time is one that extends across all doctrinal and dogmatic barriers. Here are some scriptural examples of its expression.
Life is like a floating cloud which appears.
Death is like a floating cloud which disappears. The floating cloud itself originally does not exist. Life and death, coming and going, are also like that. But there is one thing which always remains clear. It is pure and clear, not depending on life and death.