When we speak of the universe, we only mean that portion of existence which is limited by our mind -- the universe of the senses, which we can see, feel, touch, hear, think of, imagine.
This alone is under law; but beyond it existence cannot be subject to law, because causation does not extend beyond the world of our minds.
Anything beyond the range of our mind and our senses is not bound by the law of causation, as there is no mental association of things in the region beyond the senses, and no causation without association of ideas.
It is only when "being" or existence gets molded into name and form that it obeys the law of causation, and is said to be under law; because all law has its essence in causation.
- Swami Vivekananda
Karma-Yoga (Classes in New York)
This alone is under law; but beyond it existence cannot be subject to law, because causation does not extend beyond the world of our minds.
Anything beyond the range of our mind and our senses is not bound by the law of causation, as there is no mental association of things in the region beyond the senses, and no causation without association of ideas.
It is only when "being" or existence gets molded into name and form that it obeys the law of causation, and is said to be under law; because all law has its essence in causation.
- Swami Vivekananda
Karma-Yoga (Classes in New York)
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