The world is a very fluid place. It is composed of things having extremely temporary lives. For example, when enough Copper molecules come together in one place, a chunk of Copper is born. Yet even in the moment of its birth, the molecules making up that chunk of Copper continue to follow the flowing current of life. The fluid nature of the world causes even the most solid of substances to lose bits of itself to the swirling, and before we know it, our newly born piece of Copper has been transformed[1] into a different substance altogether. Thus, the life of a chunk of Copper has been spun in and out of existence. All things exhibit this fluid quality of being.
If a person wants to understand the world, the five senses must be sharpened to the extent that things may be studied within the very limited sequence of moments allowed to them. The sacred practice of science is executed with the knowledge that the lives of things are most brief and ephemeral. Transformation is inevitable!
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