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it not go on seeing us? That is how this Self (chetan) continues
to see.
Now, what would they be seeing from over there? The
Knowledge-Vision (Gnan-Darshan) they have, is their own
infinite Knowledge (anant Gnan) and infinite Vision (anant
Darshan), that is used, and the result of that is bliss (anand).
So bliss does not come first. It is not bliss first, and then
Knowledge (Gnan) and Vision (Darshan). When their
Knowledge and Vision are used, the bliss is always there! They
do not possess anything else besides Knowledge and Vision.
Their entire form is one of Knowledge (Gnan swaroop) and
one of Vision (Darshan swaroop). So if you raise your hand,
they can see it.
So even for them, the seeing increases and decreases.
When night falls, this half decreases, and the other half increases.
It increases and decreases like that. And when it is five in the
morning for us, they can see all these people here. But when can
the increase really be seen? At ten, eleven, twelve o’clock, when
people are all moving about, going from here and there, they see
all that. All they want to do is to See and to Know, and not get
too deep into it like, is this man getting ready to steal, or what?
They can even see him pick someone’s pocket, but they just
See and Know; the only two things they do! They are not
engaged in any subject. What is this subject? That would be of
pick pocketing. That is a subject for them to know, it has nothing
to do with them!
If I raise my hand, all the Liberated Souls (Siddhas)
would see it in their Knowledge (Gnan). Those Liberated Souls
continue to know the object to be known (gneya). In this world,
there are just two things: that which is to be known (gneya) and
that which is to be seen (drashya). They (liberated Souls) continue
to know the things to be known (gneya) and see the things to
be seen (drashya). And what is the result of that? It is boundless
bliss (sukh), a limitless bliss. That is the bliss of the Self
(swabhavik).