The Obviousness About Oblivion
In the beginning...was. Was has always been in existence and the scientific explanation of how "was" is, involves so much multi-dimensional math to even begin the first sentence for the abstract of what "was" is, that many of us prefer to just accept "was" as "always has been" with the understanding of course that there exists reams and reams of data explaining what "was" is, that have taken up entire galaxies.
Some of us, perhaps most of us, have zip-files of "was" inside our brains at the cellular level (goes without saying that if it wasn't at the cellular level we'd be walking around with heads as big as entire cities and then we'd probably not be able to walk around, but then again there are reports of planets that can accommodate creatures of this magnitude that we won't go into at this time).
But perhaps we'd better back up a little to say that all aspects of life on planet Earth are aspects of "was". All aspects of "was" on Earth have zip files of information about "was". So yes, the birds flying in the air, the insects crawling up the trees wiggling their antennas, kittens chasing after laser lights, dogs barking at the flowing air out of car windows, all of this and more are manifestations of "was". To help humans in understanding who they are as "was" they were given a type of computer known as the brain to navigate through their lives so that they can hopefully understand who they are as "was" and how to let their "was", be. Unfortunately though many humans have become so mesmerized by their brains that they spend days, months, years and in some cases their entire lives chasing their reflections throughout the hallways of their brains.
Fortunately, those humans who allow "was" to be are able to buckle in for the ride of their lives (truly!) and flow along with the adventure of "was" being "was" which is often referred to as creating. Even those humans lost in the flow of "was" creating can forget sometimes that "was" is the ultimate one in charge and begin to believe that it is them (the humans) who are creating everything. And, it has to be said that they ARE creating but only because they have allowed "was" to be (there is that luminous math explanation again).
"Was" does not know the distinction between "was" and "is" but some humans have come as close to understanding "was" as is possible (without having a head as big as a city) so for the sake of summing up "was" (which, of course, can't be done) it is said that as we humans allow "was" to be, so we will be as well.