That which arises from the Whole returns to the Whole, leaving the Whole undiminished.
Appearance (Nama-Rupa)
The wave is but a temporary configuration of water, possessing no existence independent of the river. It is a transient play of name and form, appearing and disappearing within the substrate of the river’s flow.
The Witness (Sakshi)
The observer of the wave’s dissolution is not the wave, but the consciousness in which the movement appears; as the wave vanishes, the witness remains, unchanged and untouched by the transition.
Classical Analogy
The ocean and the waves.
Recognize the dancer in the dance, the Silence beneath the sound; Thou art That.
Input: The river does not mourn the wave that dissolves back into itself