No matter how much man can expand his
knowledge, no matter how much he will analyse and research, he will not be able
to penetrate the whole infinite extension of Space from the limited position he
occupies of Earth.
The human mind, although able to reach
a certain point, never attains the extreme goal, which is controlled by
absolute values.
Those who are overly concerned about a
clear definition of the concept of Space, trying to comprehend it totally, are
wasting their time because only Universal Intelligence holds such complete
knowledge.
Before being able to conceive the
maximum issues of the Universe, man just needs to acquire the knowledge which
is necessary for his evolution. He should make an effort to learn the
numberless lessons he has not yet absorbed and which of long precede those
involving the transcendental conceptions of the Spirit.
The knowledge that human intelligence
can grasp about Space is already being disclosed by space science.
This planet - which serves at the same
time as a school and a purifying crucible to billions of incarnate spirits -
is, like myriads of other planets, just a speck of dust in relation to Infinite
Space.
Earth is part of a modest solar system
belonging to a larger star family called GALAXY.
The solar system of which Earth is a
part comprises a small number of planets revolving around the sun.
None of these planets has its own
light. Light comes from the sun rays which are reflected on them. The same
happens to the moon, whose brilliance results from the solar light reflected
upon its illuminated half.
Apart from the planets, the other stars
seen in the sky are suns and, therefore, centres of solar systems. There are
solar systems both smaller and larger than the one which contains the Earth.
There are also other solar systems
which are very complex, with various suns of different colours, producing
changing lights of several shades which vary with the sunrise and sunset of
each sun.
The light given off by solar bodies -
identical to that of earthly matter - should not be confused with Astral Light,
which represents Intelligent Force and fills Infinite Space. Astral Light has
an entirely different composition.
The darkness of night is no obstacle to
the spirit. It can see through Astral Light which penetrates all bodies, down
to the smallest spot in space. Day and night express periods related only to
earthly life.
There are various moments of the Earth
is space. The most outstanding are: rotation around its axis; revolution around
the sun; the movement around the axis of the galaxy, made in conjunction with
the whole solar system; and another, resulting from the movement of the galaxy
itself.
All these movements are perfectly co-ordinated
at uniform, precisely adjusted speeds.
The measure used to evaluate
astronomical distances is the distance travelled by light in Space during one
year, using as a basis its speed, which is about 300,000 kilometres per second.
At this extremely high speed light
travels between the two poles of Earth in a mere fraction of a second.
The distance between the sun and the Earth is travelled by light in about 8 minutes. However, it takes thousands of years for it to cross the galaxy of our solar system from one extreme to another.
We should not lose sight of the fact
that there are incomparably larger galaxies - just as there are suns - in the
galaxy where our small planet belongs, which are dozens of millions of times
larger than ours, although our sun is so large in comparison to Earth that it
contains much more than a million times Earth's volume.
Space
by Luiz de Mattos
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by Luiz de Mattos
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