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Aptavani-4
Questioner: How can we stop ourselves from eating
junk food? During that time, is it the prarabdha karma or
sanchit karma (accumulated karma to be worked out in
future) that is in effect?
Dadashri: Sanchit karmas come from your past life as
prarabdha karma in this life, and that is why one ‘feels like
eating this and eating that’, and so one continues to eat tangy
and spicy things. This puts stress on one’s power of ‘vitality’ so
that one is unable to digest the food properly. Therefore, the
toxins keep collecting in one place. There are certain parts of the
body where the ‘vitality power’ throws these toxins. Doctors
can destroy them through ‘Rays’ (radiation) or dissolving them
with chemicals.
Illusory Purusharth and Prarabdha Karma
In the worldly life, that which people believe is purusharth,
is not purusharth at all. If such a huge mistake such as this,
goes on in India and everywhere else, what will happen to the
people? You will have to understand the difference between
prarabdha and purusharth from a Gnani Purush.
What do people consider purusharth? They consider
getting up early in the morning is purusharth. A person will say,
“Yesterday I got up late, but I got up early today. Then I had
tea, went to the toilet, had a shower, and then immediately went
to my work, where I stayed the entire day.” He calls this
purusharth. But that is destiny (prarabdha; ordained). Activities,
such as running around, meeting people, going to the bank, etc.,
are all prarabdha. Now tell me, what do you think people
understand is prarabdha? That which is prarabdha, they call
purusharth. So then tell me when does purusharth happen? Is
this not worth understanding? If you understand the difference
between prarabdha and purusharth from the Gnani Purush,
then your problems will be solved.