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[21] Faults of Prakruti Will Depart This Way...
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Pratikraman
While urinating, if an ant should get flushed away in the stream, 'we' do pratikraman. 'We always maintain awareness. The fact that the ant drowns is a karmic effect, or discharge karma, but why did this mistake unfold for me? It is a mistake for which pratikraman was not done in the past life (apratikraman dosh). Why did the awareness become dim? Such mistake carries a karmic liability
Whenever you read Dada's books, bow down to the book and say, Dada, give me the energy to read this as it is.' If you forget to do so, then bow down twice and tell Dada that it is not your intention to forget but because you did, you are asking for His forgiveness and you will not let it occur again.
If you forget to do your vidhi (Dadashri's prescribed daily instructions) at the right time, do pratikraman and then do the vidhi
When 'we' separate two people, 'we' incur liability and, therefore, 'we' do pratikraman.
Questioner: Even when you do it without any doership?
Dadashri: Whatever the intent, you have to do pratikraman when you do anything that hurts others.
Dadashri: Yes, it reaches him. He will start to soften from within, whether he is aware of it or not. His attitude towards you will improve. Our pratikraman is very effective. There is tremendous energy and power in pratikraman. If you do pratikraman for just one hour, you will see the changes in the other person. But that will only occur if the pratikramans are done exactly and sincerely. When you do pratikraman for the other person, not only will he not see your faults, but he will also begin to respect you.
Questioner: Do we not charge new karma by doing pratikraman?
Dadashri: If the Self becomes the doer, then karma will be charged. The Self does not do pratikraman; it is *Chandubhai' who does it and You, the pure Self, are the *Knower' and the Seer' of it all.
(350) True pratikraman starts only after you become Selfrealized. There has to be someone to do the pratikraman (i.e., *Chandulal'), and someone to give the instructions that pratikraman be done (You, the pure Self).
What is our pratikraman? If you unwind a reel, whatever individual pieces come out of it, to patch them together and to clean them up is our pratikraman.
Questioner: Can one make mistakes in seeing charitra moha (seeing faults in discharge)? Can one make the same mistake after doing pratikraman every day, or not?
Dadashri: You should recognize the mistake that occurs every day. It will not go away even after you do pratikraman. One layer is being broken every time.
If you do pratikraman even for an hour, You will have the experience of the realm of the Self. If pratikraman is done instantly as 'shoot-on-sight,' then it is possible to enter into the
In Akram Vignan, we are doing pratikraman for the arikramans that are occurring during a karmic discharge. These pratikramans are for the discharge that hurts others. If you something good for Dada or mahatmas, you do not have to do pratikraman. When you do something good for other people, you have to do pratikraman (as doership is involved); you are doing prarikraman for slipping from the awakened awareness (upayog).
Phenomenal Value of Pratikraman
Questioner: When I do pratikraman, does it reach the other person?
