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vitarag (detached; non-attachment) by nature. If the mind becomes spoiled, then do pratikraman. The decision undertaken by the 'parliament of the antahkaran, and the ‘spoiling' of the mind, are two different things.
If you go into an office to ask for a permit, but the man in charge refuses to give it to you. You will think to yourself, “That man is useless, he is like this and like that.' Now you have no idea about the consequences of this intent (bhaav). That is why you have to change your bhaav and do pratikraman. We call this awareness (jagruti).
If you utter anything negative about any living being it undoubtedly becomes ‘recorded. The slightest provocation is bound to start the record of adverse intent (pratipakshi bhaav) playing.
Questioner: But it should not even enter the bhaav, should it?
Dadashri: If you provoke someone, attacking intent (pratipakshi bhaav) will not refrain from arising within him. If he is strong, he may not say anything, but will he not feel it in his mind? If you stop talking, the other person's intent (bhaav) will also come to an end.
I never, regardless of the circumstance, have adverse intent (pratipakshi bhaav). Sooner or later, you are bound to arrive at such a stage.
In ‘our' eyes, you will not see any other bhaav, which is why people do “our' darshan. One should not be able to read any kind of negative bhaav in these eyes. That is when one will feel samadhi (state of the Self which is free from any effects of mental, physical or externally induced pain), just by looking into those eyes. You will not feel such an attraction towards someone who is after something, such as: respect, fame, anger, greed or attachment.
