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Aptavani-4
Questioner: Is bitterness a kind of ego?
Dadashri: Bitterness and sweetness are both the fruit of karma, and they will be there only as long as the ego is there. The fruit of the ego that does good, will be sweet, and the fruit of the ego that does bad, will be bitter.
Questioner: Who creates all the confusion in this world?
Dadashri: Ignorance of the Self.
Questioner: Who is the greater; the one asking for forgiveness, or the one who forgives?
Dadashri: Even the horse and cart carriage drivers, taxi drivers, or potters come to ask for forgiveness. However, they have not given forgiveness themselves. So the one who forgives, has greater value. It is very difficult to forgive. 'Ours' (Dada's) is natural and spontaneous (sahaj) forgiveness (kshama). You are automatically forgiven for any mistakes you make, whether you ask for forgiveness or not.
A Seed of Karma Is Sown if You Become the Doer
Questioner: What is the difference between a man who thinks about killing someone and a man who actually kills someone?
Dadashri: The one who thinks about it, is guilty in the eyes of Nature, and the one who actually kills someone, is guilty in the eyes of the world. A man who kills someone in this life was already guilty (of having bhaav and planting a seed of killing) from his previous life. His punishment will be in this life, in the form of a jail sentence, or harassment and humiliation by other people. That karma will come to end, provided he does not sow any new seeds.
Questioner: Is there a method to planting these 'seeds'
