|VII. Why is the Progress of Evolution Cyclic? question is one
which necessarily appalls us and makes us wonder. Let us,
therefore, deal with it as follows: Certain ideas are involved
in the thought of cyclic progression, and these ideas it might
pay us well to contemplate. 1. The Idea of Repetition This
repetition involves the following factors: - Repetition in time:
The thought of cyclic activity necessitates periods of time of
differing length - greater or lesser cycles - but (according to
their length) of uniform degree. A manvantara, or Day of Brahma,
is always of a certain length, and so is a mahamanvantara. The
cycles wherein an atom of any plane revolves upon its axis are
uniform on its own plane. - Repetition in fact: This involves
the idea of a key measure, or sound of any particular group of
atoms that go to the composition of any particular form. This
grouping of atoms will tend to the makeup of a particular series
of circumstances and will repeat the measure or sound when an
animating factor is b