THE EQUINOX
Peacock, its oneness is the truer of these two contradictory
truths.
So for the matter of time and space. All time is filled;
all space is filled; the phenomenon is infinite and eternal.
This is true even though its singleness makes the duration
of the phenomenon but one minimum cogitabile. In short, it
is experienced in some other kind of time, some other kind of
space.
There is nothing irrational about this. Non-Euclidean
geometries, for example, are possible, and may be true. It is
only necessary to a theory of the universe that it should be
true to itself within itself; for there is no other thing outside
by which we can check our calculations.
Nor is it inconceivable that many of these worlds may
exist, interpenetrating. Assume four dimensions, and there
is room for an infinite number of them. For though a plane
fills a square completely, it must always leave a cube entirely
empty.
Concerning the laws which govern this new realm we can
say nothing here. The most mystics have been led away from
the proper line of research, usually by the baser (é.¢, the
emotional or devotional) attractions of the Vedana-phenomena
which we are about to notice; but perhaps even the best must
be baffled by the non-congruity of their Experience with the
symbols of language.
One may add that the language difficulty is in some ways
an essential one. Language begins with simple expression
of the common needs of the most animal life. Hence we see
that all sciences have formulated a technical language of their
own, not to be understanded of the common people. The
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