Space Is An Entity
Space, as defined
by the dictionary, is the unlimited or indefinitely great expanse
in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
According to this view, space is like a theatrical backdrop against
which the unfolding drama of manifestation is seen. Its own nature
or quality is unstated and it has largely been regarded as a
vast and desolate void, virtually empty of any life or meaning
of its own.
Recent times
have witnessed the astronomical exploration of space and brought
the extended vision of extra-terrestrial telescopes, revealing
distant galaxies and documenting the birth of stars. These glimpses
of the phenomenal life of space have somewhat altered our perceptions
and brought us to regard space itself more as an unknown land
just on the verge of discovery, not unlike ‘the final frontier’
of popular science fiction. In fact this view approaches the
more esoteric understanding of space as an immeasurably extensive
but coherent body of energies, a divine embodiment of all that
is.
Space might be
thought of as holding all that has the potential to appear—both
that which is already known as well as that which remains
beyond our perception. And although the concept of space usually
prompts us to think of ’outer space,‘ it also includes
‘inner space’ with its energies so subtle and diffuse
that this space is generally overlooked. ‘Reality,’
it seems, must have some definite shape or distinction if it
is to be recognised as such.
Science confirms
this need for some form of focus. Without this ability to select
and to concentrate, both eye and mind are confounded. If we are
to be able to make sense of and to find meaning in that which
we behold, this kind of limitation is essential. And in part,
it is time that performs this function of breaking reality into
fragments that can be assimilated and allowing relationships
to be explored—experience is thus gained and a steadily
evolving appreciation of the great Life that enfolds them all.
This warp and
weft of experience is formed by the combined agencies of time
and space—the artistic tools of creation, drawing the
unseen potentials of the divine Plan into the light of perceived
reality. And it is here that meditation is vital, for the mind
is the creative agent skilfully directing energy through thought.
In the increasingly feverish pace of modern living, it is meditation
that creates and preserves this seemingly endangered ‘empty
space’—the place of silence in which we can turn
away from that which is and register the subtle intimations
of that which is to come.
This creation
of space is the basis of all meditation; to precipitate energies
according to the divine Plan requires stillness and reflection.
It is within the entity of inner space that the potential is
anchored; it is in subjective silence that it is nurtured and
allowed to develop like the image on a photographic plate.
Before
all time and beyond all space is the first image of God. Time
and space and all that they contain are this Idea revealing itself
and tied to it through free necessity.
Joseph Gorres
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