' Neither Time or Space '...

There is here no form to be perceived, no image born of the senses to be worshipped, no oracular utterance to be listened for, and no emotional ecstasy to be revelled in.

Hence the Chinese sage, Lao Tzu, said: "In eternal non-existence I look for the spirituality of things!"

The philosopher perceives that there is no such thing as creation out of nothing for the simple reason that Mind is eternally and universally present.

"Nothing" is merely an appearance. Here indeed there is neither time nor space.

It is like a great silent boundless circle wherein no life seems to stir, no consciousness seems to be at work, and no activity is in sway.

Yet the seer will know by a pure insight which will grip his consciousness as it has never been gripped before, that here indeed is the root of all life, all consciousness, and all activity.

But how it is so is as inexplicable intellectually as what its nature is.

With the Mind the last word of human comprehension is uttered.

With the Mind the last world of possible being is explored.

But whereas the utterance is comprehensible by his consciousness, the speaker is not.

It is a Silence which speaks but what it says is only that it IS; more than that none can hear.



-- Notebooks Category 28: The Alone > Chapter 1: Absolute Mind > # 115
-- Perspectives > Chapter 28: The Alone > # 15 Paul Brunton