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(non-Self complex) has so much energy; just look how it has
entrapped the Parmatma (absolute Self)!
Questioner: Can the atma (worldly self) shed the
karma if it wanted to?
Dadashri: How can one become free when one oneself
is bound? Karma can only be shed if you attain the state of the
Self. Once you attain this state of the Self, you will be able to
shed any kind of karma. Behold how the Gnani Purush
destroys all the karmas within just an hour! That is precisely
why You maintain the constant awareness of the Self, that you
would not manage otherwise.
Karmas are in the nature of the pudgal (influx-output;
non-Self), and they will continue to display the par-parinam
(results of the non-Self). You, Shuddhatma (the pure Soul), are
swa-parinam (result of the Self). Par-parinam (results of the
non-Self) is in the form of gneya (that which is to be known),
and ‘You’ (the Atma) are in the form of the Knower (Gnata).
Karma and Vyavasthit
Questioner: Is the vyavasthit that you talk about,
according to karma?
Dadashri: Karmas do not run this world. The world is
run by vyavasthit shakti. Who brought you here? Karma? No.
Vyavasthit brought you here. The karma was already lying
there within. So why didn’t it bring you here yesterday, why did
it bring you here today? Vyavasthit brings the time, the place
and all the other circumstances together, and so you come here.
Karma is just one part of vyavasthit.
Beware of the Seeds of Bhaav!
The Lord has said, ‘You are Parmatma (the Supreme
Soul). You are separate from the effect (dravya-bhaav;
discharge intent ready for the next life; past life cause ready at