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Now what do those who have attained knowledge of the Self have to do? They just have to 'see'; when You continue to 'see', then a new seed is not sown. On the contrary, if you ('Chandubhai') happen to hurt someone by stealing from him, what do you do? You tell 'Chandubhai', 'Chandubhai, you have done atikraman (act of transgression), so do pratikraman (to repent and ask for forgiveness)."
When people (those who do not have Self-realization) steal, it sows seeds of stealing again. If a man takes bribes and it bothers him to do so and he feels he ought not to take bribes, but if someone asks him, 'Why do you take bribes?' and he responds with, 'You be quiet. You do not have any sense. How am I going to get my two daughters married?' then he has encouraged this wrong action, and thus strengthened it for the next life.
So when one steals, accepts bribes or cheats, in the inner intent he should maintain that he is doing wrong. He should keep saying in the mind, 'I am doing wrong. I must never do this. This is what he must keep telling himself. No one has control over effects; water has already turned into ice, so how can it flow now? It will now fall as ice cubes.
Questioner: When I am doing something wrong, should I have the bhaav of 'I should not be doing this' or should I simply remain as the Knower-Seer?
Dadashri: You have to remain as the Knower-Seer, and you have also been told to do pratikraman, have you not? Questioner: But the bhaav should not arise, should it
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Dadashri: The bhaav is going to occur but you have to make 'Chandubhai' aware and tell him, 'Do pratikraman. Why did you do atikraman? Kraman (normal, neutral activities) take place all day long, atikraman (transgression) does not.
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Atikraman occurs maybe once or twice in an hour; you have to do pratikraman for it.
You should know all your weaknesses. Now You (the Self) are not weak. You have become the Self. However, in the state of ignorance, were you not the main cause behind all the atikraman? So, now as a neighbor You have to say, 'Chandubhai, do pratikraman'.
Do lots of pratikraman. Whoever is in your circle (of acquaintance), fifty or hundred people or so, whomever you have harassed, abused; take an hour to do pratikraman when you are not doing anything. In your free time, identify every individual (you have hurt) and do his or her pratikraman. Will you not have to erase all the hurt you have caused others? Thereafter the Gnan will manifest.
Questioner: But Dada, I have only harassed those who have harassed me.
Dadashri: Whoever has abused you will have to pay for his actions; you are not responsible for that. The one who has abused you has no awareness of his liabilities and responsibility. He is not aware of the consequences. He is enjoying himself eating wonderful food but in his next life he will have to eat animal fodder.
The Exact Path of Moksha
You have the solution once the ego is gone. As long as the ego is present, the world exists. There is either the ego or the Self. You cannot reap the benefits of the Self as long as there is ego and when the Self is present, you cannot have the benefit of the ego.
Questioner: Can there be benefit of the ego too?
Dadashri: The benefits of the ego are where people get to marry their children off; wander around as fathers and
