Teacher Woo Myung Question and Answer – Why is man called a ‘small Universe’ and is it right to call him this?
Man is called a small Universe because it is possible for man to have the Universe within him, as well as become the Universe.
While man’s body is a small Universe that resembles Earth, man himself is not just a small Universe but the Universe itself. It is said that all creations exist just as they are inside man but this is only man’s point of view. When man dies after having been born in the Universe, he returns to the Universe; likewise, the Universe exists, just as it is, in man. It is not man’s thoughts that allow the Universe to exist. The Universe stays within man.
Man is not a small Universe but he is the Universe itself just as it is. Man’s mind is the Universe.
-Woo Myung-