The co-mingling of the elements of nature
| IV. The Sign Beyond All Signs: Like RNA chains spreading out across
the whole of creation, the strands of the five elements (space, air, water,
fire, and earth) encompass the universe with consciousness and life; the
fiery spindle at the heart of matter combines centrifugal and
centripetal forces whose tension gives rise to meaning and direction.
The Buddhist tantras teach: "The thunderbolt cuts through hatred; the
great symbol blazes bright. A drop appears in the midst of space; it appears
as the door of life, and should be meditated upon in the center of the
heart." The seed syllables, borrowed from India and Tibet, are: E(space) Yam(air) Bam(water) Ram(fire) Lam(earth) and: Om(head cakra) Ah(throat) Hung(heart) |