Microcosm Macrocosm; an excerpt from Satori Now
Channel: David Tuffley
Date: 2020-05-03

Excerpt from 'Satori Now: Awakening Your Highest Self' - 
https://www.amazon.com/Satori-Now-Awakening-Your-Highest/dp/1453823549
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Microcosm-Macrocosm is a frequently seen idea throughout the history of ideas. It is one of those eternal truths that is a common denominator across religions. The idea is expressed in different terms in various religions and philosophies, as befits the culture of the times, but the underlying idea is the same. For example, in the Hindu religion is the Brahman-Atman linkage. Within each of us is the Atman, a divine spark similar in nature to the supreme god-head Brahman outside. In Christianity it is mentioned as the God Within. 
The basic idea is that the inner you is a scaled-down, perfectly formed copy of the outer universe. It can be tremendously empowering to know everything that exists in the universe also exists within you. Any knowledge you have of the outer universe comes through the corresponding component within you.  
The ancient Greeks believed that only by knowing this microcosm can a person know the macrocosm. A person cannot know the macrocosm directly, only by knowing the microcosm, one’s inner self, then generalising to the macrocosm. They summed it up as Know Thyself, as inscribed above the door in the forecourt of the Temple of Apollo in Delphi. 
Great artists, philosophers, scientists, people whose ideas change the world have found a way to know their inner microcosm and recognise it as the well-spring of their creativity. They listen to their Intuition to bring their insights into the outer world. These highly creative people go beyond mundane reality and experience the wonderment of a higher reality, then bring some of it back with them and share it with the world. A ‘little piece of heaven’ as the saying goes. Creative people go between the world of form and the primary reality of their inner self. Perhaps it would be more accurate to say they interpret higher reality into terms comprehensible to people whose primary reality still resides in the outer world of form.