Water
Symbol of the unity of matter
January 3rd 2016
When we speak of water, it is extended areas like rivers, lakes and seas that naturally come to mind. But in nature, water is not necessarily visible: it is present everywhere in the atmosphere in the form of humidity, which as it condenses becomes steam, mist, clouds, fog, and drops of rain. When it is cold, it may solidify and become ice. And when it falls from the sky, it can become not only raindrops but delicate snowflakes, or hailstones big enough to stun people and demolish crops and roofs.
Water is therefore an element that assumes different aspects and by analogy it helps us understand how primordial matter moves alternately through various states, denser or more subtle. And in the same way, our physical body, our soul and spirit are merely different manifestations of a single substance, with no real separation between them.