Preparing for the Miraculous

sri aurobindo and the big bang 209is itself dependent on many planes of consciousness andexistence which are not material; for these have not thisgross substance as their foundation or as the medium oftheir instrumentation of energy and consciousness or theirprimary condition of existence.” 28As we have seen, according to Sri Aurobindo the creationof a new universe or universes is a phenomenon ofthe Eternal that must be continuously repeated. “For whatwas that portentous date in the history of eternal Nothingon which Being was born out of it or when will come thatother date equally formidable on which an unreal all willrelapse into the perpetual void?” he asks ironically. 29 Andhe answers: “Creation has no beginning and no end. It isonly a particular creation that can be said to have a beginningand an end.” 30“For when was the beginning? At no moment in Time,for the beginning is at every moment; the beginning alwayswas, always is and always shall be. The divine beginningis before Time and in Time and beyond Time for ever. TheEternal Infinite and One is an endless beginning.“And where is the middle? There is no middle; for themiddle is only the junction of the perpetual end and theeternal beginning; it is the sign of a creation which is newat every moment. The creation was for ever, is for ever,shall be for ever. The eternal Infinite and One is the magicalmiddle term of his own existence; it is he that is thisbeginningless and endless creation.“And when is the end? There is no end. At no conceivablemoment can there be a cessation. For all end of things is28 Sri Aurobindo: Essays Divine and Human, p. 241.29 Sri Aurobindo: The Life Divine, p. 32.30 Sri Aurobindo: Letters on Yoga, p. 252.