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Aptavani-8
Dadashri: No, there is no need for energy (shakti) in
this. Once you know this science, the puzzle will be solved.
The entire world is made up of six eternal elements
(tattva). Tattva means that they are eternal, and those eternal
elements perpetually maintain their own nature (swabhav). But
these elements (tattva) interact around each other, which is why
we see all this varied display.
Questioner: What are these six eternal elements (tattva)?
Dadashri: One is chetan (the Self). The second is jada
(matter; non-Self), which has form (roopi). The chetan tattva
is invisible (aroopi). The third is one that gives motion to jada
(matter) and chetan (Self), and it is called the element of motion
or momentum (gatisahayak tattva). Now if only the motion
element were there, everything would be in constant motion! So
to make jada and chetan still, there is the element of inertia or
immobility (sthitisahayak tattva), which keeps a body at rest!
That makes four of the elements (tattva); the fifth is space
(aakash), and the sixth is the element of time (kaad)! It is
because of these six elements that the world has arisen. All the
six elements are eternal.
Nature’s Mysterious Planning
This world runs naturally. Everything is in its own natural
state (swabhav), and nothing has ever left its own nature. Only,
the worldly interaction (vyavahar) which is the entire path of
evolution (samsaran marg), and it is in this path of evolution,
that all these life-forms (jiva) have entered. So three divisions
have been made: first the life-form (jiva) that has no identity
(avyavahar rashi); it is awaiting entry into the worldly life;
second, the life-form that has identity (vyavahar rashi) and
enters the worldly life; and the third is the ultimate liberation of
the Atma in Siddha kshetra (realm of all Liberated Souls).
The life-forms (jiva) that exist without identity (avyavahar