Thing, body, matter, are nothing apart from the combinations of the elements, - the colours, sounds, and so forth - nothing apart from their so-called attributes.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Matter is, in its constituent elements, the same as spirit; existence is one, however manifold in its phenomena; life is one, however multiform in its evolution.
Perhaps things are not things but words: metaphors, words for other things.
Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.
We all have so many different elements inside of us and we're not all one thing.
What a thing is and what it means are not separate, the former being physical and the latter mental as we are accustomed to believe.
Material things don't matter.
Matter is a term contrary to soul. But nonsoul is its contradictory. Whatever is not soul is nonsoul.
The perception of what a thing is and the perception of what it means are not separate, either.
Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden stuff.
What we observe as material bodies and forces are nothing but shapes and variations in the structure of space.
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