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striking back?
Questioner: So should the ego suppress such an inner
intent (bhaav) or should it allow it to manifest in action? (284)
Dadashri: ‘You’ do not have to suppress them or let
them manifest into action. Just keep ‘seeing’ what occurs. Do
you understand that? You just have to ‘see’ what ‘Chandulal’ is
doing; that is all. Your duty is to ‘know’ and ‘see,’ and on what
basis is ‘Chandulal’ functioning? It is based on vyavasthit. Do
you understand? All the files are to be settled with equanimity on
the basis of scientific circumstantial evidences! There is no other
problem; everything else is complete.
This is How Enmity is Destroyed
Questioner: I am not able to break free from the links of
enmity perpetuated through speech. These layers of enmity are
so tightly bound that they are difficult to peel off. And remembering
Dada when I try to do pratikraman for the atikraman I did,
the pratikraman stops and instead leaves a link of grudge
(taanto) behind. Then those links (taanto) come out even
stronger. So I feel dejected as to why these links still remain.
Why do they not go away?
Dadashri: That is because it has been made very compact,
that is why. It is just like this bale of cotton. It will fill up the
whole room if you cut off the ropes. That is how this karmic
stock has been compacted together; therefore, you have to
continue doing pratikraman to bring an end to it.
Questioner: No matter how much effort I put in, it stops
me from doing pratikraman. Those links of enmity work against
the pratikraman and so it exhausts any effort (purusharth)
towards it.
Dadashri: No matter how hard it is, just go to sleep at
night. The Lord has said to work during the day but to sleep at