The Difference between Macrocosm and Microcosm: Difference between revisions

== Synopsis ==

{{Quote box|width=360px|bgcolor=|align=left|quoted=1|salign=right|quote=If there is a man and a kingdom is attached to him – kingdom is something attributional – we will say that that man X is a king because that attribution of kingdom has been attached to him. He is a king. We will call another man who has got big clubs in his hand, a wrestler. He will be known as a wrestler because of the attribution of those clubs. But, if we take away that attribution of the kingdom from Mr. X and that attribution of clubs from Mr. Y, X will become Y. Similarly, if Para becomes something non-attributional, and jiiva also becomes non-attributional, they will become Parama Shiva, both will become Parama Shiva. What is spiritual practice? To wipe out these attributional bondages is sádhaná. This is spiritual practice.|source=Shrii Shrii Anandamurti}}

Anandamurti starts the discourse by explaining that the difference between a macrocosm and a microcosm is an attributional difference. A jiiva is tied to bondages of past lives, and Shiva is free of fetters. He then explains that these differences are not of permanent nature and can change according to one's desires. Anandamurti goes on explaining that if these ascriptions are taken away, a jiiva becomes Shiva and vice versa. Sadhana is the tool for removing these differences.<ref name="AV2"/>