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is the only element that has form. And it is from this elemental form that everything has materialized.
These subatomic particles (parmanu) are always there throughout the entire world. And when there is a concentration of them in any particular place, they are called atoms (anu). The subatomic particles are not visible, from any aspect! Only the Keval Gnani (one with Absolute Knowledge) can see them, but no one else can see them!
This is how it is - subatomic particles (parmanu) have form (roopi), and space (aakash) has no form (aroopi). And the four elements of earth-light-air-water all have form (roopi), so form (roop) is created from that which has form (roopi). It Is the Same, Whenever You Look at It...
Questioner: Can a world that has shape and form (sakaar), be created from something that is formless (nirakar)?
Dadashri: This world that has shape and form (sakaar) has not sprung from something that has no shape or form (nirakar). Having form (sakaar) is something completely different. This shape and form (sakaar) notion is very different from how you understand it; this is not the same shape or form you refer to. These are all phases (paryaya). And all the phases are transient (vinashi), they arise and they come to an end. Then they arise again. And again they end. Whereas things that are permanent always remain forever. The permanent things can never be created, nor can they ever be destroyed. Therefore, the things which are permanent stay forever, but the phases (paryaya) they incite, are always continually arising and ending, and arising. Only the one who is born will die. Therefore, the Atma has nothing to do with it. That is how differently this world runs! So you need not be afraid that, someday the world may fall apart. There is no reason for that. It will stay exactly as it is. The sun, the moon and the stars will always appear the same, whenever you take birth.