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[25] Understanding the Principles of Pratikraman
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return with the same weight. All these are discharge karma and
through repeated pratikramans, they will become progressively
lighter and then end.
Questioner: You say that atikraman is ‘neutral’ (does
not create new karma for mahatmas) so why is there a need
to do pratikraman?
Dadashri: Atikraman is indeed ‘neutral,’ but a seed is
planted (for the one who is not separated as the Self) when one
becomes one with it (tanmayakar). If he does not become
tanmayakar during atikraman, then a new cause is not created.
Atikraman in itself does not do anything. And pratikraman is
occurring even when You do not become one with it. You are
the Knower of, “Chandubhai – the ego’ has become one with
the non-Self, and also when he is not.’ You (the Self) never
become tanmayakar. It is the mind, the intellect, the chit and
the ego that become engrossed and You are the Knower and
the Seer of these.
Questioner: If ‘Chandubhai’ becomes tanmayakar, then
I have to tell ‘Chandubhai’ to do pratikraman, right?
Dadashri: Yes, ‘Chandubhai’ has to do pratikraman
Pratikraman and Dreams
Questioner: Is it possible to do pratikraman in a dream?
Dadashri: Yes, very good pratikraman can occur in a
dream. The pratikraman that occurs in a dream is better than
the one that occurs in the awakened state. Right now you ‘do’
them quickly, but whatever work gets done during the state of
dreaming is very methodical. It is also very good when You
‘see’ Dada in your dream. You can ‘see’ Dada better in a
dream than you can in your wakeful state. This is because a
dream is a natural and spontaneous state (sahaj) and here, this
awake state is unnatural (asahaj).