Does God evolve?

Does God evolve? At first glance, such a notion is preposterous. God is a self-aware infinity. I believe defining Hashem as such is valid. Infinity can be described, yet it also can’t be, because we can’t fathom self-aware infinity. It’s an inherent paradox. God is perfect. Yet, without evolution there’s only degeneration. It seems to be a universal trait across all life. God’s stagnation, lack of constant creation, would cause cosmic entropy where the universe would fall into chaos and potentially collapse, because no progress can only mean devolution. Lack of God’s evolution could also manifest on a microscale as decline and eventual collapse of civilizations.

God has endless experiences that He knows and has created but we can also surmise there are endless experiences He hasn’t gone through that derive from endless experiences He has created. As such, God can and does evolve to keep the universe, perhaps the multiverse, not just afloat but expanding and evolving alongside Him. Look at humans. From simple minds to genius minds (genius minds appear to be as close as we can get to God’s mind, one could even assert genius minds mirror God’s mind in some respects, though the extent obviously is symbolic, because nothing, no mind, can mirror self-aware infinity).

The question is: what would that evolution look like and would it matter to us? If we have that divine spark in us, indeed, if we are that divine spark, then we would be used as instrument of experience by Hashem. By experiencing life, we would make God evolve, as well, albeit we wouldn’t be able to grasp God’s evolution, just as we can’t read God’s mind, in spite of arrogant claims of some to the contrary.

God is the cosmic embodiment of élan vital, the force of life, the vital impetus. It stands to reason that when God evolves, we can also use more of that force of life to create even more marvelous lives for ourselves.

God is a supreme social engineer. As such, even hell is His creation, where some are forced to dance Russian ballet as they are seething anger. That, too, could qualify as a creative experience of God. Creating the Devil, the demiurge, and so on, could be yet another expression of God’s constant creation. Do these supposedly cosmic beings evolve, too? It seems so, and that’s a terrifying prospect.

In essence, we think of God as static, while Hashem might well be an evolving cosmic force, infinitely more complex than we are and using us as instruments to endlessly evolve. What are the practical implications, if any? Good question, dear reader.