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do not happen right away.
Dadashri: Why does it not?
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Questioner: It does not occur right away.
Dadashri: If it does not take place right away then do it
after a couple of hours or even at night. You can also do
pratikraman after a week for all the mistakes committed
throughout the week. Just do them collectively.
Questioner: But it should be done immediately, right?
Dadashri: There is nothing better than immediate
pratikraman. Most of our mahatmas do ‘shoot-on-sight’
pratikraman.
Pratikraman for Lack of Awareness
Questioner: Sometimes, even while I think of Dada or
do arati (devotional singing accompanied with burning oil wicks),
my mind wanders and I begin to sing something entirely different,
but eventually I do come back to the present.
Dadashri: When that occurs, you should do pratikraman.
There is no problem when thoughts arise if You are able to ‘see’
that ‘Chandulal’ is having these thoughts, and if you can ‘see’
that then You and ‘Chandulal’ are separate. But such awareness
is a little dim at that time.
Questioner: There is no awareness at all during that time.
Dadashri: Then you should do pratikraman for the loss
of awareness by saying, ‘Dada Bhagwan, please forgive me for
this lack of attention and awareness.’
Questioner: Sometimes I realize much later that I have to
do pratikraman for certain people.
Dadashri: But you do eventually remember, don’t you?
You need to spend more time in satsang and ask about everything