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UNDERSTANDING SAMAYIK
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Pratikraman
Dadashri: Ours is Akram Vignan. Therefore, this samayik is to sit still and dissolve the tubers. Samayik is not the ideal word for this in Akram Vignan. 'We have to give it another unique name but because 'we cannot find another name, 'we' are making do with this one.
And samayik does not mean anything but to remain the Knower-Seer (Gnata-Drashta) of whatever sprouts from the mind (gneya).
Questioner: Are samayik and pratikraman considered a kriya (ritual)?
Dadashri: No, samayik and pratikraman are not kriyas. They are gnan-kriya. That which is carried out in ignorance is agnan-kriya and that which is done'-occurs through Gnan (the Self) - is gnan-kriya. Gnan-kriya liberates, whereas this agnan-kriya brings worldly happiness.
Questioner: My personal experience is that awareness jagruti) increases a lot with samayik.
Dadashri: Jagruti will increase a lot. There is nothing better than a samayik for awareness.
Questioner: But I understood it to be a kriya (ritual).
Dadashri: No. It is a gnan-kriya. Gnan-kriya is not considered a kriya action. As far as worldly interaction (vyavahar) is concerned, you have to say that you are doing samayik.
We' just use the word 'doing,' that is all. You (the Self) have to remain in samayik, not do the samayik. It is an old habit of speaking and using such words and that is why we speak that way. The language has developed such that we say, "We have to do the samayik,' but otherwise, samayik is what You have be 'in' In our path of Akram, there is no 'doership, is there? The language has simply become so and that is why we
have to speak that way. We in the Akram path do not have to do anything, do we?
Inner Purity through Samayik
Questioner: When I am sitting in samayik and a bad thought arises, should I do pratikraman right away at that time?
Dadashri: Yes, You should do everything at that time. You, the Self are not to 'do' it; You are the Knower (Gnata) of that thought, and "Chandubhai' does not have the awareness and he is the doer (karta). Therefore, You have to tell the doer, *Why did you do that? Do pratikraman for it.' You are the Knower and he is the 'doer.'
When you come here next time, 'we' will show you (the vidhi of) dhyan-sadhana (the way to meditate as the Self). There is one such a samayik by which You will be able to see within, all the mistakes of your entire life. You (the Self) will be able to see all those mistakes and by simply seeing them, they will decrease. 'We will show you such a samayik when you come here next time. But until then, why don't you try and remain in the Five Agnas.
Samayik Dissolves All Tubers Questioner: My mind is weak and that is why I am not able to sit in our samayik.
Dadashri: You will be able to do it when you sit down to do samayik in a group; in doing so, there is a mutual effect of others around. You do not have to place any particular tuber (to see a specific tuber) in the samayik. You just have to see what the mind is doing. You just have to spend the entire samayik
seeing' within. Keep 'seeing what the weakness of the mind is doing. Sooner or later, You will have to dissolve these tubers, will You not? Whatever You dissolve, that much will be the benefit in this very life. The energy of the free state (saiyamcontrol of kashay) will increase greatly.
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