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Pratikraman
Questioner: Immediately.
Dadashri: Is that so? What do you do then?
Questioner: I do pratikraman.
Dadashri: If you do pratikraman after you clash with
them, what is wrong in that? Your intention is good, is it not?
That is all that matters.
Questioner: Yes, the intention is good, so why do I need
to do pratikraman?
Dadashri: You must do pratikraman because of the hurt
caused to the other person. If people say, ‘Oh, just look at how
this woman is scolding her husband!’ you have to do pratikraman
for this. You must do pratikraman for everything that unfolds in
front of you and is visible to the world. Your intentions may be
as good as gold, but what good are they? Good intentions are
not enough. Even though ‘My’ intentions are good, ‘I’ still have
to do pratikraman. Pratikraman has to be done for any mistake
that occurs. Everyone who has attained the Self has the intent
for the salvation of the world, but that is simply not enough.
Pratikraman must be done first and foremost. When you stain
your clothes, do you not wash them? Likewise, these too, are
considered ‘stains.’
None of these people who are speaking in this world are
really speaking! It is the ‘tape record’ that is speaking.
Afterwards, he repents also, so that proves that he did not really
do the talking, does it not? Now You react in a manner that will
make him repent, but instead You say, ‘Why did you say that?’
so instead of repenting, he will strike back, ‘What am I doing
wrong?’ Your approach should be conducive towards his
repentance.
Whenever this ‘tape recording’ or ‘ours (Dada’s)’ plays
and there is a mistake in it, then ‘we’ immediately repent; it is
not acceptable any other way.