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[25] Understanding the Principles of Pratikraman
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you are not the Atma (the Self) and that in doing pratikraman; you are losing your Self.
and neutral activities), and their atikraman is only about twofive percent. And for that he will have to suffer the consequences. Otherwise, they would never do atikraman.
Dadashri: The Kramic path is such that, once you attain the Self, there is no pratikraman. He loses the Self if he does pratikraman.
Questioner: But, Dada, the pratikraman we do is done according to your Agna (special directive), 'by remaining separate."
Whereas here in the Akram path), we have attained Gnan out of the blue and, therefore, will have to do prarikraman for whatever kind of stock we have filled, whenever it comes out.
Dadashri: Yes, 'Chandubhai', the one who made the mistake, the one who did atikraman, he does the pratikraman.
In the Kramic path, there is no need to do pratikraman after Self-realization. But because ours is the Akram path, we still have a large stock of baggage of karma and, despite this, we became the pure Soul (Shuddhatma), so doing pratikraman will wash away the stock! But 'we-the Self do not have to do pratikraman. 'We have become the pure Self and so 'we' have to tell 'Chandubhai', 'Dear man, you had spoilt this and so now improve it.'
In the Kramic path, there is no need for pratikraman after attaining the Self. Pratikraman is considered poison in that. 'We too do not have to do pratikraman (in the Akram path). 'We make 'Chandubhai' do it, because this is Akram and all the karmic stock is still present within. There is all kind of stock within. How can one cope with all of that? And people keep wondering what this is all about. They think, "These people are crazy; so how can they do satsang about moksha?' Therefore, the world says that crazy people have no right to moksha or to do satsang about moksha; they have a right to do satsang on good and bad (shubhashubh). So then I have to tell them that the Gnan that I have discovered is a discovery of a very high level.
Pratikraman in the Kramic Path Questioner: Is there pratikraman in the Kramic path?
Dadashri: There is pratikraman in the Kramic path, but it is not of this type. In the Kramic path, doing pratikraman after attaining the Self is like poison, because one would never do atikraman in the Kramic path. A person who has attained the Self in the Kramic path will never do atikraman. So then why does he have to do pratikraman? They do kraman (natural
This pratikraman stops all enmity between people. If you have any problems with this man, if he were to say something unpleasant, then you would feel very hurt and consequently you will think badly of him. You will have a negative meditation about him, so you should do pratikraman directly to his Shuddhatma and become free from that mistake. You have to do pratyakhyan that you will not do it again and so that mistake will be washed away.
(452) The Self is Never the Doer of Pratikraman
It is not acceptable if I don't tell you to do pratikraman.
What you are saying is completely true, that pratikraman is considered poisonous. If one were to do pratikraman after attaining the Self and the natural meditation as the Self (shukladhyan), then it can never be a shukladhyan. But this pratikraman is not to be done by the Self. Who do you ask to do pratikraman?
Questioner: I make 'Chandubhai' do pratikraman, but
