When we could not see, even an ocean seemed like a mere drop; but once our eyes opened, even a single drop appeared like an ocean.
This couplet is a wonderful meditation on how true insight completely transforms our view of the world. In our blindness or ignorance, even the grandest truths seem small and insignificant, like an ocean reduced to a mere drop. But the moment genuine awareness awakens within us, we begin to see the infinite depth hidden inside the smallest thing—suddenly, even a single drop holds an entire sea.
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