OU MYSTIC EXPERIENCES

Lila ; "The brahmana died only eight days ago, thou
sayest, but many years have passed over our heads I How
may this be, 0 Mother ?"

Sarasvati ; "As Space has no real dimension, so Time
has none. As all this appearance of an extended Universe is
mere Prati-bha> 'Appearing', Consciousness, Imagination ; so
also the appearance of Time» from a Kshana to a Kalpa (1), is
mere Pratibha. And, even as in dreams, so in the case of
dying, the Jiva after passing through the swoon of death, for-
gets its preceding condition, and awakes into a different set of
appearances, with different times and spaces. A single night
became twelve years to King Harish-chandra. Hopes deferred
make years of single days."

Lila'; ^What memory was the cause of the creation
wherein the brahmana and his wife had their home ?"

Sarasvati ; ^The memory of Brahma was that cause.
The Final Cause is the Idea in the Maha-Chit, the Supreme
Consciousness (or Supra-Un-consciousness) wherein cause and
effect are one." (2)

Lila: "Not without much application may these subtle
things be understood, 0 Goddess ! In the meanwhile, if thou
thinkest fit, take me to the town where the brahmana and
his wife were dwelling/5

Sarasvati : ^Abandon then this body that thou wearest,
by dwelling on the consciousness that has withdrawn itself
from all objects.5 ?

LTia : ^But why may not the other worlds be visited in
this same body ?"

(1) An •instant* to an *age* comprising many millions of years.

(2) [The Jiva commencing its experiences in the physical life
•originates in the Divine Idea; "Super-consciousness*' would more
accurately represent the fact than the pair of opposites, consciousness
and unconsciousness. A, B.] '