Isn working with the elements a little simplistic?
No. The elements are ancient, living, intelligent energies or beings and they are also what we are. What we see as Fire or Water is also something else whose body is Fire but is not limited to that form. Both/and. Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche writes really clearly in his book Healing with Form, Energy, and Light about different levels at which to engage elemental energies, all of which are real and legitimate and relevant at different times. Work with the elements also roots our relationship with the sacred in what is physical (but not only physical) and this is good for breaking down dogma and narrow views. We can plug into a cross-cultural language for engaging with other practitioners in a curious and fruitful way. Elemental work is also a lot about discovering dynamic balance by touching just how fluid and alive and malleable reality is. Elemental work can seem deceptively simple but is foundational and super deep and important and relevant at all stages of the path.
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