Pratikramana Freedom Through Apology and Repentance

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Dada Bhagwan Foundation

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Pratikraman
It is not easy to see your own fault. I illuminate everything for you. You must first have your aware attentiveness to faults, and the desire to see your faults. It is like bringing up your hand in order to eat. Would the food go into your mouth by just wishing for it? Some kind of an effort has to be made on your part.
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It is natural for humans to err, but how can they escape from this? Only a Gnani Purush can show you how and it is through pratikraman. (P.121)
Pratikraman is occurring naturally and spontaneously from within. People ask if this is true. I tell them that I have placed a special 'machine' inside them, which starts the process. Everything is ready as long as you are earnest about it.
Questioner: That is true Dada the pratikraman is going on automatically. Furthermore this science is such that there is no more hatred. (P.123) Questioner: This person is asking why can he not do pratikraman?
Dadashri: He does not realize that it is indeed happening within him, but when he says that he cannot do it, the machinery stops and the process comes to a halt. Whatever your prayers, such will be your worship. If you say pratikramans are indeed beneficial and are occurring from within, they will occur. If you say they are of no benefit or they are not necessary, they will stop. The pratikraman will start after some time.
Questioner: I do not like it when I hurt someone, but that's as far as it goes. I do not do any pratikraman.
Dadashri: The 'machinery' within us, works according to our instructions. If you say you cannot do something, then you
Pratikraman
will not be able to do it. If you tell yourself you are tired of doing pratikraman, then the 'machinery' will also become sluggish. It is 'Chandubhai' who is doing the pratikraman and he is the one who is supposed to do it. All you have to do is keep saying that you are able to do pratikraman and before you know it, you too will be doing five hundred or more pratikramans a day. (P.123)
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Whenever possible try to do 'shoot-on-sight' pratikraman, as soon as the mistake is made. Failing that, do pratikraman collectively in the evening. Through the latter, however, you might forget a few of your mistakes. Who is going to take care of those? So your responsibility is to do shoot-on-sight pratikraman. (P.124)
Know that your ticket for liberation has arrived when you begin to see your own faults. Generally people cannot see their own faults, including these monks and religious teachers. Not to be able to perceive one's own fault is the greatest of all shortcomings. This Science is such that it gives you an unbiased judgement by uncovering and disclosing all your faults. It uncovers them for you, even though sometimes it may do so after they occur. Whatever happens happens, but at least you realize your mistakes. (P.127)
7. Thus The Business Runs Clean Questioner: If you set Chandulal free, then he is likely to do anything at whim!
Dadashri: No. That is why I have emphasized vyavasthit. You cannot change anything at all for this current life, the life in which I am giving you vyavasthit. Vyavasthit cannot be changed at all. So in giving you this knowledge of vyavasthit, you cannot change a single thing in this life. This is why I am setting you free. I can see all this in my Gnan, so I do not need to reprimand you for any of your effects. You are not held accountable for just this