Space/Time

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Hello,

 

Space exists due the faculty of the mind to percieve/imagine forms.

Time exists due to the faculty of memory. When you see something which

you have already seen, the mind tries to correlate both and thus comes

the concept of " name " . Thus, the concept of " name " is a corollary of the

concept of " time " . Thus, some philosphies refer to this dual entities as

Space/Time, which others refer as Form/Name. The origin of these are

nowhere but in the mind.

 

Causation is another independant entity. It is the law of cause and

effect. It results in the following:

1. Nothing can be created or destroyed. Any change is only a recombination

of its constituent parts.

2. Every action (physical, verbal or mental) has an effect.

 

These three - space, time and causation - are the basic entities

on which the phenomenal world exists. There is another entity which is

independant of these three. It is existence. Existence defines the

subject - " I " or " Consciousness " .

 

Consciousness is percieved in existence. To understand it better the

following analogies can be used.

distance:space = events:time = consciousness:existence

Just as distance occurs in space and events occur in time, consciousness is

percieved in the dimension of existence.

 

Space, time and causation require the trio - perciever, percieved and

the act of perception. Existence does not need this trio. The concept of

existence defines the subject. So, the perciever and the percieved will be

the same, and thus there will be no " act " of perception. Any perception can

happen only in the realm of space, time and causation.

 

According to Yoga Vasishta, the " act " of perception by Consciousness

is what gives rise to a psuedo-perciever called the egosense and the

percieved object called the objective world. Along with these arise the

trio - space, time and causation. " Consiousness becomes aware of itself

as the world. "

 

I hope that gives you an idea of space, time, causation and existence.

 

With love,

Gomu.

 

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