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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).
