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[21] Faults of Prakruti Will Depart This Way…
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While urinating, if an ant should get flushed away in the
stream, ‘we’ do pratikraman. ‘We’ always maintain awareness.
The fact that the ant drowns is a karmic effect, or discharge
karma, but why did this mistake unfold for me? It is a mistake
for which pratikraman was not done in the past life
(apratikraman dosh). Why did the awareness become dim?
Such mistake carries a karmic liability.
Whenever you read Dada’s books, bow down to the
book and say, ‘Dada, give me the energy to read this as it is.’
If you forget to do so, then bow down twice and tell Dada that
it is not your intention to forget but because you did, you are
asking for His forgiveness and you will not let it occur again.
If you forget to do your vidhi (Dadashri’s prescribed
daily instructions) at the right time, do pratikraman and then do
the vidhi.
When ‘we’ separate two people, ‘we’ incur liability and,
therefore, ‘we’ do pratikraman.
Questioner: Even when you do it without any doership?
Dadashri: Whatever the intent, you have to do
pratikraman when you do anything that hurts others.
In Akram Vignan, we are doing pratikraman for the
atikramans that are occurring during a karmic discharge. These
pratikramans are for the discharge that hurts others. If you do
something good for Dada or mahatmas, you do not have to do
pratikraman. When you do something good for other people,
you have to do pratikraman (as doership is involved); you are
doing pratikraman for slipping from the awakened awareness
(upayog).
Phenomenal Value of Pratikraman
Questioner: When I do pratikraman, does it reach the
other person?