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Pratikraman Life’s Delete Button Pratikraman: The solution to relationship problems Are you trapped in the neverending, intense emotions of anger, greed, suspicion, jealousy, and animosity for anyone? Have you committed a sin that is now making you feel guilty or depressed? Have you just realized that you tend to hurt people through thoughts, speech, and actions? Is there a relationship that is taking away your internal peace through fights, contempt, or conflicts? Do you have a bad habit such as lying, making fun of others, or stealing? If your answer to one or more of these questions is yes, you truly must be seeking the way to sow seeds of peace and bring happiness back into your life, right? Well, there is one easy and effective solution to all these problems – Pratikraman! It is the means to get guaranteed freedom through apology and repentance for gaining peace of mind so that you can live in harmony with family, friends, and co-workers. Pratikraman is done with the Lord (Whomever you may believe in) as your witness, Pratikraman is a three-fold, short mental procedure that entails at first, an apology or confession with understanding, then, asking for forgiveness with heartfelt repentance, and lastly, making a strong resolution to never repeat the same mistake. It is a scientific way to get rid of any bad habit, misdeed, sin, or bad emotion! Param Pujya Dadashri has shown us how to use this most powerful weapon of Pratikraman for fighting against all the odds of our lives. Whether it is a matter of how to fix a relationship, or how to get rid of a bad habit, Pratikraman is the scientifically and spiritually tested way to wash off your wrongdoings, just as you remove the dirt or stains from your clothes every single day. That’s why even Christians have confessions on Sundays, isn’t it? However, it is a virtue that is not restricted to Christianity; in fact, it is a healing practice meant for mankind to continue to keep to their humanity alive! Pratikraman has such an impact that if you do pratikraman for a person, whether the person is present or not, for one hour, it will bring profound changes within that person. With heart-felt apology and repentance, you will feel lighter. Not only that, you can even turn your foe into your friend without uttering a word to him! You yourself can practically apply pratikraman at every stage of your life and GET FREEDOM FROM ALL YOUR MISTAKES Akram Youth | 17