What does this quote mean?

To see a world in a grain of sand

and heaven in a wild flower,

Hold infinity in the palm of your hand

and eternity in an hour.



Just wondered if anyone knew the meaning behind this

What does this quote mean?
That would be "Auguries of Innocence" by William Blake. I think he would explain it thusly:



It is right it should be so;

Man was made for joy and woe;

And when this we rightly know,

Thro' the world we safely go.



Me... I'd just say that he's commenting on how we see the entire word through the lenses of our own experience. Our interpretation of the immaterial (like Heaven, infinity, eternity, and the like) must be made in the context of things that we have personal experience with.



Further, he seems to be saying that it is proper, not bad, to do this. This is not an illusion or a false connection drawn by the mind, but learning and experience. He is arguing that a piece of Heaven literally IS in the wild flower, and a wise person sees this and gets better through life thereby. Likewise, to someone in darkness, God IS light. Or Blake again:



God appears, and God is light,

To those poor souls who dwell in night;

But does a human form display

To those who dwell in realms of day.
Reply:To be able to acknowledge the smallest thing and imagine infinity.
Reply:This means to limit yourself. Also it can be so: do not limit yourself.

You should not limit yourself, but try to find new doors to new worlds. New languages, new knowledge, new science can be those doors.
Reply:free your mind from delusion

wake up now to the ungraspable flux

life is a series of moments

things appear to come and go

inside and outside your mind

stop clinging

live

or dont

get lost in a maze of ideas

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Reply:It means that to be able to understand and appreciate the magic in the smallest, simplest things in this world is the key to happiness.
Reply:That quote I saw in the movie "Tomb Raider".



The meaning of it is to see the largest things in the smallest packages.



The world in a grain of sand:

Heaven in a wild flower:

Infinity in Your Hand:

Eternity in an Hour.
Reply:To me, William Blake was saying that it is possible to see the essence of the universe in the minutest components of that universe. One can see all of humanity in the wrinkled face of an old woman. To understand vast truths, examine the smallest of things. The secret of joy is contained in a child's laughter.
Reply:Mr. Blake is talking about the four different types of lives on our world.
Reply:The simplest things can be your utopia, not everyone needs money, fast cars, and 12 bedroom house......just being is enough for some

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