Pratikraman: The Key That Resolves All Conflicts (Full Version) Pratikraman: The Key That Resolves All Conflicts | Page 539

480 Pratikraman Whatever you surrender is good. Having surrendered, sit down and have a nice meal in comfort. Then there is no one out there to scold you. There is no one superior to boss you around. Your mistakes (I-ness) and your blunder (my-ness) were your superiors before. Dada has destroyed your blunder and you will have to wash off your mistakes. Do you ever see some five or ten of your mistakes? Questioner: I am beginning to see them. Five or ten mistakes at a time – I ask for forgiveness for them. Dadashri: No. You will have to learn to do pratikraman because this is the Akram path. The Acharya (spiritual master in Jain faith) may ask you why you are doing pratikraman, having attained Self-realization. Do you understand? But this is the Akram path so what do You (the Self) have to do? You (the Self) do not have to do anything. You (the Self) have to tell ‘Chandubhai’ that, since he has done atikraman, he has to do pratikraman. This is because You are free, but You cannot be freed completely until ‘Chandubhai’ also becomes free. You will have to cleanse all these subatomic karmic particles (parmanus) within before you let them go. They had been spoilt through you as the nimit. Questioner: The bungling mess of ‘Chandubhai’ is still there and it needs to be cleansed. (456) Dadashri: Yes, it is not the Self that does the vidhi (special ceremony) of Dada. ‘You’ have to tell ‘Chandubhai’ to do Dada’s vidhi. You still have to purify things. So You as the Self have to continue to ‘know’ as to how ‘Chandubhai’ did Dada’s vidhi today? Did he do it well? Continuously ‘knowing’ is ‘our’ job and constantly ‘doing’ is ‘Chandubhai’s’ job. ‘Chandubhai’ is the servant and You (the Self) are the boss! Questioner: I am glad I became the boss. I like this.