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[6] The Thorns Vanish and the Blossoms Remain 135 Dadashri: Yes, and that we do not wish to do the same again. We do pratikraman to remove these tendencies from our nature. If we don’t do pratikraman, it means that was our wish. Questioner: But for us (mahatmas), all such intents are being settled, discharging (nikaali), are they not? Dadashri: Yes, it is all discharge bhaav, but if you (the self) want to keep that as part of your nature; there is nothing wrong with it. Questioner: If it is all just discharging (an effect of karma), then why should I do pratikraman? Dadashri: Everything is a discharge; everything! Pratikraman is only for atikraman that occurs; it is not for anything else. If you do not do pratikraman, your relative nature (swabhav) will never change. It will remain as it is. Do you understand? Unless you show your opposition to it, it will always stay with you. If you happen to get angry, you do pratikraman because you do not wish to support your anger. If you fail to do pratikraman, it would mean that you are in favor of your anger. This is how you free yourself of your faults. This allows you to shed your karma. There should be a means through which you can defy, oppose, the anger. Do you want to keep anger as a part of you or do you want to be rid of it? Questioner: I want to get rid of it. Dadashri: If you want to get rid of it, then you should do pratikraman for it. Only then can you maintain that you are opposed to your anger. Otherwise, it would be the same as supporting it. Questioner: Whatever was meant to occur, did occur.