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[20] Awareness When Words are Flowing in Speech…
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Awareness When Words are Flowing in
Speech…
Speaking Causes Increased Bondage of
Karma
The mind is not as much of a problem as the speech is,
because the mind functions secretly, whereas words cause a
deep wound in a person’s heart and hurt him severely. You must
ask for forgiveness from whomever you have hurt with your
speech. You must recall each and every person and do
pratikraman for that hurt.
Questioner: Can I expect to be forgiven with
pratikraman, for all the hurt committed through speech? (330)
Dadashri: The faults will remain in the form of a burned
rope. It looks like a rope, but it cannot bind like a rope. With
pratikraman for these mistakes in this life, the residual effect
will instantly disintegrate in the next life like the ashes of the
burned rope. Pratikraman dissolves the binding nature of the
mistakes.
Doership is the support on which karma is bound. Now
that You are no longer the doer, no new karma will be bound.
The remaining karmas from the past will bring forth their effects
and then dissipate.
Questioner: But, Dada, what kind of an effect will this
have on the other person?
Dadashri: That is not something You should be concerned