Spirituality in Speech

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation

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Spirituality in Speech
Spirituality in Speech
Say for example when you tell a lie, awareness about doing pratikraman, is the meditation that is considered dharma dhyana (positive meditation that takes one higher spiritually). People are in search of such a meditation. When you tell a lie you must ask for forgiveness from Dada within and you must also ask for the strength never to lie again.
Questioner : Even if the speech comes out mechanically, it still hurts the other person, does it not?
Dadashri : Yes, but since it was not your wish to hurt the other person, you should do pratikraman. Whatever account was pending, has been paid off today.
Questioner : And what if I say something that may offend him even more?
Dadashri : Yes, everything will hurt him. If something wrong is done, he is bound to feel hurt. Nevertheless, the account will have to be settled, will it not? There is no way out of it.
Questioner: I am not able to suppress it, so it comes out in my speech.
Dadashri : Yes that will happen. You have to do pratikraman for whatever comes out. Just repent for it and then resolve never to repeat it.
This is the only solution for any wrong doing. You may end up doing something wrong even if that was not your intent or if you have an uncompleted task, you may feel an inclination to do wrong and you may end up doing so also. Either situation can occur.
Questioner : Why should I do pratikraman, when my intentions are good?
Dadashri : Pratikraman must be done because the other person is hurt. When people gossip about certain women who scold and boss their husbands around, they have to do pratikraman for that. You should do pratikraman for whatever you see or witness. You also have to do pratikraman for any hurt that is obvious. Your intentions may be as good as gold, but of what use are they? If you make a mistake, you have to do pratikraman regardless of what or how your intentions may be. I too have to do pratikraman even though my intention is pure. Pratikraman has to be done if a mistake is made. All these Mahatmas (Self-realized), now wish for the salvation of the world and although their intentions are good, pratikraman is still needed, where they make mistakes. When you stain your clothes, do you not wash them right away?
Whenever this record' plays, if there are errors in it, I immediately do pratikraman. It will not do otherwise. Although speech is prerecorded and even though I am not the owner of the speech, I am still held liable for any mistakes in it and therefore I must do pratikraman. After all, people would say, *Dada, the tape is yours is it not?" Would they not say this? After all, it is not anyone else's is it? So that is why I have to wash those words. Wrong words must not be uttered.
Pratikraman is the ultimate science. If I happen to use stern words with you, which affect you a little, I still have to know that I can never use harsh words. It is because of this Gnan that I am able to know my mistakes. Therefore I have to
Then whenever you are sitting idle, just keep on doing pratikraman for that. Doing this will weaken everything. Only your difficult 'files' have to be weakened and resolved in this manner and you only have two to four such files, not many.
Questioner : What should I do when I have no desire but conflict occurs and I say hurtful words?
Dadashri : This happens in the final stages. When your path is coming to an end, you will do wrong even if it is against your wish. If you repent at that time, everything will be erased.