Gravitation Suggests An Organic Interconnectedness In The Universe

[Ms Tercy Lonan]

Gravitation Suggests An Organic Interconnectedness In The Universe
Generally, we have the feeling that matter is contained as a substance inside space. Very
rarely does one feel that there is such a thing called time. Man is inviolably connected with the
process of time. Yet, he thinks very little of it, but is acutely conscious of space. The dimensions of
matter, which man identifies with the substances of the world, are due to the extensions of space.
There is what is called distance, and that principle of distance is due to the existence of space. Man
has an intuitional apperception of the characteristic space, such that he does not bother much about
its nature. He thinks that it is all clear. Everyone knows what space is,—it is a kind of emptiness, we
think, which contains every blessed thing. This was the original eighteenth or nineteenth century
conclusion of even physics, which led to the notion that the universe of astronomy is an
arrangement of material bodies which were formed out of the galaxies, and which constituted the
solar system, the earth, the planets, etc.
However, it is not evidently easy to accept that bodies are scattered independently in space,
as if they have no connection whatsoever among themselves. It is not that one mountain is here,
another there; or one tree is here, and another there; without any connection between the two. If they
were independent, there would be no gravitation at all. But even such bodies as planets are subject
to this force of gravitation; what to speak of other things. There is an attraction of bodies in a
mechanistic manner, as is usually held, conditioned by a mathematical formula. But, really, can the
relation be purely mechanistic? How is it possible that there is such a pull among bodies, if there is
no internal organic relation among themselves? This is a point that has been unearthed recently in
modern physics. The presence of a pull known as gravitation implies, and should imply, an inward,
or rather an invisible organic relation between one body and another, notwithstanding that there is a
distance of some light years between them. Look at the distance between the sun and the earth,—an
unimaginable one. Yet, the gravitational attraction of the solar orb is so intense that it can compel
the planets to move round in their orbits,—the spatial emptiness that is between them, making no
difference. It is, therefore, not true that space is emptiness, because by emptiness or vacuum,
generally, an absolute nothingness is meant. An absolute nothing cannot become a medium of
movement of any force such as gravitation. There is a necessary movement of a connecting link in
an invisible form so that gravitation becomes possible. How could the phenomenon of a total
vacuum operating as a medium of action between be explained? The principle of gravitation is a
visible indication that matter is not located in one place. There is an organic interconnection
between bodies. This is a deeper implication that comes to the surface, when an attempt is made to
understand the nature of space, and the relationship that obtains among bodies.
An affinity among bodies to what is called gravitation. When this force, operates among
human beings, it is bio-psychic affection. It can also be repulsion under certain circumstances.
There is chemical affinity and also psychological affinity, all which seem to be working among
human and even animals. It appears that Nature cannot manifest its purpose except by expressing
the inner content of its constituents. In every movement of Nature, whether it is organic or
inorganic, there seems to be a secret characteristic which reveals the interrelatedness of bodies.

 space. Very
rarely does one feel that there is such a thing called time. Man is inviolably connected with the
process of time. Yet, he thinks very little of it, but is acutely conscious of space. The dimensions of
matter, which man identifies with the substances of the world, are due to the extensions of space.
There is what is called distance, and that principle of distance is due to the existence of space. Man
has an intuitional apperception of the characteristic space, such that he does not bother much about
its nature. He thinks that it is all clear. Everyone knows what space is,—it is a kind of emptiness, we
think, which contains every blessed thing. This was the original eighteenth or nineteenth century
conclusion of even physics, which led to the notion that the universe of astronomy is an
arrangement of material bodies which were formed out of the galaxies, and which constituted the
solar system, the earth, the planets, etc.
However, it is not evidently easy to accept that bodies are scattered independently in space,
as if they have no connection whatsoever among themselves. It is not that one mountain is here,
another there; or one tree is here, and another there; without any connection between the two. If they
were independent, there would be no gravitation at all. But even such bodies as planets are subject
to this force of gravitation; what to speak of other things. There is an attraction of bodies in a
mechanistic manner, as is usually held, conditioned by a mathematical formula. But, really, can the
relation be purely mechanistic? How is it possible that there is such a pull among bodies, if there is
no internal organic relation among themselves? This is a point that has been unearthed recently in
modern physics. The presence of a pull known as gravitation implies, and should imply, an inward,
or rather an invisible organic relation between one body and another, notwithstanding that there is a
distance of some light years between them. Look at the distance between the sun and the earth,—an
unimaginable one. Yet, the gravitational attraction of the solar orb is so intense that it can compel
the planets to move round in their orbits,—the spatial emptiness that is between them, making no
difference. It is, therefore, not true that space is emptiness, because by emptiness or vacuum,
generally, an absolute nothingness is meant. An absolute nothing cannot become a medium of
movement of any force such as gravitation. There is a necessary movement of a connecting link in
an invisible form so that gravitation becomes possible. How could the phenomenon of a total
vacuum operating as a medium of action between be explained? The principle of gravitation is a
visible indication that matter is not located in one place. There is an organic interconnection
between bodies. This is a deeper implication that comes to the surface, when an attempt is made to
understand the nature of space, and the relationship that obtains among bodies.
An affinity among bodies to what is called gravitation. When this force, operates among
human beings, it is bio-psychic affection. It can also be repulsion under certain circumstances.
There is chemical affinity and also psychological affinity, all which seem to be working among
human and even animals. It appears that Nature cannot manifest its purpose except by expressing
the inner content of its constituents. In every movement of Nature, whether it is organic or
inorganic, there seems to be a secret characteristic which reveals the interrelatedness of bodies.