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Pratikraman
4. The Gnani Purush’s Awareness
Everyone in this world is faultless. And yet look how my
speech comes out some times. When I have seen everyone as
faultless. I view no one as being at fault whatsoever, so how can
I speak in this manner? Is it necessary for me to speak this
way? I should not speak this way about anyone and that is why
I do pratikraman immediately after I say it. This is because I fall
short by four degrees (360° is Absolute Enlightenment, Dadashri
is at 356° degrees) and therefore I must do pratikraman.
Although I deliberately use stern words, according to
nature, this is an error and therefore I make the one who has
done atikraman (A.M.Patel), do pratikraman. Each mistake has
its pratikraman. My intention however is not to hurt anyone.
I cannot say that it is not so, when it is and vice versa,
which is why some people feel hurt by what I say. If I say
something exists when it does not, you will be deluded and if
I say it like it is, people question my saying it. For all this I have
to do pratikraman, because no matter what, no one should be
hurt. If someone believed that there was a ghost in the banyan
tree, and if I told him that no such thing existed, I may hurt his
feelings by disagreeing with him. So I must do pratikraman. I
always have to.
Questioner: If someone misinterprets something, what
should we do?
Dadashri: All these so-called truths that you come across
are relative truths; they are false. They may be right according
to the way of the world, but from the real viewpoint, they are
all wrong. Pratikraman must be done for each and every
viewpoint. You must even do pratikraman for saying, “I am a
spiritual teacher,” because this is a wrong belief. In reality you
are pure Self. All other beliefs are wrong beliefs. Do you
understand this?