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[16] Revenge of Enmity is Unbearable
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Pratikraman
striking back?
Questioner: So should the ego suppress such an inner intent (bhaav) or should it allow it to manifest in action? (284)
Dadashri: Would anyone think of hitting his own brother?
Questioner: But after all that, I thought very deeply about who binds enmity, why does he do so; so does that not all go into pratikraman?
Dadashri: That is nothing but rigmarole - long tedious talking back and forth.
Did you not feel that someone was binding it? That somebody was doing something?
Questioner: One does everything to his own self.
Dadashri: What else, then? Whether knowingly or unknowingly, when you say, 'Hey, you' (threaten) to someone's ego, then he will bind another karma (of enmity), and when the fruit of that enmity comes, it will bring on such a misery that you will forget the world. You can never harass or instill fear in anyone. If he is harassing you, then it is your own karmic account (hisaab) and so you should credit' it into your karmic account and stop creating a new one, if you want to be free. What have you decided?
Questioner: Whatever he gives me is my own hisaab (karmic account), due to me.
Dadashri: Yes. We have found a straightforward path. There are no external problems (upadhi), and the worries have gone; there is no other problem and so it is possible to do whatever you wish. And after you do pratikraman, no matter how much enmity there is, you can still be free in this very life. Pratikraman is the only solution.
Retaliation towards Sticky Files
Questioner: I have three or four sticky files at the office. When these files harass me, I feel like retaliating with violence.
Dadashri: Is that so? You still have the old inner intent of
Dadashri: 'You do not have to suppress them or let them manifest into action. Just keep 'seeing' what occurs. Do you understand that? You just have to see what 'Chandulal' is doing; that is all. Your duty is to know' and 'see,' and on what basis is "Chandulal' functioning? It is based on vyavasthit. Do you understand? All the files are to be settled with equanimity on the basis of scientific circumstantial evidences! There is no other problem; everything else is complete.
This is How Enmity is Destroyed
Questioner: I am not able to break free from the links of enmity perpetuated through speech. These layers of enmity are so tightly bound that they are difficult to peel off. And remembering Dada when I try to do pratikraman for the arikraman I did, the pratikraman stops and instead leaves a link of grudge (taanto) behind. Then those links (Taanto) come out even stronger. So I feel dejected as to why these links still remain. Why do they not go away?
Dadashri: That is because it has been made very compact, that is why. It is just like this bale of cotton. It will fill up the whole room if you cut off the ropes. That is how this karmic stock has been compacted together, therefore, you have to continue doing pratikraman to bring an end to it.
Questioner: No matter how much effort I put in, it stops me from doing pratikraman. Those links of enmity work against the pratikraman and so it exhausts any effort (purusharth) towards it.
Dadashri: No matter how hard it is just go to sleep at night. The Lord has said to work during the day but to sleep at
