Aptavani Shreni 04

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

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The 'Akram Vignani' (the 'scientist of the direct path to the Self) has removed the web of misunderstanding about destiny (prarabdha) and self-effort – free will (purusharth) and unraveled the right understanding about 'who the doer is’, through his discovery of vyavasthit shakti (“Scientific Circumstantial Evidence'). This helps the Self-realized to reach the state of the absolute Self! As long as there is the awareness of, 'I am the ‘doer',' the understanding of “Scientific Circumstantial Evidences' is like a golden dagger! Where there is ego; the ‘self' becomes the 'doer'. Where there is no ego, the 'doer' is Scientific Circumstantial Evidences.'
Pure, applied, awakened awareness of the Self (shuddha upayog) is the 'real' self-effort (purusharth). The victory over kashays (anger, pride, deceit and greed) is called self-effort (purusharth). And absolute equanimity (samata) has been called the state of the Self that arises from Gnan. Self-control (yama), disciplines (niyam), and restraints (saiyam) have been called self-efforts. What is the difference between restraints (saiyam) and penance (tapa)? There is no penance (tapa) in saiyam; whereas in penance (tapa) there is ‘heat’; the mind is being heated! To obey the Gnani's Agnas (special directives given by the Gnani Purush that sustains the enlightened state after the Gnan Vidhi) is Self-effort – that is the only religion.
Neither destiny nor self-effort is the higher; the one who understands them both is the higher, so says the Gnani Purush.
To eat junk food is karma of destiny (effect) and to get dysentery is the result of destiny karma (effect of effect). Eating junk food is the result of the accumulated karma (sanchit karma) of the previous life! So now, how can this result of destiny karma be changed? Change can only be made while the accumulating karmas are being ‘charged' or created.
That which happens in this life (dravya), is all destiny, and intent (bhaav) is all self-effort. In the state of illusion (non-Self
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