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[25] Understanding the Principles of Pratikraman
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again. If pratikraman is done again, eventually it will all end.
Questioner: If a person hangs on to these talks about pratikraman, not through words but through experience, then he will readily have awareness. It does give results.
Dadashri: Our mahatmas have already experienced that, but for people elsewhere to experience that will take time. Whatever the distance you have traveled in the wrong direction as atikraman, if you do a corresponding amount of pratikraman, you will come back to the starting point, so then have you lost anything? Questioner: Then no more loss remains.
Got On the Right Path Dadashri: After Gnan, everything within runs on the right track. Before, the entire day used to pass with the inner state in turmoil and wrong direction. This Gnan 'does' everything right. Even if you slap someone, it will tell you from within, 'No, no, you cannot do that; do pratikraman,' whereas before Gnan, it would say, 'He deserves more! This is the way he needs to be treated!' So now everything that is going on within is the energy of the Self-realized (samkit bud). It is a tremendous energy. It works day and night. It works constantly.
Questioner: Is pragnya doing all that? (468)
Dadashri: Yes, pragnya is doing it all in order to take You to moksha. It will take you to moksha, dragging along your bedding and luggage!
Absolute Conviction of Akram Vignan
Our mahatmas' conviction (pratiti), 'I am pure Soul, does not leave even when they are clashing with someone. They may slip from their awareness laksha) but they will never lose their pratiti, because it is absolute (kshayak) conviction (pratiti). It will not leave them even for a moment.
If they are fighting with someone, 'we - Dadashri' will not rebuke them. Even if two gnanis (mahatmas) are quarrelling, 'we' will not rebuke them. We recognize that they are settling their files. Then they immediately turn around and do prarikraman. We do not have to say anything; they will do pratikraman on their own. This is how pratikraman is in this path.
The Self is a Shuddhatma and the one within that carries out the internal actions is called pragnya bhaav. And it is this pragnya bhaav that says, 'Do pratikraman.' That is how, in a different way, the dialogue is carried out within. 'It,' pragnya shakti, tells 'Chandubhai', 'You did atikraman, so do pratikraman.' Arikraman means if you were coming here and his bhaav (inner intent) changes even a little it becomes negative), you would not be aware of it, nor would anyone else. But he would know that his inner intent became spoilt. So then pragnya shakti will immediately tell him, 'Do pratikraman for that person.' So he will do pratikraman in your name; he will do a *shoot-on-sight' pratikraman in your name. Not a single pratikraman will remain to be done.
Make the Neighbor Do Pratikraman
Questioner: When I keep awareness of the Self, the Self does not bind karma, so then why do I have to do pratikraman?
Dadashri: This is all a neighborly duty. You are taking Your closest neighbor, Your first neighbor ("Chandubhai'), and explaining to him that he has done atikraman, so he should do pratikraman. Otherwise he will have to face the liability. Pratikraman has to be done for atikraman. This is the path of Akram and so nothing will burn out (mistakes will not be destroyed) on its own. Without alochana, pratikraman and pratyakhyan, not a single thing in this world will burn out and one will not attain moksha.
