Akram Youth Memory Power | March 2016 | Akram Youth | Page 6

Questioner: Dada, why is it that we can't forget the past?
Dadashri: The past is something that you cannot forget, when you try to
forget it and it also cannot be recalled when you wish to. That is called the
past. All the people in this world have the desire to forget the past but
without 'gnan', (Dada's scientific knowledge) the world will not fade in to
oblivion. Memory exists because of your attachments and abhorrence
(raag and dwesh).The greater the attachment or abhorrence for a
particular thing, the more you will remember it. When a daughter-in-law
goes to her mother's house, she is unable to forget her mother-in-law, only
because she has abhorrence for her. She does not like her. On the other
hand, she keeps thinking about her husband, because he makes her happy,
and therefore there is an attachment for him. You remember what makes
you the most unhappy or happy because there is abhorrence or
attachment there. If you erase the association of the attachment or
abhorrence, that memory will disappear. The thoughts that come
automatically is memory. When the attachment and abhorrence is erased
(through gnan), their memory will cease and only then will your smile
exude freedom. Memory creates a pull and tension and this restricts the
smile on your face. Everyone's memory differs. What you remember may
not be the same as what others remember. This is because everyone's
abhorrence and attachments differ. Memory exists through attachment
and abhorrence.
Questioner: Dada surely memory will have to be removed.
Dadashri: The memory itself tells you that it wants to be cleansed, erased.
There would be utter confusion if there were no memory. What would you
erase if there were no memory? How would you know where your
attachment and abhorrence lie? Memory arises for its spontaneous
resolution. It comes forth so the link to attachment and abhorrence may be
erased. So erase whatever comes forth and when you do that, you will free
yourself. You remember only because you have the link to attachment and
abhorrence here. You should repent for it and make a firm resolve never to
repeat that mistake and thus erase it. You can wipe it (raag-dwesh) out by
doing Pratikraman and that memory will leave forever. Real gnan is the
gnan that makes you forget the world.

Ref: Aptvani 1
06 | March 2016

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