Without, the Mighty Macrocosm. This reminder at dawn and as we retire for sleep is a very salutary exercise. In the bustle of the market place we are apt to forget our prayer. But a philosophical principle is essential. Knowledge is Knowledge of one's own self.
Right conduct is by absorption in one's own self.
Thou art thine own friend. By repentance, by chasing away from the mind ill-begotten pleasures, by teaching others, one learns to follow the commandments and to walk the Inner way. So instructs the Sutrakrtanga Sutra.