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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