Please dont dwell on the idea of 5 elements and 6 elements or metal and wood. They all refer to matter - all the 108 or so elements of the periodic table.
We are all just that. Big bags of meat, fat and bones walking around with extremely complex biochemical reactions going on inside our bodies while some thoughts come up and confuse the Self in thinking that "I am the body and I am the mind". All matter also arises from the Self. The Self that you experience in your body is the same single self of the whole universe. There is only one Self. On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 10:26 PM, Mark Ty-Wharton <[email protected]>wrote: > I will read that thank you > > While the story of five elements varies from culture to culture I stand by > the assertion that recent findings cite 16 elements - I guess the Vedics > didn't have hadron colliders! > > Self knows itself - big deal - so what now? > > Sent from an iPhone > > On 8 Apr 2011, at 19:52, "YouWho?" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Your research of the Five Elements has barely scratched the surface. > > The description of the Five Elements that include metal and wood are > > from the chinese philosophy. > > > > Samartha Ramdas gives a very nice overview of the Five Elements from > > the point of view of the Vedic philosophy from which Ayurveda is > > derived. > > > > http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=325&uid=113690818646639 > > > > Whatever has happened, nothing has happened. > > > > What other purpose could advaita have that of the Self knowing itself? > > If the Self doesn't care to know itself, who cares? >
