“The whole of the universe is built upon the same plan as a part of it. Vedanta upholds the unity of the macrocosm and the microcosm. The gods thus represent not only the forces of external nature mythically conceived, but also the sensory and thought forces within the man” – says Swami Ranganadananda (The Message of the Upanishads). “Indian thought conceived an intimate unity between the macrocosm of nature and microcosm of the human body, between the ‘Adibhautika’ and the ‘Adhyaatmika’ aspects of nature the latter is an epitome of the former. the embodied creature) in this world and whatever does not, all that is contained within it (i.e. Both heaven and earth are contained within it, both fire and air, both sun and moon, both lightning and stars and whatever belongs to him (i.e.
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