Pratikramana Freedom Through Apology and Repentance

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

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have any doubts? It is human nature to have doubts, but you must do instant pratikraman for this mistake.
(P.177) When you become aware of the slightest thought, good or bad, about anyone, you must erase it immediately. If these thoughts are allowed to linger, they will reach the other person and proliferate. They can grow in a matter of hours and continue for days. You should not allow your vibrations to flow in this way.
will respond by sulking in return. And the cycle of attachmentabhorrence carries on. Now that you have received this Gnan, you must accept your mistakes and settle the case with equanimity. As a Gnani Purush I accept all the mistakes.
(P.174) Questioner: What can we do to stop feelings of jealousy after this Gnan?
Dadashri: There are two ways to deal with that. One is that when you experience such feelings you must repent. The other is that the feelings of jealousy are the result or effect from your previous life and they just happen. You do not make them happen. These feelings will disappear provided that you do not accept them as yours and become involved with them. Just be aware of the traits of jealousy occuring within and remain separate. If however, you become jealous then you have to pratikraman.
Questioner: I do not want to harbor any suspicion for anyone, yet it happens. How can I stop this, Dada?
Dadashri: You must see the Pure Self of the person whom you have suspicions for, and ask for forgiveness. You should do pratikraman. These doubts that you feel come from the mistakes from your previous lifetime.
(P.176) You are walking alone at night and you feel afraid that you might be mugged; you must do pratikraman for this. This suspicion spoils everything. Take the necessary precautions but do simultaneous pratikramans. If you harbor suspicions, things may go wrong. Do not allow yourself to become suspicious of any living being. Suspicion brings suffering. If you do nothing to dismiss your doubts, they will consume you.
When you feel doubt, you must make Chandulal do pratikraman. You are the Lord of this universe, so why must you
A large portion of effects of the deeds done in this life is destroyed with pratikraman. When you do pratikraman, your karma will become weak like a burnt rope, with its cinders intact, and will disintegrate at the slightest jolt. In your next life all you will have to do is shake off the cinders. Every act done in this life is an effect. Within it, unknown to the doer of the act, are the causes of next life. These causes give their results as effects in next life. For negative acts performed in this life, pratikraman changes the causes within, and therefore the desired result is the effect in the next life.
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12. Destroying Addiction With Gnan
Questioner: I am addicted to the bad habit of smoking. What should I do?
Dadashri: Maintain within that this smoking is wrong. Furthermore never defend the act of smoking in any manner. If you do, it will only serve to reinforce and protect your habit. Admit that you have a weakness and that it is a bad habit. Only then there will come a time when you will be able to break free from this addition. If you do not, then this addiction will stay with you forever.
I do pratikraman also. One must become free from all