What is the Fluidity in any Cluster of Form?
The Blessed
Buddha
once explained:
What is the cluster of Forms (rūpa-khandha)?
It is the 4 primary elements
and all the forms derived from them...
Which are these 4 Primary Elements (mahā-bhūta)?
The 4 Primary Elements are:
1: The Element of
Solidity... (pathavī-dhātu)
2: The Element of
Fluidity... (āpo-dhātu)
3: The Element of
Heat... (tejo-dhātu)
4: The Element of
Motion... (vāyo-dhātu)
What, now, is the element of
Fluidity? The element of Fluidity may be
ones own & internal, or it may be external. And what is ones own inner
element of Fluidity? Whatever in ones own body there is of kammically
created liquidity or fluidity, such as bile, lymph, pus, blood, sweat, fat,
tears, skin grease, spit, snot, oil of the joints, & urine: This is ones own
internal element of Fluidity. However, whether it be ones own internal
element of Fluidity, or whether it be the external element of Fluidity,
such as oceans & rivers, they are both merely the element of Fluidity...
One should understand, according to the utter reality & true Wisdom:
This does not belong to me! This I am not! This is not my self!
One may add:
This is not lasting, this is not a real substance, this is not safe...
This is not pleasure, this is not happiness, this is also suffering...
In order to induce releasing disillusion with attractive fluidities...
Whether internal or external, whether alive or dead, present or not...
Clinging to any kind of Fluidity, both internal & external is Suffering...
Comment: The 4 Primary Elements are not 'real substances out there', but
more
realistically: Experienced qualities or properties appearing 'in here'...
They are manifestations of form, and not lasting 'substantial entities'!
Their 'material' appearances depend on the level of observation:
Macroscopic Fluidity is a mere manifestation of microscopic cohesion!
In all forms of materiality coexists all 4 primary elements in graduation.
In water, the element of fluidity is domination at ambient temperature.
When frozen into ice, the solidity element becomes the dominant aspect.
In stone, the element of solidity is domination at ambient temperature.
When melted into lava, the fluidity element becomes the main feature...
