Indra's Net is a metaphor from Hindu and Buddhist philosophy describing a vast net that stretches infinitely in all directions. At each intersection of the net, there is a jewel, symbolizing an individual existence, reflecting all other jewels in the net. This concept illustrates the interconnectedness and interdependence of all phenomena in the universe.

VALIS is the idea that all life is connected like nodes of a network. Reality is created through the transjective interaction of all the nodes. When we combine the Valis metaphor with Indra's Net, the jewels become eyes and the universal (macrocosm) shines through the particular (microcosm).