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Ganges is Ganges. Due to this characteristic of reality, the universe is self-regulated and continues.
Every substance has its own independent existence. It does not affect any other thing or attribute. It is self-existent. It has an essence that does not change. It is constant, permanent and unchanging. That which changes, or is the subject of creation and destruction, is the order of things. Order changes. Conversion of milk into curd is the change of order, not the destruction of essence. Due to the attribute and order, the substance is called orderly-attribute.
Reality is independent. Due to its transitory or resultant nature, it changes; sheds the previous order and assumes post order. It continues to do so. That is, the orderly change does take place. But thing has its own jurisdiction, which nobody can transgress.
Nobody owns matter. To say that the horse is of the king, is merely a practical way of expression. In fact the horse is that of the horse. He belongs to himself. In a famous Hindi poem, the poetess raised the basic question sprouted from the social deliberation - 'Whose wife am I?' and its reply 'l am nobody's wife. I am my own wife'. (Apne Jaisa Jeevan: Savita Singh) is in consonance with Mahavir's thought.
Matter may be small or large, living or non-living, it is so vast that we cannot visualize it in its entirety at the same time. An iceberg is far larger than what is visible on the water surface. The major portion of it is sunk below the surface. The ship that hits it on the assumption of apparent size is destroyed in pieces after colliding with it. The story of Titanic is fresh in our memory. The same is the story of all matter. Matter is like an iceberg. We have heard a Hindi saying : 'Muye cham ki sans son loh bhasm huve jay' (the breath of dead skin (bellow) melts iron.]
SYADVAD: ANEKANTAVAD In the context of Mahavir's thought, the word Syadvad is used many times. But Syadvad is not in the nature of things.
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