[ 6 ] The Thorns Vanish and the Blossoms Remain 123
Dadashri : So if you doze off once , it does not mean you bind karma because of that . When do you bind karma ? It is when you believe , ‘ I am Chandulal .’ The result of dozing is that karma effect remains pending ; it remains incomplete . So the effect will come later on again . The effect of dozing ( lack of awakened awareness ) will come . No karma should be left incomplete . If you doze off , lose awareness , there will be consequences to that . It will not be the same as the effect of ‘ doership ,’ but there will be the effect of a karma that is pending and it will remain so until it is settled with equanimity .
Only the Pratikraman Remains
Questioner : So , Dada , the only thing that remains is pratikraman , right ?
Dadashri : Only pratikraman , and that , too , only if atikraman occurs . Really , atikraman does not occur all day long ; everything runs smoothly . If there is some dispute over a certain dish on the dining table , then that is atikraman . Now this atikraman is not a mistake of today ; it is from the past life . It is a charitra mohaniya ( discharging illusory conduct ). Today , we do not like it at all , but it occurs all the same , does it not ?
Charitra moha – The conduct of the non-Self that remains after the Self has separated . It is , as Dadashri says , ‘ Discharge moha .’ The awakened one within is free from the illusion and hence it is called charitra moha , discharge moha , as opposed to the illusion of the worldly being whose moha is called darshan moha because he believes that he is ‘ Chandulal ’ and that it is happening to him .
Atikraman and Aakraman
Pratikraman must be done for both – atikraman ( aggression in thoughts , speech and acts ) and aakraman ( attacking nature .) Aakraman must not exist in us . Aakraman means attacking nature . Aakraman means one would constantly