” there exists nothing except God, may He be exalted, and this existent world…it necessarily behooves one to consider this existent as it is…” (Maimonides, Guide to the Perplexed 1:71)
“the foundation of the whole Law is the view that God has brought the world into being out of nothing…” (Guide to the Perplexed 2:30)
It is clear that Maimonides is teaching that the Universe exists and that we may not associate it with God.
In some radical Kabbalistice circles, there seems to be a belief that “In reality we don’t exist”. However, this blatantly contradicts the first verse in the Bible that states that God did create the Universe.
If one truly believes “In reality we don’t exist”, then how can one believe in the first verse of the Bible?
KNOWING GOD'S PATH 