100 Pratikraman
this man is giving me love !’
Whatever pratikraman he does , it wipes off the entire karmic consequences ( creating ‘ cause karma ’) of stealing ! His opinion has changed . Today , his opinion is not accepting what he is doing ; his opinion ( bhaav ) is not supporting it . ‘ Not his opinion !’ You , Sir , do you understand this ?
So what am I saying ? I do not have any problem with your stealing . If there is a young man fifteen , or so , years of age , and he has stolen a few times , and if you were to tell him , ‘ There is no problem with what you have done , but now you should do this one thing so that you will not incur any karmic liability ,’ he will ask you , ‘ What should I do ?’ Then you should teach him to recall Dada Bhagwan , or whichever God he believes in , and with Him as the witness , repent for his actions . Teach him to do pratikraman in his God ’ s name by saying , ‘ It is wrong to steal and I will never steal again .’
Having taught him this , what will his parents say ? They will say , ‘ He stole again !’ Hey , you ! Even if he steals again , tell him to do pratikraman again , teach him again what to say . I know what occurs when one speaks in this manner . He should continue this pratikraman even if he continues to steal . Only I understand what occurs when one says and does such pratikraman . There is no other way .
So the science of Akram Vignan teaches us that whatever has been ruined will not improve ( effect cannot be changed or improved ), but you can improve things in this manner through change in cause . ( 92 )
Now in the Kramic path there is no such way to improve a person . There one will say , ‘ Do whatever it takes to improve him .’ Hey , you ! He will not improve . It is prakruti ( the formed non-Self complex ). If there is too much salt in the soup , you can remove it by one process or another . There are all kinds of solutions for improving the soup . But this ( pratikraman and