Example: The different forms of water are its parts and the ocean is their whole, namely, the moisture in the air, cloud, rain, snow, the permanent ice of the mountains and the water which penetrates the earth and then comes out of it in the form of springs, or the water which is brought out of wells in the plains, streams, brooks, canals, the moisture in plants, however small their quantity, and the wetness of all animals, however tiny they may be. All these are parts of the ocean and the ocean is their whole.
Air whose nature is hot and wet, always attains heat from the ethereal sphere and wetness from the ocean. Thus the air with respect to subtlety and composition can be likened to the body of fire and the soul to the ocean. Note carefully that although apparently, the ocean is far away and separate from its parts, in reality it surrounds all its parts. You should not be surprised at this assertion, for in the following paragraphs, I shall provide proofs.
