Spirit that reproaches one's self

“The Indian approach to reality is to seek reality in one’s self. Reality is encountered in one’s own consciousness. Consciousness means awareness of the self. In the Indian tradition, the word atman or “self” can mean the individual self and the divine self. Reality is encountered through the consciousness of the individual self and of the eternal self in the individual self. The understanding, experiencing and interpreting of the self is called exteriorization.

The individual self (jivatman) which is centered in consciousness is in a body which again exists in the world. The individual self together with its body is called a microcosm (miniature universe). In contrast, the Divine Self (paramatman) together with its body is called macrocosm. The center of this macrocosm is the paramatman who is Brahman (the highest reality, the eternal), whereas the center of the microcosm is the jivatman. Since jivatman contains in itself the reflection of paramatman, in the last analysis Brahman is the ultimate center of the macro- and microcosm.

This ultimate center of consciousness cannot be proved but is to be experienced slowly by way of listening, pondering and realizing (sravanam, mananam, nididhyasanam). In the depth of the experience we are taken from jivatman to paramatman. Man’s ultimate content is God’s own image. Image always indicates something original. Jivatman, when properly understood, leads man to the divine in himself. In short, understanding himself in depth, man understands God.”

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