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[12] Defeating Addictions with Gnan
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your problems yourself. If you don’t do pratikraman, if you are
lazy in this aspect, that much will remain. Should you not do the
purusharth? Is it acceptable not to do purusharth after becoming
a Purush (Self-realized)?
‘You’ have nothing to do with any actions of ‘Chandubhai.’
But You have to keep an eye on ‘Chandubhai.’ You have to see
what he is doing, how many cigarettes he smokes, and tell him
to do pratikraman if he does atikraman. You have a right to
do kraman (normal action); you do not have a right to do
atikraman (actions that hurt others or the self).
I do not have any objection to your addiction, but you
should do pratikraman for it. Confess to God that it is wrong
for you to drink and that you are sincerely sorry for it, and ask
for the energy to not drink again. Do this much for your own
sake, Dear.
In this matter, people generally make things worse by
raising objections and criticizing the addict. They don’t realize
that they are making things worse. They are hurting the situation
more than helping it. What have I said to you? No matter how
grave a mistake you have made, do pratikraman for it in this
manner. What does pratikraman mean?
Questioner: Pratikraman means that I end up doing
things due to my prakruti, but I repent those actions, and I want
to become free from them. Is that pratikraman?
Dadashri: Yes. But you repent doing it. But what does
pratikraman mean? You are going against your opinion that you
want to drink alcohol. If you become free of that opinion then
drinking alcohol will not be a part of your next life. You can
never let go of pratikraman. Do you understand? These
sentences have been written in such a way that they will help you
become free from everything.
Questioner: This morning, Dada, you said that before