The  five elements that make this universe are: Ether/Sky, Air, Fire, Water and Earth.  Of them all, the earth is the grossest of the elements, water is subtler and pervasive than earth.  Fire is subtler than water and more pervasive. Air is even more subtler and Ether (Sky) is the subtlest and pervades the most.  In the reverse process, when subtlety diminishes, the density increases and the pervasiveness contracts. Let us take this example:  A jasmine flower is placed on a table in the room.   The flower, which is gross is very small in size.  But its fragrance, which is subtle, pervades the whole room.  Likewise, steam which is generated from water, occupies a much larger space than the volume of water from which it is produced.  Similarly, the mind of man, because of its extreme subtlety, is capable of immense expansion.  You bind yourself to Nature and the family by your attachment and desires. To withdraw yourselves from these attachments and to reduce your subjection to the external world, you have to practice control over your eyes, ears and tongue.

-Divine Discourse, March 1988.

"My Name is Truth; I am the Truth." - Baba