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We experience water as something that dissolves materials, flows between things, affects our body temperature, requires some effort to contain, etc. Water takes the form of rain, rivers, lakes, oceans, etc. While oceans have tides that ebb and flow, rivers always flow in one direction: downward.
Since ancient times, rivers have been used for transportation. One of the fundamental principles of modern anatomy is that our blood transports nutrients and oxygen to all of the cells in our body.
A more subtle, yet universal, experience of water is our perception of its movement. When we look at a river, waterfall, or open faucet, it appears that the water has a constant form (like a solid object, but with fuzzy boundaries). If we insert a hand to cut the rapid flow from a hose, the force of the water is so strong that it almost seems as if we are touching something solid rather than liquid.
Contemplate this subtler characteristic of flowing water: it seems to present itself as an object with a definite form (visible and palpable) even though it is constantly changing. It renews itself from its source.
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