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Aptavani-2
Aptavani-2
When you are feeling tired, you should not say, "I am tired", because prakruti will react since that is its nature. Even if you overeat and get indigestion, you should not say, "I have a little indigestion", because prakruti will react accordingly. Instead you should say, "No the food has been digested nicely."
When a husband is fed up with his wife he will tell her, "You make me berserk." Instantly one has to say within, "No, not really. Others may lose their mind, but you do not hurt me in any way. If one says only this much, the prakruti will not withdraw (from the wife). If such an internal correction does not occur, the prakruti will become strong and controlling in nature and will protest, "Who are you to interfere?" So we must say the right words, internally.
Prakruti will comply through reasoning
Now that you have attained this Gnan, you should not waste away a single moment in spiritual apathy. You do not have to get angry at the prakruti or tell it off, you simply have to say "I will give you whatever you want to eat, but please accept this request of mine." Tell the body, "Please accept this request of mine. "If the ego is getting out of control, tell it. "Please accept this request of mine."
Questioner : What if you defy the prakruti Dada? What if you confront it?
Dadashri : No, prakruti will oppose you if you oppose it That is what it wants. It is waiting for you to defy it, so it can take you in its clutches. You should not do that. You have to reason with it and persuade it. It is like a child, no matter how old the prakruti, it is like a child. There is no telling where it will do wrong and upset everything just like a child. Because it is childlike, you have to reason with it, explain things to it, coax it, entice it, tempt it, feed it its' favorite food in order to get your work done.
Questioner: You mean we have to pamper it in order to
get the work done?
Dadashri : No, not pamper it, but by explaining things to it. Pampering the prakruti is a wrong approach; you have to make it understand. Keep on doing so until it says 'yes' on its own. You cannot accomplish anything until it understands. However, do not go against it, it will go off on the wrong track if you do. If you keep hitting an ox, it will overturn your cart. If you strike an ox, it will start running. You may think it is responding to the beating, but you can never tell when it will overturn your wagon. Instead it is better that you coax it gently. Prakruti is like a child, no matter how old it is. A person's prakruti may behave like a mature adult all his life but there is no telling when it will turn childlike. It will cry, become indignant, it will whimper and whine; it does all sorts of thing, does it not?
Questioner : Yes it does.
Dadashri : Since the prakruti is childlike it is easy to persuade it, is it not?
You need to accomplish your work by reasoning and explaining things to the prakruti; in fact it is essential and then it will say 'yes' to you, but until it agrees with you, everything you do will be in vain.
It may say 'no' to you for six months unrelentingly, yet in a matter of only fifteen minutes of making it understand, it will agree with you. It is like a child, and if it becomes obstinate, it may never change even in a thousand years. There is a big difference between the prakruti becoming obstinate and making it understand. It is a special skill and an art to make it understand. No matter how obstinate a child may be, if you have the skills to explain things, then he will understand and obey. Otherwise the child will throw a tantrum. You must know how to do this. The presence of the Self within makes us learn all this easily after knowing the Self. You can attain the art of all skills, if you look for them. If you look for a solution and wait
