Cycle of Birth and Death

"A drop of water runs off a lotus leaf and cannot cling to it. In that fashion, sin does not taint one who knows about the brahman. The immortal brahman graints freedom from fire and he is in the pupils of the eyes. He who knows this, ensures his own welfare. The brahman is the one presides over all good deeds. The brahman is the radiant one and he grants radiance to others. A person who attains this knowledge becomes like the gods. Such learned ones are freed the cycle of birth and death."

Five Elements

In the beginning, there was nothing in the universe. The universe was encompassed by the hunger that is death. "Let me create mind,"thought death, and the mind was created. The Brahman worshiped himself and water was born. And while he worshiped himself, fire was also born.
(The five elements are the sky, the wind, energy, water and fire. There is a reference here to the creation of two of the five elements.)
Water is fire.(This is not very clear. But the sacred text often state that fire is established in water.) Land floated on the water just as a layer of cream floats on milk. The land became the earth and once the earth was created.