Has Creations a Definite Aim ?

Has Creations a Definite Aim ?....................Conversations with Mother.............Shrikant Soman



Sadhak : Has creation a definite aim? Is there something like a  final end to which it is moving?

Mother : No, the universe is a movement that is eternally unrolling itself. There is nothing which you can fix upon as the end and one aim. But for the sake of action we have to section the movement, which is itself unending, and to say that this or that is the goal, for in action we need something upon which we can fix our aim. In a picture you need a definite scheme of composition and colour; you have to set a limit, to put the whole thing within a fixed framework; but the limit is illusory, the frame is a mere convention. There is a constant continuation of the picture that stretches beyond any particular frame, and each continuation can be drawn in the same conditions in an unending series of frames. Our aim is this or that, we say, but we know that it is only the beginning of another aim beyond it, and that in its turn leads to yet another; the series develop always and never stop.
..............................................................pg 31, Conversations 1929-1931, 28th April 1929

SVS Interpretation of Mothers Answer

Time is a continuum towards ETERNITY. We can not ‘segmentize’ time into different and distinct slots of days, weeks, years or even different births, epochs etc in a cosmic sense. There is no fixed ‘End’ or ‘Start’ for Time. There is no single aim or purpose for the time process. We do segmentize time for the sake of our convenience. There is nothing wrong in it provided you understand and constantly keep in mind that this is only a ‘convenient arrangement’ for the transactions and expressions of activity of our world. We need to fix some target and a destination for the purpose of our aim or goal. Therefore it becomes necessary to ‘artificially’ fix a certain ‘point in time’ as a part of our goal setting.


Take the example of a painting of a marvelous view of a sunset in the backdrop of mountain, river, clouds, birds etc. There is a certain scheme of composition and color. We have necessarily to set the parameters in order to give a structure and a frame to our painting. But we should keep in mind that painting is only a ‘representation’ of the scene of sunset, fixed in a particular framework of composition, color and style and NOT the actual sunset itself. To put it in other words, the actual view of the sunset is beyond any ‘painting of it’, howsoever a masterly work it has been. The sunset view is a ‘continuum’ – we can not break it into pieces.


Similarly, when we fix our aim, like say, passing of an examination, it is NOT the end of it. After we pass the examination, there is a next aim of passing the higher examination or of securing a nice job… and so on. Life is a continuous process of ‘unending series’ of evolutionary journey. There is no beginning or end to it.


To summarise, and to answer the question directly, we can say : NO, the Creation has NO definite aim in the COSMIC SENSE. There is NO final end towards which the Creation can be said to be moving. There can be intermediate stops and ‘milestones’, however.