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[16] Revenge of Enmity Is Unbearable
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Him. Some even kidnapped Him.
Questioner: Yes, but none of that touched Him.
Dadashri: His applied awareness (upayog) was not in all
that, was it? His upayog was not in his body at all. Let them do
whatever they want to, to the body. Not only did he not have
the ownership of that body, but he did not even have upayog
(applied awareness) in the body.
If you hit this table and break it, it has reaction. You are
responsible for it. In the same way, that is how separate the
Lord was from his body.
Even if you do not want to remember something, if it
comes into your memory it is a mistake that needs to be washed
off with pratikraman.
Stirring Up the Past with a Purpose
Questioner: Yesterday in satsang, it was said that one is
not to think of the past and to remain in the present. Now, I feel
that I do not want to think of the past, but suddenly it comes
before the mind and the chit. The past brings back a lot of
stinging memories and it fills up every pore in my body. So I feel
at a loss as to how I can forget the past.
Dadashri: It is like this. This that is taking place within
you is for the purpose of settling enmity. You can see the past
and so you can start doing pratikraman. But without stirring up
the past, you will not see those unsettled accounts, will you? Do
you understand? Only a rare person will have this situation like
yours. This is not how it is with others (mahatmas) and that is
why ‘we’ tell others to ‘live in the present.’
Even people with an intelligent approach to life, who do
not have Gnan, never stir up the past. Why is that? How can
you resolve that which has no solution? The past means something
that has no solution. Therefore, we say that You have attained