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Kindly let me know the meanings of ‘being’ and ‘becoming’, and the difference between them😏

Being is the Divine as the Source, the Origin. Becoming is what He becomes through the manifestation, creation etc. Being is stable and static. Becoming is a constant ongoing process taking place through Nature. The idea is that it is the Divine as Being who is becoming all this just as a poet becomes different poetries through the act of expressing them each and yet continues to be the same poet. 

Affectionately,

Alok Da

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