The Net of Indra is
a profound and subtle metaphor for the structure of reality. Imagine a vast net; at each crossing point
there is a jewel; each jewel is perfectly clear and reflects all the other
jewels in the net, the way two mirrors placed opposite each other will reflect
an image ad infinitum.… Every jewel is intimately connected with all other
jewels in the universe, and a change in one jewel means a change, however
slight, in every other jewel…. Once, when someone praised Gandhi for his
compassionate politics, he answered, “I am here to serve no one else but
myself, to find my own self realization through the service of others.”
Stephen Mitchell
The Enlightened Mind: An
Anthology of Sacred Prose
1 comment:
Although I have never heard of it referred this way, I must say that I relate to this metaphor for the structure of reality. I am a strong believer that we are projections of our surroundings, but unlike with a net where we are bound in our positions, I believe, with self-realization, we can control what we reflect. Similarly to how the Law of Attraction works, by merely realizing what we want to reflect unto the world, we begin moving along the “net.” Hope this makes sense!
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