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[9] Pratikraman in Varying Situations
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when he is not even aware. You should oppose his negative
behavior. You should make him aware. The position opposing is
to make him aware.
Questioner: If he keeps repeating the mistake every step
of the way, then I lose the love and respect for him.
Dadashri: What else can you do? If possible, do not lose
love for him, because what else can there be in this time cycle
of Kaliyug (period of difficulties due to lack of unity in thoughts,
speech and acts)? These relationships are relative (temporary);
what else can there be? You, on the contrary, will ruin things for
yourself if you take away that love. What do you do when you
are not aware of things? So keep it like that.
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What good does it do you to know that your son stole
some money when you sent him to buy vegetables? You have to
accept him the way he is. Can you throw him out? Can you find
another son? You won’t find another one, will you?
Questioner: What assurance do we have that another
will not be worse?
Dadashri: Yes. Ask everything today and get your work
done.
Accept the Other Person
Questioner: So what should we do about a person like
that? He keeps making mistakes but he does not repent making
them. What can we do when he does not even realize this
much?
Dadashri: You should not kill yourself. What else can
you do? Killing the body means committing suicide. Then there
is the killing of the mind. When the mind is killed, one loses
interest in the worldly life. You should not do that; because of
that, you would lose interest in your children and everyone else.
You should not do that; you should tolerate it and accept it. The