A RANDOM THOUGHT

It is said that the macrocosm is reflected in the microcosm and microcosm is in the macrocosm. Just as (according to our scriptures say) the atman is surrounded by five sheaths, (viz., the ananmaya kosh, the pranmayakosh, the manomaya kosh, the vijananmaya kosh and the anandmaya kosh), so also we can say (to extend the argument further) that mankind lives on land, which is surrounded by the water sphere, the biosphere, the atmosphere and finally by space. In the same vein of the argument, it can be said that the Earth is part of the solar system, which in turn is part of the Milky Way galaxy, which is a part of a cluster of galaxies, which again is a part of the Universe - and – there are so many Universes!!!

Dr. Poonam Mehra