[ 21 ] Faults of Prakruti Will Depart This Way … 369
state of God . There is beauty in each and every pratikraman , and lack of pratikraman ( apratikraman ) is a sign of ugliness .
Living Pratikraman
Questioner : Should we do pratikraman collectively in a group ?
Dadashri : That is not necessary . It is okay to do it on your own . You can do it in your mind or when you are trying to fall asleep .
What should the pratikraman be like ? It should be alive .
This other ( generally practiced pratikraman ) is dead pratikraman . Not a single fault has gone away and , on the contrary , the faults have increased . The pratikraman have continued ; people have been doing that other pratikraman for years and yet not a single fault has gone away .
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The One with Wrong Belief Now Becomes Pratikraman Soul
Questioner : Pratikraman starts from the moment I wake
Dadashri : The soul within you has now become a ‘ pratikraman-soul ’; the pure Soul ( Shuddhatma ) is there . Before , it used to be a ‘ pratishthit-soul ’ – ( the one with the wrong belief , ‘ I am Chandulal ’). It has now become a ‘ pratikraman-soul .’ Other people have ‘ kashayi-soul ’ ( prone to attachment and abhorrence ). No one is able to do even a single pratikraman in this world .
As instant pratikraman occurs , the purification begins . When you do instant pratikraman against any atikraman , your mind and speech begin to purify .
Pratikraman is the roasting of the seed , which would have otherwise grown into a plant .