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that will be the end of it. Then when the evidence for that karma unfolds, there will be no suffering.
Questioner: Is there udirana (premature fruition of karmas) occurring when we do pratikraman?
Dadashri: Udirana does take place in that because you are doing pratikraman even though the difficulty is not here yet, not because it is enjoyable and fun. The bliss You experience from doing pratikraman is an extra benefit.
In the samayik of the Akram path it is possible that udirana of all karmas occur.
We are not charam shariri (last life in human form - those who have the final physical body before moksha liberation) and so, whoever wants to keep the karma may do so. But (premature fruition of karmas) has to be done by the charam shariri because such a one will feel that his life span is coming to an end and he can see that there still remains a big pile of 'stock in his shop.' Now how can he go to moksha without getting rid of this stock? He is running out of time and so he says, Dear Lord, do something about this.' Then the Lord says, *First, ripen your karma. Just as we ripen a mango in a straw paddy, ripen your karma in such a way so that it will come into fruition. Traditionally, udirana means to invite fruition of karma earlier than its due time and bring an end to it.
Questioner: That is called parakram, is it not?
Dadashri: That is called a big parakram (extraordinary spiritual effort). One is already in spiritual effort (purusharth), but this is considered parakram. This is extra.
Questioner: You just said that we destroy our karma; then what should one do about the effect karma (sanchit karma) that we have?
Dadashri: Sanchit karma will come in front of you on its
own when the time is right for it to ripen. There is no need for you to go looking for it. Sanchit karma will give its effect and then leave. And if you have become a purush, the Self, then it is possible for you to get rid of certain karmas through certain Akram samayik yog. However, that is possible only after one becomes a purush.
It cannot happen through the current state You are in. You will not be able to make the connection, you will not have the timing. At the moment, You dance to the tune of the relative-self (prakruti), even though You have received the knowledge of the Self. After becoming a purush, the karma that is destroyed through yog of Akram samayik is called udirana (karma invited earlier than its due time of fruition and brought to an end).
What is udirana? It is to ripen what is raw and then shake it off. Without ripening of karma, what can you do? What can you do when the rice and lentils (khichadee) are not fully cooked? That is how it is when karmas are not ripe and one has to leave this world. So he ripens that karma, then that karma undergoes dissipation (udirana). But this purusharth can occur only when one becomes a purush, separate from the non-Self, separate from the prakruti. He has this much right when he becomes a purush.
There are two benefits with udirana (to invite karma earlier than its due time of fruition and bring an end to it). One is that you have to become the Self in order to 'do' udirana, and the second is that karma's udirana will occur.
When does one become the Self (atmaswaroop)? It is when samayik and a negation of the body complex of 'I am not this body, not this mind,' occurs (kayotsarga). Here, for us, we become the Self with just the samayik of Akram Vignan, and that is why udirana occurs. This is Akram Vignan and that is why you can become the Self, and only then can purusharth (spiritual effort) and parakram (extraordinary
