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the Gnan, so do not stir up the past. Not even fools will stir up
the past, whereas You have attained the Gnan and the future is
left to vyavasthit (scientific circumstantial evidences). Therefore,
remain in the present. You have faith in vyavasthit, don’t you?
Then nothing remains to be done for the future. And the past
that You are ‘stirring up’ is to settle your past unsettled files with
equanimity and, therefore, it is not considered as ‘stirring up the
past.’
Questioner: Yes, now that is correct.
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Dadashri: Some people unnecessarily stir up their past
for no reason. In order to settle the past files, You have to stir
up the files, because you want to get rid of the ‘shop.’ What do
You have to do now? You have to sell off the old stock and not
buy any new stock. But you have to maintain some discrimination.
You cannot get rid of some stock, but if you have run out of
sugar, then you have to buy some more; therefore, you have to
exercise discrimination while getting rid of the shop.
Questioner: If we say not to stir up the past, then what
is the need for doing pratikraman?
Dadashri: Those who do pratikraman have no problem
with the past. With pratikraman, we are getting rid of atikraman
and settling it. Not stirring the past means that if you had a
quarrel with someone yesterday, you bury it in your mind (and
not stir it up again). But there is nothing wrong if you recall it to
do pratikraman. But do not keep it on your mind and think of
it as a burden. You should not do that. Stirring up the past
means when one remembers something about the past, he starts
crying about it. If a person’s son died two days ago, he remembers
him today and cries. Is that not called stirring up the past?
One has to do pratikraman, does he not? And
pratikraman is for what occurred in the past. For the future,
there is pratyakhyan. Let pratyakhyan occur with the intent, ‘I