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58 Aptavani-5 Questioner: They do not have to do anything! Dadashri: Siddhas are beings who have absolute liberation. They cannot be here. No Siddha can be here in an embodied form. When they talk about siddha here, it is all in a worldly language. Questioner: But is there not a world of Siddhas? Dadashri: There is a Siddha Kshetra, a location where all Siddha Lords reside. They can never be here. Questioner: Are Siddhas not in a body form? Dadashri: They are not embodied. They are considered Parmatmas (the absolute Souls) and these siddhas are humans. They will come after you or put a curse on you if you insult them. Questioner: The Siddhas that we talk about are in the form of a light, are they not? Dadashri: Yes. They are in the form of light (prakash). There is only one word for them; it is ‘keval’ (absolute). They are in the form of absolute vision, absolute knowledge, infinite bliss, absolute light (keval darshan, kevalgnan, anant sukh, param jyoti swaroop). They are Self-illuminating as well as universe-illuminating. Darshan of Shuddhatma Questioner: How can one see the pure Self (Shuddhatma)? Dadashri: What does it mean to see the Shuddhatma? If once I show you a diamond in a box and then I close the lid; that does not mean that the diamond is gone. You will be aware of its presence in the box. That is because you have seen it and your intellect has accepted it. When I give you Gnan your mind, your intellect, your chit, and your ego have accepted that there