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Pratikraman
Then You have to know what 'Chandubhai's' intellect (buddhi) is doing, what his chit is doing, that he has pain in his leg and whether 'Chandubhai' is paying attention to it or not. You have to know all that. If he has hunger pangs in his stomach, You have to know that too.
PART 2 UNDERSTANDING SAMAYIK
Definition of Samayik Questioner: What is a samayik?
Dadashri: There are two kinds of samayik. One is prevalent in the world, where the doer of the samayik does not allow the mind to move away from a certain circle defined prior to the process. Thus, he attempts to keep the mind confined within a circle, a boundary. Where the mind remains still in what is occurring outside is called vyavahar samayik. (495)
And the other kind of samayik is the exact samayik that Lord Mahavir had spoken of; the kind that we all do in this path of Akram. (The samayik of Akram Vignan is where for fortyeight minutes (gunthanu), one remains as the Self and sees' file number one).
Questioner: Please explain the samayik of our Akram
When the thoughts of someone outside come, see' him as pure (shuddha). That is our samayik. It is to remain pure (shuddha) and to 'see' the pure (shuddha).
If he has quarreled all night with someone, then later when sitting in samayik, see the shuddha, the Self, and say, *Chandubhai, come, ask for forgiveness."
Questioner: Dada, how can I do that samayik properly and precisely?
Dadashri: Everyone here does such samayik. They take a certain topic, and they do a samayik on that specific topic, so that particular topic will begin to dissolve and will eventually come to an end. Whatever you want to dissolve, you can do so by doing this samayik. If you have a dislike for a certain taste in food, then take that very subject in the samayik, and continue *seeing' what this'-pragnya shakti 'shows' You. Merely by
seeing', all tubers (granthi) dissolve. The tubers of kashay will dissolve by simply 'seeing them in samayik. The worst and the largest of tubers that trouble you can be dissolved in the samayik. Do the kind of samayik that are being done here. (496)
Definition of Samayik-Pratikraman
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Dadashri: In our samayik, one becomes the Self (atmaswaroop), and 'sees' (ovoo) what is going on within *Chandubhai' (file number one). There You 'see' what kind of thoughts 'Chandubhai' is having. We have to see all of them, and You are the Seer.
Thoughts are drashya - that which is to be seen. And You are drashta - the Seer. Those thoughts we are able to understand are called gneya (that which is known) and You are Gnata - the Knower.
Questioner: What is the connection between our samayik (of Akram Vignan) and pratikraman?
Dadashri: Pratikraman is for any atikraman that occurs. Your day-to-day activities is kraman (neutral activities that do not hurt anyone), then if you say something that hurts someone; that is called arikraman. Then you have to tell 'Chandubhai',
