dn2:26.1 He said:
dn2:26.2 ‘Great king, these seven substances are not made, not derived, not created, without a creator, barren, steady as a mountain peak, standing firm like a pillar.
dn2:26.3 They don’t move or deteriorate or obstruct each other. They’re unable to cause pleasure, pain, or both pleasure and pain to each other.
dn2:26.4 What seven?
dn2:26.5 The substances of earth, water, fire, air; pleasure, pain, and the soul is the seventh.
dn2:26.6 These seven substances are not made, not derived, not created, without a creator, barren, steady as a mountain peak, standing firm like a pillar.
dn2:26.7 They don’t move or deteriorate or obstruct each other. They’re unable to cause pleasure, pain, or both pleasure and pain to each other.
dn2:26.8 And here there is no one who kills or who makes others kill; no one who learns or who educates others; no one who understands or who helps others understand.
dn2:26.9 If you chop off someone’s head with a sharp sword, you don’t take anyone’s life.
dn2:26.10 The sword simply passes through the gap between the seven substances.’



