The elements are an array of characteristics which can be understood both in terms of duality and nonduality. They express themselves at every level at which existence can be understood – yet they go beyond the sense-making remit of quotidian existence. They travel into the sphere of unconditioned potentiality where language can no longer even hint at meaning. The elements are the fabric of the Earth and the solar system in which it orbits the Sun. Beyond that, the elements outstrip the extent to which science can currently see. There is nothing other than the elements. The dance of sub-atomic particles is simply the elements performing – arising and dissolving in a manner not entirely different from the way in which they perform within the facets of our perceptual continua.
p196-197, Entering the Heart of the Sun and Moon Ngakpa Chögyam and Khandro Déchen, Aro Books, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9653948-3-3