The living entities who serve the Godhead are equal in quality to Him, but at the same time they are predominated as servitors. In the anti-material world there is no difference between the predominated and the predominator—the relationship is in perfection and without tinge of materialism.
The nature of the material world is destructive. According to the Bhagavad-gītā, there is some partial truth to the assumption of the physical scientist that there is annihilation of the material and anti-material worlds when they chance to clash. The material world is a creation of changing modes of nature. These modes (guṇas) are known as sattva (goodness), rajas (passion) and tamas (ignorance). The material world is created by the mode of rajas, maintained by the mode of sattva, and annihilated by the mode of tamas.