There is eternity....
the
'always present' presence
and
there is the temporal....
any thing or non-thing which is NOT 'always here'.
Obviously
intelligence, knowledge, and personality are NOT eternal as they are dependent on the use of memory to be developed and functional...
From "ouch that action is painful" - non-verbal reactive physical memories to the development of symbolism "ug means 'good'" for language, etc. and so on... intelligence, knowledge, and personality are NOT 'always present'....they are learned through experience...
They are temporal.
Other temporal things and non-things...
any vibration except the prime vibration
any movement
any pattern
any form
any being
any thought
any word
any idea
any personality
and on and on...you get the picture.
The creative force or vibration that eventually spawned creation was here and vibrating before
any beings or memory or words or language. It is constant and impersonal and always here....no beginning and no ending. It's nature or instinct as vibration is to expand and contract.
Creation was spawned by instinct and not intelligence.
As humans we project our intelligence and personalities on the most powerful and eternal force in reality because the deepest subconscious imprint before words and language is of 'superior beings (parents or guardians) supplying our every need' and to our awareness they were already fully knowledgable and intelligent with personalities.
I believe this subconscious imprint is the original cause for any God(s) beliefs and mythology developed by human cultures.
That said I also see how energy develops these traits and eventually uses our inherent ability to effect the energetic whole to become 'gods' of sorts....'conscious' creators....we are doing that right now (plug for my Blog
Can We Evolve NOW?).
So
God or 'the eternal all-powerful creative force'
is starting to talk to us as us NOW.But it took a long time to bake them cookies before they could say 'Hi!'.