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Omnipresence is defined, in a general sense, as: the ability to be present in every place at the same time; unbounded or universal presence. It is a synonym of ubiquity.
This characteristic is most commonly used in a religious context, as most doctrines relate the trait of omnipresence to the superior being that they believe in, usually referred to as a god or goddess.
Brahmanism and other religions that derive from it incorporate the theory of transcendental omnipresence, which differs greatly from the traditional meaning of the word. This theory defines an universal and fundametal substance, which is the source of all physical existence, but which, however, is unrelated to the fact that we exist. If a being ceases to exist, the structure of the world remains unchanged, but if the "it" somehow ceases to exist, existence as a whole would end in the traditional sense of the word, but the transcendental existance would remain.
This characteristic is most commonly used in a religious context, as most doctrines bestow the trait of omnipresence unto a superior, usually referred to as a god or goddess.
A common misconception is that the ancient Israelites worshipped an omnipresent deity.
An omnipresent deity by all intents and purposes appears to be evolutionarily superior to the localized deities, in so far as that far more peoples and cultures have converted to an omnipresent framework than vice versa.
Although sometimes it speaks of God'somnipresence with reference to the pervasive immanence of His being, it frequently contents itself with affirming the universal extent of God's power and knowledge (Deuteronomy 4:39; Deuteronomy 10:14; Psalms 139:6-16; Proverbs 15:3; Jeremiah 23:23-24; Amos 9:2).
That no denial of the omnipresence of being is intended may be seen from Jeremiah 23:24, where in the former half of the verse the omnipresence of Jeremiah 23:23 is expressed in terms of omniscience, while in the latter half the idea finds ontological expression.
Omnipresence being the correlate of monotheism, the presence of the idea in the earlier parts of the Old Testament is denied by all those who assign the development of monotheism in the Old Testament religion to the prophetic period from the 8th century onward.
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