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process. In matter the speed is reduced to a dull uniformity of repetition without any attendant variations, (Tamas). The speed of life is at a new tempo indeed very much different from the speed of matter the most attenuated or wavicle-form. Kala thus is different in the level of the mind - which has become a classical metaphor of the highest speed - manojava. Higher levels of consciousness have higher speeds so that the succession is ultimately reduced so far as the lower level is concerned to simultaneity. Contraction of time or slowness occurs. Equally this entails the contraction of space or distinction between the intervals between two points. Thus the problem of time turns out to be the problem of space also, and the solution of the problem of Time is the solution of the problem of space. Ultimately this turns out to be the problem of energy, of consciousness or intelligence. The differing paces of movement are available in our own organism and there is multiplicity of motions each with its own unique pace and form which are harmonized by the interrelated laws (rtas) of the Highest Spirit, the Unmanifest Eternal directing and ordering the harmonious concord of the several planes.
Time thus is a mystery of manifestation of the diversity extending from the most slow and spread out to the most speedy and concentrated movements. Their coexistence needs explanation from the mystical standpoint. To say that time is but the activity of Maya or the supreme delusive power of Spirit which simultaneously displays illusions to the individual and confuses him by interpenetrative confusion between fancies and fantasies, as the Yoga- Vasistha explains, is to miss the truth which does not so much refer to consequences but only to the nature of this confusive possibility. The Mind is said to be the cause of all illusion - mana eva manusyanam karanam bandha-moksayoh. The meaning is that some times we pass into higher or lower speeds of time and therefore of space and levels of experience which are real but because of the non-adaptation they are delusively pleasurable and yet of temporary (not momentary) nature. Mind brings in speeds of instability just as desire brings in complications of imagination and wish- fulfilment. There is a great amount of speculation as to what should be the nature of Time prior to creation or even knowledge or, for the matter of that as to what is the nature of Space prior to matter being created. If we are asked to hold the view that matter is a creation, a new and original creation by God or Spirit, then there can be the notion of a timeless eternity and a