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Dadashri: It will settle after ten days. It may not happen today due to the heavy force of the unfolding karma, but it will happen when there is less force. You don't have to lose your sleep over it. We are Shuddhatma; we have to deal with our own' affairs and welfare first, and then if someone is hurt by you, do pratikraman for it. You cannot afford to get involved with anything else. If the Gnani Purush were to do what you are proposing, when would everything be settled? How many such problems are there!
Questioner: You just said that we should not even have the intent (bhaav) to adjust with the other person. Does that mean that it is not necessary to become preoccupied (tanmayakar) with the intent of adjusting with the other person? Are you telling us that we should remain superfluous in the matter?
Dadashri: There are many kinds of adjustments. Some adjustments are not worth taking at all. Some adjustments are worth taking but there is no need to maintain even the intent for it. You simply have to see what is happening. In doing this much, you will become free in just one lifetime. If you are left a little debt, it will be paid off in the next life.
In this you have to make sure that your mind does not go on turning and twisting (amde chaddhe). If there is any matter that causes your mind to turn and twist, then put a stop to it. If the mind turns and twists, first there will be the hurt (dukh) within, then there will be suffocation (ghabharaman), and then if it continues to twist further, worries (chinta) will arise. Therefore, before the mind takes off turning and twisting, You should put a stop to it. This is the level (of how you should approach it).
Questioner: This is what happens. When the other person is hurt, his mind does not attain closure (samadhan); it remains restless!
may not occur for ten years; what can you do about that? You should maintain an inner intent that may the other person find an acceptable solution through my speech.' Do pratikraman for any hurtful speech that has come out. Otherwise, there is no end to the worldly life. On the contrary, it will drag you down. If he has fallen in the middle of the lake, he will also pull you down. Maintain your safe side first and then 'do' everything. It is not worth going deep into this worldly life. This is a worldly life. Whichever way you slice it, you will find nothing but darkness. When you slice an onion, will you not find onion in every slice?
If pratikraman for someone does not bring forth a samadhan or a satisfactory closure, then it will happen in the next life. But for now you should take care of your own self, and get your work done. The foremost thing you should make sure of is that you do not spoil things for yourself in trying to improve the other person. Each for his own self!
Questioner: While interacting with others in the world, how can I ensure and preserve that which is for and of the Self?
Dadashri: It is being preserved. You do not need to make effort to preserve it. 'You' just take care of your Self.' "Chandubhai' will take care of himself.
Questioner: Having attained such awareness once, it will not go away, will it?
Dadashri: No, it will not. But this current time cycle is peculiar and unpredictable. It is possible for the awareness to go down even when someone merely blows dust. And alongside with it we have this science of Akram, meaning it is the science where karma still remains pending. The dirt will fly when one is in the process of dealing with these karmas. I do not have any problems because I do not have much karma left. This Akram science of ours is such that it can get rid of all the karma, but You should be ready. All the problems of the world can be destroyed; that is how powerful and energy-filled this science is.
Dadashri: Samadhan or closure for both parties involved
