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alochana in the presence of the Shuddhatma. Tell 'Chandulal' to do alochana and then make him do pratikraman and pratyakhyan. Make him do this for an hour at a time. Make him do this for all the members of the family, whomever he has relations with. (394) Stickiness Where There is Intense Prior Life Account
You can reduce the 'stickiness' of raag-dwesh (attachmentabhorrence) by constantly doing pratikraman. It is your mistake that the other person is being difficult; you have not washed it off, and if you have washed it off, then the purusharth has not been adequate. Whenever you have a free moment, keep doing pratikraman and wash off all the mistakes with the past life karma accounts (roonanubandhi) with whom there is a 'sticky' relationship. Usually there are not many such people - there may be five or ten individuals with whom you have a sticky relation from the past life. Those are the ones you have to do pratikraman for and thus wash away the stickiness. You have to find out who they are. You will immediately know the new ones when they arise, but you have to find the old ones. There is greater stickiness with the ones who have a closer relationship with you. What will start sprouting? Only that which is sticky!
Your speech will come out better if everything is cleared, otherwise it will not. Everything should be cleared up, wherever you have acquaintances. Then do pratikraman of people in specific areas of the county, state and then by profession, for example, lawyers, judges, accountants, etc.
You have to do a lot of other kind of pratikramans. If you meet someone when you are going somewhere and you start talking to him, and he may feel hurt in the conversation, do pratikraman in his name. If you are walking along and trip on the road, why did you trip? Investigate why you tripped; you encountered a problem that made you fall on a specific course
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of action. Clean it through pratikraman without delving too much into it.
You must do lots of pratikraman for all the people you have harassed and hurt. Whenever you have free time, take an hour or so recalling each person and do his pratikraman. Whomever you have hurt, will you not have to wash that off? Thereafter, the Gnan will come into experience.
Helping or Hurting - Both Bind Karma
Questioner: When I was young, I stole ten rupees from one girl and then put it in the compass box of another girl who was in need of the money. I did pratikraman of that.
Dadashri: What is that like? You earned merit karma (punya) for giving the money and demerit karma (paap) for stealing. For the punya you earned, say, one hundred points, you lost three hundred points for stealing. This is how the world is. There is harm in also doing such interference.
So take everyone that you know and do their pratikraman. Then take all the clients, all the attorneys, all the judges and do their pratikraman. Then do pratikraman for those who are acquainted with you. Try and do pratikraman in the afternoon while you are resting. This way, you will not fall asleep; pratikraman will be done and at the same time you will get the rest. This is what 'we' do, but for 'us' everything is finished.
Pratikraman of Religious People
After this, with Dada Bhagwan as your witness, take all the religions and their religious heads, monks, nuns, and ascetics, and do pratikraman for any negative comments or criticisms you have made, instigated others to make, in this life, the past life, past calculable lives, and past infinite lives. Ask for the strength not to repeat any such transgression against such people, in the slightest degree.
