Aptavani 06

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation

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for it. If you do pratikraman and still the memory event arises, then know that a complaint is still pending. Therefore, all you have to do is do the pratikraman again.
Questioner: Dada, as long as that remains unresolved, should the pratikraman continue? It (relative-self) does not need to be told to do the pratikraman.
Dadashri: Yes, you do not have to make him, the relativeself, say it. It will automatically happen once You have decided. Questioner: The unfolding of karma (udaya) keeps
occurring.
Dadashri: Udaya continues to happen. But what is udaya? It is the expression and unfolding of the karma that exists within and it is now ready to present its fruit. That fruit may be sweet or it may be bitter. This is dependant on the nature of the account. If a smiling face presents itself to you, then know that the karma has come to give happiness (sukh), and if a grim face presents itself, then know that the karma has come to give unhappiness (dukh). Therefore, whenever the unfolding of karma (udaya) occurs, know that it has arrived and You have to settle it, with equanimity.
Questioner: But the non-Self complex (prakruti), shows a little of its energy at that time, does it not? The prakruti will show its inherent nature, will it not?
Dadashri: Everything may come out, but 'You' have to keep 'seeing' it all. That is all your karmic account (hisaab).
Questioner: The account of the non-Self complex (prakruti) will have to be finished, will it not?
Dadashri: 'You' do not have to do anything there. It will happen on its own. 'You' just have to keep 'seeing' how much of the account still remains. 'You' are the Seer-Knower (DrashtaGnata), and with eternal bliss (parmanandi). You will know
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'Chandubhai' is the one doing pratikraman; what do You have to do with it? 'You' have to see whether 'Chandubhai' did the pratikraman or not, or whether he pushed it aside. If he pushed it aside, You will know that too.
To 'keep seeing' what 'Chandubhai' does is independent spiritual effort (purusharth). To miss this 'seeing' is spiritual laziness, lack of awareness (pramaad).
Questioner: Is it the work of the pure Soul (Shuddhatma) to 'keep seeing'?
Dadashri: That work can be done after realizing the Self; otherwise it cannot be done.
Why does a memory event (yaad) arise? It cannot come without a cause and a reason. It will happen only if there is some complaint (fariyaad). Why does no memory event arise for 'us'? No one has a complaint against us.' Therefore, whatever yaad arises for you, keep doing pratikraman for it.
Questioner: Whatever old baggage there is within, it all must come as memory events; is that the way it should be?
Dadashri: That will definitely come. Whatever stock is going to discharge, or charge a new life, will come as a memory event (yaad), without fail. If one is Self-realized, that karmic baggage will discharge and, in the absence of Self-realization, the very same karma will charge new karma and create bondage. The baggage is the same, but in the absence of Self-realization, it forms a karmic seed and, in the presence of Self-realization, the seed is roasted and consumed. Where is the potential for the seed to germinate and grow once it is roasted?
Repentance from the Heart
Thoughts sprout from the tubers that lie within. Thoughts sprout when the evidences arise. A person may otherwise look