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Pratikraman
you have to take a beating, as compared to being stuck over there in the worldly life with no satsang. Don't you have to check into whether the place where you are is good or bad?
Questioner: The pratikraman you gave me when I had a problem with my leg brought about a magical change within two days.
Dadashri: 'We had sent 'our' blessings.
Questioner: It brought about a magical effect within two days.
Dadashri: This is a magical effect of ours', this doing of pratikraman according to the Agna. It does what even God cannot do.
(398) Now You Can No Longer Afford to be Tempted
Questioner: I had a good experience in that.
Dadashri: Yes, because from the exact perspective, this is such an easy path. It is straightforward. It is one of equanimity and impartiality. There is no difficulty in it. And yet what does the One who shows you this path and impart His grace on you say? He tells you that He is just instrumental in the process (a nimit). He does not take credit for it. Otherwise, a person will take at least some credit for it. Then there will be a burden of that credit and fame. So, everything has become so very straightforward that you need to get your work done; that is what I am saying. Another straightforward (sarad) path will not come again; it will not be so straightforward again. You will never get the same chance again.
Therefore, this is the greatest chance you will get, so why don't you curb all that tickles your fancy,' all that tempts you. There is no joy in these things that entice you. You will find many people who will tempt you and allure you away but there is no benefit to you in that. So let go of your fondness for all that
'tickles your fancy' and tempts you, just for one life; besides, now only half the life remains. It is not even one full lifetime anymore, is it? Bow Down to His Shuddhatma and Then...
Questioner: When you told us to do pratikraman for our friends and relatives, do we just have to see it all or do we have to say something?
Dadashri: You have to say it in your mind.
Questioner: Having attachment (raag) for anyone is a mistake and having abhorrence (dwesh) against anyone is also a mistake, so do I have to do pratikraman for that?
Dadashri: Not just raag-dwesh. You have to say a lot of other things. You have to say that you are doing alochana, pratikraman and pratyakhyan for whatever mistakes you have made in this life, and countless previous lives, due to ignorance.
Questioner: Is that for the raag-dwesh of this life and of countless past lives?
Dadashri: Raag-dwesh, all the mistakes made in ignorance, any accusations, for hurting someone's ego; you have to mention all that and when you say all that, your one file is cleared. Then you have to take the next file, clear it and dismiss it just like the doctor dismisses his patients.
We also cleared out all the accounts with people in *our village - people who lived on our street - 'we' searched for all of them. Only mistakes done in ignorance are bound. Have you bound mistakes like those at all?
Questioner: Many. Do As Dadashri Has Instructed; Do Not Add
Anything Else Questioner: I have read in a book that if one does
