Life, a System

Sky, Air, Fire, Water, and Earth. Five elements. They exist in amazing proportions in varying bodies in the visible realm. Individually, each element is composed of the remaining four elements. The purest form of elements is undetectable galactically. The element of Earth consists of 50% Earth, and 12.5% each of the remaining elements of Water, Fire, Air, and Sky claimed by the ancestral scientists. The remaining elements’ composition exists with similar ratios. Purity of elements does not exist. They exist as a mixture of elements. Sky is the mother of all elements. It held within it the subtlest forms of all other elements. Like a seed holds the complete structure of a tree in the subtlest form. The leaves, stems, branches, flowers, and fruits all are within the seed in an invisible form. The manifest tree we see is not created anew. It existed subtly in the seed until transformation. Modernists agree, too, that matter is neither created, nor destroyed. Thus, the manifestation of a tree must exist subtly in the seed. Formation of the Sky element, following the seed’s logic, must contain the remaining elements in the subtlest form. A system,

A seed develops a root before leaves, stems, branches, and other parts of the tree manifest. Galactically, too, an order was detected. Elements, too, followed an order. Each element provided the necessary environment for the succeeding elements. Sky was the first element, and it paved the way for Air to come into existence. Fire, Water, and Earth are formed in succession. First the Sky, then the subsequent elements formed producing the vast cosmic bodies we can witness in the night sky. Earth cannot be mistaken for the planet we occupy. Every object in the sky that has shape and form is an earthly object. The names change depending on the quality and functionality of the object. We do not view the Sun as earth, but it is a radiant earth. They are not different from each other. They possess the same elements in different proportions. On planet Earth, the portion of water and land is greater than on the Sun. A system. 

The elements have qualitative attributes. Five qualities. Sound, Touch, Color, Taste, and Fragrance are the properties of Sky, Air, Fire, Water, and Earth. Sky exists with the lone quality of Sound. The subsequent elements possess an innate property, and an inherited quality from the preceding element. Air, which succeeded from Sky, possesses Touch as an inherent property, and inherited Sound. Thus, the Air element has two properties: Touch and Sound. Similar logical structure is seen in the other elements. Fire has color as inherent quality, and inherited Touch and Sound. Water’s inherent quality is Taste, and Earth’s inherent quality is Fragrance. The inherited qualities of Sound, Touch, and Color can be seen in Water and Earth by observation. A system.

  Our eyes only see color and shapes. Sky and Air are free from color and shape and remain undetectable to our eyes. The Sun is an effulgent star. How can we detect Water and Earth elements in the Sun? Color, a property of Fire, hints at the presence of Water and Earth. Ancestral sages observed Fire’s natural color as vermilion. However, we can see that Fire manifests in colors such as blue, black, and white. Sun’s effulgence changes throughout the day. At dawn the Sun has a vermilion color, graduates to bright white with traces of blue during peak hours, and by evening hours assumes the vermilion color. When Fire manifests in white color, presence of Water is indicated. Blue and black color suggests the presence of Earth elements. Elements of Water and Earth are subtly present in the Sun. Presence of Water in a burning star appears improbable. Water and Earth do not exist as we know them. Subtle existence cannot be denied because of our ignorance. The blue flame in gas burners is indicative of the presence of Earth as the fuel source. The scent of escaping gas hints at Earth elements also. Fire is not destroying, but returning elements to their roots. A system.

The five elements are insentient. They cannot perform tasks. They will not work unprompted. How do the transformations we witness in nature happen if the elements are incapable of independent function. Work in nature, or in our existential world happens, if and only if, with a decider choosing to act. Without a prompt from the decider, work is not performed. A car sits in the driveway. It does not elect to go for a spin. A decider, called the driver, steers the vehicle per the needs. Intelligence guides the decider. Intellectual entities do not perform tasks for entertainment. A purpose, value, and responsibility guide their choice. In the example of a car being driven by the decider, the car is the raw material, and the decider is the intellectual entity. A car, and a decider are not sufficient for work to be performed. It needs additional components that act as helpful catalysts. A car requires fuel, and should be in working order for the vehicle to be utilized. A decider, raw materials, and helpful catalysts are essential for work to be performed galactically, or in our own existence. A system.

Decider, a sentient entity, must possess the ability to gather intelligence. The five elements are unintelligent. Intelligence is gathered from sensory organs, and work is performed with functional organs. Decider, thus, has five sensory organs to gather intelligence, and five functionary organs to perform work. Internal, external, or both must be controlled, agitated, and steered for transformational work. It cannot, and will not happen unprovoked. Like the products and services produced for our utilitarian needs was the result of an inventor’s thoughts, the vastness of the cosmos has an intellectual decider opting to control matter internally and externally by penetrating inside the matter to control the subtle matter, and externally orchestrates the order. Is there another possible explanation for the impeccable order we witness across the vast sky than observed by our ancestors? A system.

Dark clouds provide us with showers. Why should the clouds turn dark? Evaporated water forms clouds. They travel across the vastness of the sky. Clouds must return to Earth in the form of rain. They remain barren. It takes the Sun to impregnate clouds with subtle Water elements before clouds deliver rain. Impregnated clouds turn dark due to the intense heat absorbed from the Sun. Water molecules existed in the clouds, but it existed in a barren state like a seed uncontacted with water. Our Earth is, equally, rejuvenated through the absorption of the Sun. Both Water and Earth elements exist in subtle form in the Sun. We can only see the manifest form because our sensory organ is incapable of perceiving subtle matter. Subtle qualities can only be derived from intelligent teachings, and observing our world through an intellectual lens. A system.

A decider with intellect, sensory, and functional organs must possess life to penetrate every object in the micro and macro world. Life is an existential energy, which powers the insentient entities all around us. Observe our body in a liven state. Every inch of our body vibrates to the subtle quality of life. Now, imagine the universe as a body. It is a body dissimilar to our body, but it is not different functionally. Nature as a body does corresponding functions as us. The variety of body forms, as seen on Earth, within animal species, plants, and rocks are incomprehensible. Manifold bodies for varying functions. Nature performs unimaginable tasks every moment. Some require limbs, and others need wings. Some require roots, and others are dependent on another entity. Some are planted, and others sprout on their own. Everything performs to the natural tenets hard wired within the body. A system.

Why are we not enthralled witnessing the complexity of the atomic and galactic systems surrounding us? Complex, yet simple. Countless objects adhering to an identical process. Beauty needs an admirer. If as superior species we do not find and admire beauty, who can admire the decider? We admire an Apple phone, and want to be the first possessor of their new release. Why are we not admiring nature equally? It does not extract a price? As a matter of fact, it rewards us, and is eternally new. Apple phones lose their sheen after a few weeks. Nature dresses beautifully in various bodies to enthrall humans. Unraveling complexity is education. Creating complexity is selfish. Our ancestors unraveled the cosmos through simple logical processes, and unselfishly shared it with unborn generations for the betterment of humans. A decider exists in all objects. Discovering the decider unburdens our baggage to make our existence an elegant experience by delivering eternality. Ancestry is simple; modernity is complex. Life will be less burdensome in a post-modern world emerging unbeknownst to us. Life, a system.