Originally Posted by
smaranam
Thank You Maharhdaji, for all that wisdom. I always liked to read your posts on Shaktism as well.
Yes, i do understand it is the universe at work simultaneously in the microcosm (individual) as well as macrocosm (mega - macro - outer universe).
About churning the axis and zodiac , the milk ocean of the Milky Way - this is the kind of thing i was implying, except that it does not boil down to mere biology or even psychology and morals , is all i wanted to say. Astronomy, zodiac phenomena also require the Divine Person's intervention.
It is certainly helpful to focus only on the microcosm - that all those devatas are within us, the temple, and they get invoked appropriately. Sun is AtmA, moon is mAnas, agni, prana vayu and so on.
However, we cannot ignore that the same things are happening in the macrocosm as well ? Which may show up in aitihAsic events ? Please correct me if i am wrong.
I also like to dwell in the microcosm alone at times and not look around elsewhere - like we can go thru' cycles of Sat, Treta, dwapar, kali yug within, while the same cycles are happening without.
Swami Chinmayananda writes : When its Kali Yug in the macrocosm, most individuals are in a state of Kali Yug from within. When its Sat Yug in the macrocosm, most individuals are in an internal (microcosmic) state of Sat Yug.
(So one can be in Sat Yug internally , even in Kali Yug today ? When large groups do so, we call it a golden period within Kali Yug , but cannot change the external - its still KaliYug , and has to take its course. )
The external cycles and nature is not in our hands, the internal is not either, but can be changed with devotion, faith and tapascharya.
praNAm
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