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Pratikraman
have to do it. There is no need for You to do pratikraman after
You become the Self. But make the one who did atikraman,
Your neighbor ‘Chandulal,’ do pratikraman.
Anger, pride, deceit and greed are not going to occur
now, but if you become very angry with your child, then ask
‘Chandulal,’ ‘Why are you becoming so impatient with your
child? How bad will she feel? Ask for forgiveness from her from
within. You do not have to ask her in person, but ask for
forgiveness from within and say that you will not do it again.’
Otherwise, if you don’t hurt her, then you don’t have to ask for
forgiveness.
Questioner: Pratikraman does not occur when the links
of kashay continue.
Dadashri: Pratikraman occurs very late in intense
emotional upheaval with overt clash (udvega) and in a taanto,
it takes a little while. Udvega is tantamount to ‘bombarding,’
whereas taanto is tantamount to ‘tear gas.’ It is like the
suffocation one experiences when tear gas is released. (252)
To ‘See’ the Prakruti is Purusharth
Questioner: That is right. Whenever I get angry, from
within there is a bhaav of, ‘This is wrong. You should not be
angry.’
Dadashri: That is correct. You have to tell ‘Chandulal,’
‘Do pratikraman. Why did you do atikraman?’
Questioner: When the anger arises, the awareness arises
at the same time, which says, ‘Why is this ‘Chandulal’ doing
this? It is wrong.’ But will this anger make me take a severe fall
some day in the future? What should I do?
Dadashri: No one will make you fall. They are corpses.
How can they make the living fall? Every pudgal (non-Self
complex) is a corpse. They cannot touch You. Just tell them, ‘I