Aptavani 09

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation

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Questioner: No, I will get rid of it.
Dadashri: It will not remain anymore, will it? A suspicion-laden mind is separate and 'You'
are separate Questioner: The effect of suspicion is felt instantly but will that effect take place in the next life too?
Dadashri: One reaps the fruits of the seeds he sows. Therefore destroy the seed altogether. If a seed of suspicion sprouts, you can recognize it and distinguish it from all other types of seeds. Uproot it and throw it away so that no new seeds come from it. Only when the fruit comes, will new seeds come.
Questioner: So then it will not create an effect in the next life?
Dadashri: There will be no effect in the next life if the seed is not sown (no cause). A seed was sown (cause was created) in your past life and that is why it gives rise to the effect of suspicion in this life. So do not allow any seed to be sown. This world is not worth having suspicion over, so go to sleep peacefully
Questioner: It is not until one attains the vision free of suspicion (nihshank drashti) that he sees the world without any fault (nirdosh).
Dadashri: That is why I see people as flawless, without faults. Now that you have become Shuddhatma; the pure Soul the mind will not change. The mind however, is in the form of a discharge. If the mind has become suspicion-laden (shankashil); it will be suspicious and if it shows you negative things, it is negative, but there is no need to be afraid. 'You' should just observe it. It will say, 'I will die.' So what? You should say, 'whatever happens, will happen and I don't have any problems with that either' - this is what you have to say.
Purity through pratikraman Questioner: But sometimes a knot of suspicion is formed in the prakruti itself, how can that be untangled?
Dadashri: What Dada is saying is not to have any suspicions, if however it arises, you have to say, 'Go to Dada!' Even when such circumstances arise, the circumstance and You are separate.
Questioner: Suspicions about someone will arise even when I don't want it to, so how can that suspicion be eliminated?
Dadashri: In that situation, you have to recall the other person's pure Self, and ask for His forgiveness and do pratikraman. This suspicion arises because of the mistake you made in your past life.
Questioner: Whatever consequences we have to suffer because of our past karmas, is the suffering reduced by repeated pratikraman?
Dadashri: Yes. And 'You' do not have to suffer it. 'You' tell 'Chandulal', 'Do pratikraman', and it will be reduced. The more pratikraman you do, the more it is reduced, until it is completely gone.
Everyone comes together as a consequence of their past karmas. Neither a Gnani nor an agnani can change anything, so why should you incur double the loss?
Questioner: Dada, you are right, you said that the world has been this way from the very beginning.
Dadashri: There is nothing else to it. It appears the way it does because it has been covered up, but really suspicion kills people. Therefore, do not allow suspicion to arise and do pratikraman. Do pratikraman for any suspicion that arises towards someone.