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TAKE YOUR TIME: A NOTE ON YOGA
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ary of pre-existence, we expand our idea of time to include such conceptions as are indicated by the terms "from time immemorial" and "for ever". We then arrive at such simple conclusions as these: LIFE IS, TIME IS. Whatever illusions are inseparable from our limited mental capacities, it is well to make a start by formulating such scraps of knowledge as these. The study of mathematics is a very useful aid in this direction, as it helps us to detach ourselves from the insistent pressure of ephemeral distractions.
The most baffling words ever written are "In the beginning". every process of thought we are brought to a point beyond which the human mind cannot penetrate. The long spectacle of history, so far as it is open to our view, provides sufficient matter for reflection; it helps us to place ourselves in perspective, as units in the vast panorama. This is a step towards understanding the position of the ego as conditioned by time in relation to environment. As regards the beginning and the unknown Source of Life, and the supreme Directing Power of the Universe we exclaim: "A thousand ages in Thy sight are like an evening gone". We are forced to the admission that "We are puppets, Man in his pride, and Beauty
