What is the relationship between the five basic elements and forces of nature?
The five basic elements are the sky, air, water, fire and earth. Each of these necessary basic elements directly affect the natural forces. The sages, being knowledgeable, postulated the basics in the language of religion and social customs which was generally understood by one and all. The forces of nature and the five basic elements are associated as under : sky – cosmic energy, air – direction of wind and its intensity, water – gravitational attraction of the earth, fire – solar radiation and heat, earth – geo-energy and magnetic field of the earth. These forces control human activity and the phenomenon of seeing, touching, hearing, inhaling oxygen, air and energy to activate the thinking process. These forces of nature control and regulate life. Vastu takes care of all these basic elements.
