Towards Infinity : Appendix I
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At
the time when there was only the Absolute and no creation,
the question of time did not arise at all. When the thought
of creation got enlivened in the Base, it was perfectly free
from everything. It proceeded on and due to the effect of
motion, got transformed into power, with its tendency
directed towards action. But for the action, it must
naturally stand in need of field or base. Now the brief
pause, intervening between the original thought and
subsequent being, or in other words between cause and
effect, was already there. This can appropriately be
interpreted as “duration” or “time” and served for the field
for its action. Thus time having merged into the power, got
transformed itself into power, for further action towards
creation.
As a general rule a thought when it becomes deep brings into
effect something like a pause, which has a tremendous force.
In case of the Centre, the question of depth does not arise
at all because of perfect uniformity there. The idea of
velocity of force, the direct action of the mind, was also
absent there, since the Centre or the Ultimate Brahm, though
absolute, did not possess mind.
Thus whatever existed between the thought and the action was
power, which is termed as “time”. The same power we too have
got as our share but in accordance with our limited
capacity. Now in order to utilise this power we have to
merge it in the greater power of the Centre, which is all
and absolute. There is nothing in the world – not even the
megaton bomb of the modern science – to match this great
power. The modern science may not yet have realised its full
significance, though even if it had, it would have utilised
it for the destructive purposes only.
The power can however be brought down to earth and utilised
in work by the exercise of strong will power. A yogi at the
highest level of ascent is however with it consciously or
unconsciously. To my view, the science of physics cannot be
taken as complete without a full knowledge of this great
power, which is in fact the root of all powers. |
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