(13) "The Man, the size of a thumb, the inner self, sits ever in the heart of all that's born, by mind, mind ruling in the heart, is He revealed. That they who know, immortal they become.
(14) "The Man of the thousands of heads (and) thousands of eyes (and) thousands of feet, covering the earth on all sides, He stands beyond, ten finger-breadths.
(15) "The Man is verily this all, (both) what has been and what will be, Lord (too) of deathlessness which far all else surpasses."
Important parallel quotations are to be found in the
"Kathopanishad," section 2, part 4.
(12) "The Man of the size of a thumb, resides in the midst
within the self, of the past and the future, the Lord.
(13) "The Man of the size of a thumb like flame free from smoke, of past and of future the Lord, the same is to-day, to-*morrow the same will He be."
Who this Tom-Thumb is can easily be divined—the
phallic symbol of the libido. The phallus is this hero
dwarf, who performs great deeds; he, this ugly god
in homely form, who is the great doer of wonders,
since he is the visible expression of the creative strength
incarnate in man. This extraordinary contrast is also
very striking in "Faust" (the mother scene):
Mephistopheles:
I'll praise thee ere we separate: I see
Thou knowest the devil thoroughly:
Here take this key.
Faust:
That little thing!
Mephistopheles:
Take hold of it, not undervaluing!
