As Above, So Below - As a Drop in an Endless Ocean:
examples
of the non-dualistic Hindu view
Humanity/Self Mirrors the Cosmos
Infinite - the pervasive Brahman Celestial - Trimurti, Gods and Goddesses Intermediate - ghosts, departed souls in limbo, the psychokinetic world Terrestrial - natural, physical, finite, temporal world maya - illusion Body - biological, physical, finite, temporal senses Mind - ideas, personality and gunas Soul - unique jivas Spirit - the pervasive Atman |
Modified from an image in Huston Smith's Forgotten Truth: The Primordial Tradition 1976:62
As a drop of water in an endless ocean |