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64 • A Reservoir of Infinite Power
The state of omniscience also implies that all substances in the universe behave orderly and systematically in a definite sequential manner. If the forms of all substances for all times are not definite/sequential and are hotpotch, then what will the knowledge know? The moment one accepts the power of omniscience, one has to accept that whatever happens in the universe is definite and automatic and governed by the nature and properties of substances themselves and not exclusively by any one of the substance or substances.
This power of omniscience manifests automatically with the complete engrossment in the self and not by adopting any external means. Knowledge has the characteristic that it never gets absorbed in anything. A mirror may reflect the objects but it does not become that object nor does it get influenced by it in any way. One may see the reflection of fire in the mirror but the mirror is not affected by fire nor does it become fire. So also knowledge functions like a mirror. The complete inward-looking approach in the soul will lead to the manifestation of the state of omniscience. One who knows the soul, knows everything and one who does not know the soul, knows nothing. Whatever is seen and known through the eyes of the soul is the true nature of substances and is real; on the other hand, whatever knowledge is acquired through the senses is either illusory, partial or extremely transient and it does not acquire the permanent, real and complete nature of substances.
The nature of omniscience is such that it ensures complete knowledge and it is not the fundamental nature of the soul to have incomplete knowledge. The state of incomplete knowledge is due to ignorance of the nature of the soul and thereby obscures the manifestation of the allknowing nature by directing the soul to mundane activities
