It will be seen that while all is God, it is also true that man is man,
an independent entity, having a consciousness of his own, and that,
while all is spirit, matter exists, being spirit on a varying plane
of atomic pressure; and that while it is true that mind is in all and
through all, perfect consciousness exists only in original substance,
in pure spirit, or in God; and that the nearest approach to complete
consciousness is in man, whose unlimited capacity for growth proves him
to be at least, a near approach to original substance; a son of God. We
close this chapter with the assertion that time is; that space is, and
that space is occupied by a conscious substance which moves. We will
next consider the fourth reality: Motion.
V.
MOTION.
MOTION DEFINED--DO TIME AND SPACE MOVE?--TIME, SPACE, FORCE AND
ATTRACTION COMPARED.--A LOGICAL ANALYSIS OF “ATTRACTION” BY USING
EMPTY SPACE AS A BASIS.
I presume no one will deny that motion is a reality; we know that we
move, and we know that motion is going on all around us. The immensity
of motion is staggering when we come to consider it; the motions of
stars, suns, planets and satellites; of rivers, lakes and seas; of wind
and clouds; of the circulation of sap and blood; of atomic vibration,
and so on. Motion is the cause of light and heat; of sound, tone,
color, electricity, magnetism. Differences in the shape and motion of
atoms make bodies solid or gaseous, and differentiate the so-called
“substances” from each other. It may be seen then that motion plays an
all-important part in the work of creation; that motion is the work of
creation in progress; and so the study of motion becomes very important
indeed. What is motion?
That which moves is neither time nor space; it is not conceivable
that either time or space should move. That which moves is substance.
Motion, then, is a shifting of substance from place to place; or from
one part of space to another part of space. And are there different
kinds of motion? In a way, there are; and the difference depends upon
the time used in making the motion, and upon the direction in which
the motion is made. That is, there are fast and slow motions; circular
and linear motions; and those metaphysicians who contend that time and
space do not exist should consider that if there is no time there
is no such thing as fast and slow motion; and if there is no space
there is no motion at all, for there is no place to move to. No more
preposterous absurdity has appeared in modern thought than the denial
of the existence of time and space. Motion, then, is the shifting of
substance in space and time. And what causes motion?
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