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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