The Metaphor of the Water and the Waves

The shapes, which are high and low, are waves; the wetness, which is equal, is water. The waves are waves which are none other than water--the waves themselves show the water. The water is water which is no different from waves--the water makes the waves. Waves and water are one, yet that does not hinder their difference. Water and waves are different, yet that does not hinder their unity. Because of their unhindered unity, being in the water is being in the waves; because of their unhindered difference, dwelling in the waves is not dwelling in the water. Why? Because water and waves are different yet not not different.