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Aptavani-6
Aptavani-6
Questioner: Shorthand.
Dadashri: And then there is something new beyond that, is it not? It is called 'code language' or something like that,
right?
Questioner: Yes, code language.
Dadashri: All this gets typed within in a code language and shorthand. The moment the feeling arises within (bhaav) of, 'I am the kind of person that I can make anyone shut up with my speech,' then such code words lead to a corresponding speech coming into effect. This is what I mean by a taped record. For you, the current tape (speech) is of the code words that you had created.
And even a person who normally speaks indiscreetly and harshly, speaks very pleasantly before a saint; so are we not to understand that he is not the speaker? Who is he, the speaker of hurtful words or pleasant ones?
Questioner: What kind of awareness (jagruti) should we maintain when we speak?
Dadashri: Your awareness is gone for sure when you throw a stone that hurts and wounds the other person (your words are so harsh that they hurt and wound the other person). Your awareness will not go away if your speech is mild. Therefore, your awareness will come when your speech becomes mild.
Questioner: So how can we make the 'stone' smaller? Dadashri: With pratikraman.
Questioner: How can we change the speech that has already been taped?
Dadashri: You can do so by taking the Agna to not hurt others with your speech from only the Gnani. Otherwise, it is like changing the will of nature. Therefore, if you try to change
it, do it with the Agnas of the Gnani Purush. The Gnani is such that he does not become responsible (He is beyond thoughts, speech and acts) and hence, by taking on your responsibility, the responsibility vanishes. So this is the only solution.
Questioner: Is the 'taping done according to one's inner intent and awareness at the time of speaking?
Dadashri: No, taping does not occur at the time of speaking. It has already been recorded before that. What happens to it today? It plays according to the way it was recorded.
Questioner: What if one maintains awareness at the time of speaking?
Dadashri: When you scold and intimidate someone and then feel, 'He deserved it,' then the same code gets recorded for another new account. If you feel I did him wrong,' then you create a new and different code. If you believe you did the right thing in scolding him, then you created the same code but it will become even stronger and heavier in intensity. If you feel, 'That was very bad. I should not speak this way. Why did I speak that way?', then the code will become smaller.
Questioner: Does a code arise if there is neither the feeling, 'It was the right thing to do,' nor 'It was the wrong thing to do?
Dadashri: If you decide to remain silent, then it will remain silent.
Questioner: Sometimes one may not express things verbally but there is internal speech going on, is there not? What about the negative bhaav - the negative feelings that continue within?
Dadashri: You should tell yourself that such negativity should not be there; it should be beautiful and harmonious within.
Questioner: Then will a code for 'beautiful' be recorded?
