“The universe cannot be explained, neither can a finite creature offer a rational reason for his own individual existence without appealing to the prior acts and pre-existent volition of ancestral beings, Creators or procreators.” 115:1.4 (1260.5)
The universe is too vast, too intricate, too filled with symmetry and purpose to be reduced to chance. And the same is true of you. When revelation reminds us that no creature can explain its own existence without appealing to prior acts of creation, it is pointing to a truth we often avoid: we did not begin ourselves. Something — Someone — willed us into being. Existence is not self-generated; it is bestowed.
This is not a limitation. It is a liberation. For if your origin rests in the volition of a Creator, then your value is not contingent on achievement, status, perfection, or cultural approval. You are not an accident of the cosmos or a random aggregation of atoms. You are the consequence of intention — the expression of a divine decision. When you accept this, the search for purpose shifts from anxiety to discovery. Life becomes less about inventing meaning and more about uncovering the meaning already woven into your being.
To recognize a Creator-origin is not to diminish human dignity but to deepen it. It places you within a lineage of volition — divine and human — stretching backward into eternity and forward into possibility. The universe may be vast beyond comprehension, but your existence within it is deliberate. And deliberate lives can move with confidence, clarity, and reverence.