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people, because that is the same thing as making fun of God
(within that person). It may be a donkey, but who is it in the real
view? It is God.’ Yes, ultimately it reaches the God within. Is
God not present in every living being, in every creature? You
cannot make fun of anyone. When you do that, the God within
will know and say, ‘Yes, come on; I will settle the score from
this end!’
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Questioner: Do I not have to do pratikraman as a
solution to that?
Dadashri: Of course, you have to do that. You have no
choice.
Questioner: What if I confess and repent the wrongful
mistake with You as the witness and do pratikraman and ask
for forgiveness?
Dadashri: It will be acceptable even when you just say,
‘Dada! With You as the witness, I ask for forgiveness for
whomever I have hurt with my speech,’ and it will reach them.
Silence is Golden
In this dushamkaal (current era of lack of unity in thoughts,
speech and acts), karma is bound through speech. In sushamkaal
(past era of time cycle where there was unity in thoughts, speech
and acts), karma was bound through the mind. Moksha is natural
and spontaneous, if it were not for the existence of these hurtful
words. Therefore, you should not say a word about anyone. To
say anything hurtful to anyone, to think negative of anyone, is
tantamount to throwing dirt over one’s own Self. Therefore, you
have to do pratikraman so that you can be free. There is no
problem with saying things as far as normal worldly interactions
are concerned. But when you say anything negative about any
living being, it all gets recorded (taped) within (both)! How long
does it take to start ‘recording a tape’ within these worldly
people? Even the slightest of provocations will incite a hostile