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[11] Purusharth Against Bad Qualities of Prakruti
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karma. That is very good. It is good to be shrewd in this matter.
In the worldly life, in the absence of Self-realization, shrewd
people are hurting themselves, whereas here if a person is shrewd
then it is good.
Destroy Effect with Effect
Questioner: The pratikraman that we do, we do only
because of our karma, right? Pratikraman that we do is not in
our control. Is doing pratikraman not an effect of our past karma?
Dadashri: Pratikraman is verily an effect. But we have
to destroy effect with effect and clear it, wash it off immediately.
You should say, ‘Chandulal, wash it off. Why did you do that?’
There is no problem with karmas that do not hurt anyone. You
can eat everything and enjoy yourself. Even eat karela (bitter
gourds)! Put some jaggery (raw, unrefined sugar) in it, but eat
them, because the body also needs bitter juices; so eat karela
even if you have to put jaggery in them.
Pratikraman is Purusharth
No one should be hurt in the slightest. There is no end to
the hurt one inflicts on others unknowingly. Work with others
without hurting them. If you have to delegate work to them, do
so without hurting them. That is called kraman (neutral actions;
actions that do not hurt anyone). But when does anything become
atikraman? Say you are in a hurry and one of your workers has
gone for his tea break, so when he returns you start shouting at
him, ‘Where did you go? You are useless, what took you so
long,’ etc; that is atik