Aptavani Shreni 04

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Dada Bhagwan Aradhana Trust

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understanding has virtually become fragmented. Commonly, the awareness of 'doership’ attempts to attain that doership’, and the results of those attempts, is believed to be independent effort or free will (purusharth). In the Gnani's vision, all of that is completely destiny (prarabdha).
Anything that is experienced through the five senses and the mind is all destinies (prarabdha). The independent effort (purusharth) part is subtle, and it is difficult to fathom. The independent effort of human beings is illusory. Time cycles of cause and effect remain in motion, uninterrupted, on account of that illusory independent effort of human beings. When the right independent effort (purusharth) is done, this comes to an end. The right independent effort is possible only after one has become the Self (Purush). This happens after Self-realization. Right independent effort is continual (akhand), unending (avirata), and non-dependent (niralumb). A perpetual state of liberation prevails through the alertness of this effort.
In the universe, there is no shortage of things. However, they are not attained, because of the obstruction created by one's own ‘self'. The secret of these hindrances, and all the hidden keys that help one to remain aware about them, have been simply and effortlessly clarified by the manifest 'Gnani Purush.
What is karma? What is it that binds one with karma? What gives person liberation from karma? Who is the mother of karma? Who is the father? These and other deeper questions are very difficult to resolve. The scriptures have told us everything, but it is like instruction with a pointing of finger. Because of change in vision, when the indication is towards North, it is perceived as South, so that the person proceeds in that direction. How then can one reach one's destination? Even the scriptures are not capable of explaining the meaning. Only the Gnani Purush can give you this. The revered Dadashri has
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