Spirituality in Speech

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation

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Spirituality in Speech
Spirituality in Speech
your speech, and therefore when speech ceases, so will the creation of these intents. Speech is the echo of inner intent. Hostile intentions (negative bhaav) arise inevitably, despite the lack of desire of a person to have them, do they not? You cannot prevent them from taking place. For me, such intentions (bhaav) have ceased to occur and you too will have to come to this level.
We must rid ourselves of this weakness of hostile reactions (bhaav). And if they do happen to occur, then we have the weapon of pratikraman. Pratikraman erases all such mistakes. If water has entered the factory, it is possible to clean it up before it becomes ice and destroys your machines. In the same way, you have the ability to clean up your potentially destructive karmas before they gel and solidify for results in the next life.
Questioner: Is the recording that takes place, based on one's intentions while he speaks and his awareness at the time?
Dadashri : No. The taping the recording), does not occur at the time of speech. It has already taken place previously. What happens today is that it plays back, according to the way it was taped; the way it was recorded in the past life.
Questioner : But what happens now if we have the awareness as we speak (it plays back)?
Dadashri : If you scold someone and you feel in your mind, 'I was right to scold him,' then a 'code word will be recorded again reflecting these inner intentions. And if you feel, 'I was wrong to scold him," then a new 'code word' is created. Your intent of, 'I was right in scolding him', will create the similar code (as the one giving effect right now); only the newer one created will be much stronger. Your inner bhaav of, 'I did a terrible thing. I should not have spoken in this manner. Why do these things happen?', then the code becomes smaller.
Questioner : What are the codes of the speech of a
Tirthankar like?
Dadashri : His code is based on his decision that his speech should not hurt any living being in the slightest degree. Not just the absolute non-violence in his speech, but that no living being's sense of its level of existence (what you believe you are) should be offended at all. A Tirthankar's speech never hurts any living being. Not even a tree! But only the Tirthankars have created such codes, in their past life.
Questioner : What is the solution for a person who does not want to record anything?
Dadashri : He should not create any vibrations. He should just observe everything. However, that is not possible! The relative self is mechanical and is under the control of some other entity. That is why I am showing you another way. If the speech does get recorded, then you should immediately erase it, and that would be fine. Pratikraman is the tool to erase it. It can bring about a change in just one lifetime and then the speech will cease altogether.
The phrase, 'Jai Sat Chit Anand is very powerful and it has a tremendous effect, even when uttered without understanding its meaning. However, if spoken with the understanding, the benefits are much greater. These words create vibrations and set things in motion. It is all scientific.
Questioner : What happens when a person says, 'I do not want to work?
Dadashri : He will be overcome with lethargy, but if he says, 'I want to work,' then all lethargy will disappear.
I was about twenty-five years old. This is my story prior to my Self-Realization. If anyone inquired about my health whenever I felt unwell, I would reply, 'I am very well. My health is very good.' Generally even when people have good