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[25] Understanding the Principles of Pratikraman
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Dadashri: Yes, and since 'Chandubhai' is the servant, You have to maintain your royalty and aura. You (the Self) have to tell 'Chandubhai,' 'Sit at the table and eat well. I am with you now.' He will say, 'But, Maharaj, subatomic karmic particles within said not to.' So you can tell him, "The Maharaj may say no, but you just eat with splendor. You have now met Dada!'
Make the one who did the atikraman do all the pratikraman. You (the Self) do not have to do it. You (the Self) are the Knower of what 'Chandubhai' does. Is there any problem then? Lord Mahavir did the same. He constantly saw just one body complex (pudgal). He would not see any other pudgal, just His.
Pratikraman by Force
Questioner: Dada, even when I feel 'this is not mine,' I still get trapped there.
Dadashri: There is no problem with that. Who gets
caught?
Questioner: I know that certain things are wrong and that I should not do them, but even then I end up doing them.
Dadashri: But 'Chandubhai' does it, does he not? You are not doing it, are You?
Questioner: That is when I feel that there is so much worthlessness in 'Chandubhai.'
Dadashri: No, no, 'Chandubhai' will be caught because he has done it. Therefore, tell him to do pratikraman even if he is reluctant to do so. Make him do pratikraman 'by force.' Tell him, 'Why did you do atikraman? So now do pratikraman.' 'Chandubhai' is the one who gets caught; You do not get caught, do You?
As a neighbor, You have to tell 'Chandubhai,' 'How are
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you going to become free if you make such mistakes? You will have to become free from 'Me' (Self) and you have to become clean. So do pratikraman.' That is all You have to tell him. That is all You have to say. Pratikraman has to be done whenever atikraman occurs. You do not have to get it done it for good things.
You Begin To Be Free with That
Questioner: With some of the insistence (pakkad) that I tend to get into, I know that it is wrong and yet that insistence occurs even when I do not wish. Then I repent and do pratikraman. But why does the insistence not go away?
Dadashri: You (the Self) are letting go of it and it leaves You. You are becoming free from it, if you do pratikraman. They go further away from you as you do pratikraman. However many pratikramans you do, that much further (not return in memory) they go.
Questioner: Then I go in front of Dada's picture and cry. (458)
Dadashri: Yes, but as many pratikramans as you do, You become free and separate by that much. You do one pratikraman and it is pushed away. Then you do pratikraman again, and it is pushed away even more. Then, as it goes farther, it becomes separate and less.
This lady causes problems at home only once in three months now. She used to do it two to four times every day, so for every ninety days she would do it three hundred and sixty times! But now, she clashes only once. That will occur for you too. There was another lady just like her who would fight every day at home. She would say only negative things. Only through pratikraman was she able to get rid of it. She does pratikraman every day.
Questioner: I have made a firm decision (nischay) that
