Time is; and we must use it, whether we will or no. And the use we make
of present time decides the use we shall be able to make of future
time; just as the use we made of past time has fixed our place in
present time. The use we make of today decides the use we shall be able
to make of tomorrow. To be strong and wise is to be able to use time
well; and to use time well is to become continually stronger and wiser.
Success, growth and development are only attained by the right use of
time; and we are failures today in exact proportion as we have erred
in our use of time past To know the right use of the present moment
is therefore of immense importance; and to have the will to make the
right use of it is more important still. If man can--and will--make the
right use of every moment of time, he must certainly become a being of
marvellous power and wholeness. Oh, the wasted time! The misspent time!
The lost time!
We close this chapter, then, by claiming the demonstration of our first
fact; that time is a reality.
II.
SPACE.
CAN SPACE HAVE BOUNDARIES?
Bear in mind that in the first chapter we prove that time is an
existent reality; in this chapter we shall try to prove that space also
exists. Space is the place where a thing is; and it is also the place
where no thing is. Space is the place where the earth is; the earth’s
diameter being about 7,925 miles, it fills so much space; if the earth
were to disappear, the 7,925 miles of space would still exist, but it
would then be empty space whereas now it is filled space. The sun,
also, fills space, and the distance between the earth and the sun is
space; beyond the sun is more space, and beyond the earth still more;
and so on. It does not matter whether space is occupied or unoccupied;
empty or filled; it is space, all the same. Space is a reality.
Distance is a portion of space between two given points. Endless
distance would comprise all of space in one direction.
Space has three dimensions: Length, breadth and thickness. It could
never have a beginning, and can never have an ending. If all created
things, and all substance should disappear, space would still exist; it
would be merely blank, empty space, where now is filled space. Also,
space can have no boundaries. If you try to think of a boundary to
space, what will you think of as lying beyond the boundary? Something
solid? Then that something solid must itself occupy space, while if
there is nothing there, that nothing must be unfilled space. So, beyond
any boundary that you can set for space, there must be still more
space. Space is a reality; beginningless, endless, boundless. Time is a
reality; and yet, neither time nor space are substantial things. They
possess no power. They do not act, neither can they be acted upon. Time
can be used, and space can be occupied; and that is what we do with
them; we occupy space and make use of time.
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