Ah . . . The Universe

Master, how might I look at the vastness of space? How can I measure it within the yardstick of time?


Ah, yes! You ask for an explanation which is elusive to one's reality; a state that does not exist except as a concept of mind - a notion!

First, let us envision the environment of this concept called earth. It appears to have size and shape, and of course, mass. Now, let your thoughts place this object at the center of your consciousness where you experience it with all your senses. Then, project your senses away and outward to the limits of their reach.

That which is beyond your senses does not exist, but when the mind is told it exists it therefore appears to have status, even to the degree of reaching infinitity when convinced that it can.

What you call, time - that unit of measurement to gauge any point in your field of space, is in inverse proportion to the seeming distance between that point and another. That is, as the perception of space expands the perception of time contracts and more of the latter is necessary to reach the limits of the former.
While in reality, neither space nor time have substance, this invention of mis-perception serves the world of physical limitations - a natural phenomena within the illusion!

Consider, if you will, Einstein's theory of relativity - E=MC2, which is more than theory now since it has been demonstrated to be fact in the scientific community. Until recent decades we believed that the Universe contained two known constants: Light and time. Einstein's work has shown us that time is not a constant, as we thought, but another dimension in space that can be changed relative to speed. As we approach the speed of light, a constant of 186,234 miles/second in a vacuum, time slows down markedly.

Because of the vastness of space the sheer distances between bodies needed a new unit of measurement - called the "Light Year." As the name implies, this is the distance light travels in one year. It really becomes a measurement in time as well as space. This distance is approximately six trillion miles, or 186,234 miles per second multiplied out for one year. This seems almost unfathomable, but necessary as we shall see.

Let's digress for a moment and take a quick look at the vastness of what we call space. We, that is, Earth, is a planet and we revolve around a star - our Sun. Our sun is but one star of billions of stars in our spiraled Galaxy - The Milky Way. Many Galaxies, or Star Systems, exist in space containing untold numbers of stars - trillions, and beyond. The distance between our star, the Sun, and the center of our Galaxy is about 27,000 light years apart. That is 27,000 times six trillion miles! Are we getting the picture of this field of intelligence?

Now, to continue - let us take a trip in space, we should see some principles that are enlightening. The nearest Galaxy to ours is the Andromeda Galaxy, a distance of some 1,500,000 light years away. If we were to make a round-trip, traveling at almost the speed of light, it would take us about 3,000,000 years to complete. That is, three million years would have passed on earth, but not in our space ship traveling near the speed of light. The time that would have passed for those of us aboard would be more like one year. This is because time is a relative dimension that slows perceptibly at these speeds and sets up a ratio of geometric proportions that near the speed of light will be about 4.2 days to 1 second.2

If those aboard could watch a monitor of earth life it would be a blur to them - flying by so fast their senses could not tell what was happening. If the reverse were true - people outside the relativity of the flight, monitoring those inside, they would be watching very slow motion. Extrapolating the above ratios we would discover that 1,000 years would be equal to about a day. Does this sound familiar?

Well, if you can't fathom this, you might want to take it a step further and realize that all of this is contained within what we call, "The Mind".