Tuesday 19 April 2016

The Elements in the Processes of Life and Death - (871)

Introduction

The following excerpts come from a book or document titled: “5 Element Meditations” by William Bodhri.

They are essentially about how the elements play a role in the processes of birth and death.


In the formation of Life

“Following the same process, before conception you can say we have no body, so we say "everything is empty." Since the body's initial cause is a thought of sex on the part of parents, this is the wind element arising. When the egg and sperm come together and unify through the process of sexual intercourse, this is the fire element of sexual activity and then the water element of cohesion. Then of course we have the earth element appearing, which is the embryo. As the fetus grows, that's the wind element exercising its functioning again, and the process continues.”


In the Process of Death

“As to the process of death, we can analyze the disintegration of physical life through an analysis scheme of the five elements. First we get thinner and feel heavier because the earth element starts to disintegrate. As the water element leaves our body, we become thirsty and have difficulty talking. Next the body begins to cool, which is the fire element leaving us … and when the wind element goes, we finally breathe our last.”


End (871).

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