Maya Tiwari
The
Earth has been continuously refining herself from the beginning of
time. Every species she contains contributes to the evolution of the
universe. Each tree and mountain, cloud, and stream reflects the
light of the universe. Cosmic memory is held and refined by the
genetic code, the DNA, of all life-forms. For this reason, cosmic
communion prevails among each of the Earth's inhabitants. When we
walk, run, or climb, each cell recalls its cognition from the
beginning of life. The land itself holds the cumulative cognizance of
all ten million species. Our motions, our actions, set the stage for
remembering. When we behold the beauty of a stream glittering in
sunlight, or taste the nectar of a freshly ripened peach - even in
passive moments, when our skin is brushed by the wind or our nostrils
flooded by the fragrance of a flower, we are experiencing the
elements - we are stirring cognitive memory.
Every
food, every motion, every dream is memory of past and future. All
vital memory is congealed within these three aspects of the whole. To
realize that we are the inherent knowers of the elements is to
remember from the beginning to the present. When we observe ourselves
within the primacy of nature, we begin to thaw the frozen cognition
of our being.
The
five elements continuously transmute into each other to create atoms,
molecules, minerals, foods, and live-forms. Food is the keeper of all
five elements; in its transformation the body of life is formed. Our
cognitive relationship to food can unravel the vast mystery of being
in time and space. Food takes us through the complete cycle of being,
from the original cosmic seed to the fragile sprout, to the
flourishing plant and its fruits - our sustenance. Our need for food
makes us dig into the land, feast on her bounty, and expel our
bodily wastes back into her, so this Earth may continue to enrich
herself. The food cycle is our complete memory. It is the constant
remembering of our body. Food is memory. Memory is being. Eating is
remembering. In our present spell of forgetfulness, we meed
"observing motion", conscious action, to warm the frozen
cells of life.
We
need to perceive this Earth as a referent of our being. We are all
formed from the same ingredients as the tree and animal. The Earth is
our physical body and Water is it fluid; Fire is the acids and
enzymes of the body; Air is the prana and breath, and Space is the
vibrations of all vital systems together. The wholesome smell of
Earth stirs fresh memory. Water allows us to taste and discern life.
Fire enables us to digest the universe and transmute its cosmic
intelligence; it gives us vision and sight. As well, Fire gives us
the power to continually renew our observation - each moment contaisn
a powerful potential for transformation. Air allows us to feel, to
touch, to know. It is the gauge with which we measure our progrress.
The joy we feel pushes us forward into our cosmic nature; the pain we
feel pushes us forward as well. Both happiness and sorrow allow us to
review our growth. Space gives us the power to resonate within our
observation and cognition. (We are ultimately taught the cosmic truth
by sound and harmonic resonance). The pull of Space is ever so
subtle, the power ever so strong. The primal sound of being exists in
this pull. Food, motion and dream are all held within the stillness
of Space. Our infinite nature as humans is born from the Water of
life and resolved in the Space of God.
We
hold the memory of the five elements in our physical body. The memory
of Earth is kept in the heart; the memory of Water is stored in the
kidneys; the memory of Fire is kept in the intestines; the memory of
Air is held by the lungs; the memory of Space is stored in the brain.
Each
of us contains a unique con figuration of Eart, Fire, Water, Air and
Space within ourselves. In the human constitution, the fibve elements
of nature are transmuted into the three doshas: Vata, Pitta and
Kapha. Known respectively as the Air, Fire and Water principles, Vata
has Space and Air as its dominant elements, Pitta has Fire as its
dominant element and the dominant elements of Kapha are Water and
Earth.
Fonte:
TIWARY, Maya. A Life of Balance, Healing Arts Press: 1995, pp. 15-16
