Mysteries of Life and Eternal Bliss

Author(s): Anantprasad Jain
Publisher: Tirthakar Mahavir Smruti Kendra Samiti Lakhnou UP

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magnify any particle, it will be found out that the image of the object has been formed in this particle too. But the particle like a grain of sand is a very small thing and any image formed in it can not be visible by nacked eyes but if a suitable magnifier is used, the image will be visible with the same clearness as in a big glass. Similarly if we see a drop of water with the magnifying apparatus we can find distinctive and full image formed in the same, too.
On a clear night the whole firmament, with stars etc; is clearly visible in a lake, so in a cup of water and so also in a drop of water and in the retina of the eye. The image in the drop of water can not be visible except with the help of a magnifying appliance. Thousands of such other examples can be cited for making the conception more clear.
From the above we fiind that if an image of the whole firmament (sky) or even the universe can be contained or reflected in a lake as well as a drop of water, in the same way it should not be difficult to concieve that formless and matterless Atman can be