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Awareness When Words are Flowing in Speech...
Speaking Causes Increased Bondage of Karma
The mind is not as much of a problem as the speech is, because the mind functions secretly, whereas words cause a deep wound in a person's heart and hurt him severely. You must ask for forgiveness from whomever you have hurt with your speech. You must recall each and every person and do pratikraman for that hurt.
Questioner: Can I expect to be forgiven with pratikraman, for all the hurt committed through speech? (330)
Dadashri: The faults will remain in the form of a burned rope. It looks like a rope, but it cannot bind like a rope. With pratikraman for these mistakes in this life, the residual effect will instantly disintegrate in the next life like the ashes of the burned rope. Pratikraman dissolves the binding nature of the mistakes.
Doership is the support on which karma is bound. Now that You are no longer the doer, no new karma will be bound. The remaining karmas from the past will bring forth their effects and then dissipate.
Questioner: But, Dada, what kind of an effect will this have on the other person?
Dadashri: That is not something You should be concerned
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about. Once you do pratikraman, You do not have to worry about that. Just do more pratikraman.
Questioner: Suppose I happen to say it openly; then he will definitely be hurt by what I say, will he not?
Dadashri: Yes, but that pain and hurt arose against your wishes, did it not? Therefore, you should do pratikraman. Whatever account he had got settled.
Questioner: If I say something, he will feel badly from within, will he not?
Dadashri: Yes. He will feel bad. If the wrong has occurred, he will feel bad, will he not? The karmic account (hisaab) that has to be paid, you have no choice but pay it to be free.
Questioner: I cannot control it and that is why it comes out in words.
Dadashri: Yes. It will come out, but then you have to do pratikraman when that occurs; that is all. You have to repent and then decide not to do the same again.
Then, if you are sitting with some free time, keep doing pratikraman over and over again for it. In doing so, all those mistakes will become weak and then dissolve. Only the files that are sticky need to be tackled. They need to be made smooth and easy through pratikraman. Besides, there are only three or four such files, not many more.
Worldly Interaction Cannot Be Remedied
Questioner: If a person speaks after becoming irritated, would that be considered atikraman?
Dadashri: Of course, it is atikraman.
Questioner: What occurs if speech that is hurtful comes out and hurts someone, and pratikraman is not done for it?
