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I am the Soul at fault and the same person, that is myself, was observing. Yet, how did my reactions differ so much in both these situations?
Thus when taken in the entire perspective, it can be seen that every person has a differing state at differing times. In the same way, many people at the same time have varying unusual behaviour. There is certainly an impetus to all these unusual happenings- it may well not be a direct impetus and could be an indirect impetus, but impetus there has to be. Without cause there cannot be an effect.
While explaining this cause-and-effect concept, Gurudev also provides the clarification to the disciple's doubt. The disciple's doubt is that how the jiva could be the doer and the sufferer of karma at the same time. Gurudev says -
एक रांक ने एक नृप, ए आदि जे भेद;
freut fait taart a, a T4194 aa ....68 O Disciple! In this world, while one is rich another is poor, while one is a scholar another is an idiot, while one is high and mighty another is lowly and all the physical, mental and spiritual disparities mentioned earlier are to be seen in jivas. To all these there is some reason or other.
This reason is sometimes visible directly, and sometimes not. When a person works hard and earns money, we tend to believe that the riches he earned were a fruit of his effort. But if in spite of tremendous effort one does not attain joy, means and amenities, then what do we make of it? In practice we say he is unfortunate. What is fortune? The actions in affected disposition in the past are the destiny of the present. Efforts done with positive feelings result in the form of punya, while efforts done with negative feelings result in the build-up of papa. Destiny is not a horoscope drafted by some invisible Maker. It is but the punyapapa of the jiva which it has accumulated over the previous births and brought along in the form of destiny.
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