having had the privilege and pleasure of translating Kesser Shem Tov, the completed works of Rabbi Yisroel Baal Shem Tov, one of our greatest masters, one of the themes he often discuses is the notion of beyond and under time – this is almost impossible for us to understand – we are subjects of time – everything you ever have and will think takes place in sequence – however God has no time, like say a rock, he simply is, hence everything that happens in time is a creation – so here you have it, you are like a rock (for your essence – life, comes from the source) but cast into a river – perhaps your goal is to stop allowing the currents to carry you