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74 Aptavani-6 Questioner: Does vyavasthit mean previously decided? Is it predetermined? Dadashri: Yes, it is predetermined. However, unless one has complete Gnan, one cannot say, ‘It is vyavasthit.’ This mind, body, speech are under the control of vyavasthit. The raising of your arm, the thinking that occurs within, the inspiration (prerana) that comes from within; all are under the control of vyavasthit. ‘We’ are a pure Soul (Shuddhatma), and everything else is under the control of vyavasthit. Therefore, You should not interfere in it. You just have to keep ‘seeing’ whatever is happening. Questioner: So does the pure Soul (Shuddhatma) come under the control of scientific circumstantial evidences (vyavasthit) by that much? Dadashri: No, the Shuddhatma is not in bondage (bandhan). After becoming Shuddhatma, one needs to remain as the knower-seer (gnata-drashta) only. I am telling you all this, having reached the peak. Whatever knowledge worldly people have given – some have given it standing at the foothills of the mountain, some have climbed up five feet – then they have spoken. Some have climbed ten feet and then they have spoken. I have climbed so high that my neck reaches over the top and I can see everything at the bottom, whereas the Vitarag Lords, the fully enlightened Ones, have stood on the top of the mountain and then they have spoken. The absolute truth lies at the very top. There can be a slight shortcoming in whatever I say because I am not able to see everything on the top. The top, however, is a completely different matter! Questioner: Lord Mahavir said that karma cannot be destroyed by any other individual. Is the Gnani included in that too?