miodrag
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I give you an option....
dark energy...dark matter
which came first?
No idea. Since dark energy is the idea born from the necessity to fine tune the explanation of the Universe we observe. What is that idea practically? Is it spirit or matter? Whatever may be the case, if any of those dark categories is spirit, then it is eternal, if it is matter, then it is also eternal, only being temporarily manifested. Whatever is temporarily manifested, if it has a beginning and end, then that is called matter, at least by convention in Hinduism, regardless if we call it matter or energy. So, from the perspective of Hinduism, your question is wrong. It is not the matter of what is older in time, but in rank. Energy cannot manifest an 'energent', or the source of energy. So, energent is older in rank. Energy is the potency of that energent. And that potency is as eternal as any other aspect of the energent. Translating this into theology, God is eternal and He has an eternal potency to manifest the material world. Material world include both matter and energy. After some time, that manifestation cease to exist, until the next time.