Pratikraman: Freedom Through Apology & Repentance (Abr.) (In English) Pratikraman: Freedom Through Apology & Repentence | Page 108

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ego. Your entire internal mechanism of mind, intellect, chit, and
ego is silent. During that time, only pragna (direct force of the
Self) is working. The pure Self is not doing anything.
When mistakes are made, and they are not recognized in
alert awareness, they become concealed, and build up in layers.
These layers continue to grow and at the time of death, a
summation of all these mistakes takes place in the final hour.
It is because of the light of Gnan that you are presently
able to see the faults committed in the past; it has nothing to do
with memory.
Questioner: Does pratikraman have any effect on the
Soul (Self)?
Dadashri: No effect whatsoever can touch the Self. There
is no effect on the Self. There is absolutely no doubt that the
Self exists. It reigns beyond the boundaries of memory, and that
is why you are able to go beyond the memory. The Self is a
storehouse of infinite strength. This strength is called pragna
shakti, which can break through all the layers from the core of
the earth. By doing pratikraman, you become filled with a sense
of freedom and that freedom is freedom from all attachment and
abhorrence. All animosity is naturally broken. And it does not
matter if the other person is not there for your pratikraman.
Your pratikraman does not require his endorsement. When you
committed the faults, no witness was present. You commit most
of the faults against people in their absence anyway. In essence
although their very presence has precipitated these faults, they
have not endorsed them. The endorsement came from your
internal attachment and abhorrence.
Some day if you are sitting alone, and you start to do
pratikraman, the experience of the Self will begin to solidify
from within. The taste will arise. This is the experience of the Self.