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fights during the daytime and at night they would do pratikraman
(asking for forgiveness as shown by Dada) in ‘our’ presence.
They would create ‘stains’ against each other and then wash
them off. This is a pure vitarag path, and so we have to do
‘cash’ pratikraman (we should pay off our debts with ‘cash’ i.e.
on-the-spot pratikraman for any mistakes we make and not
leave any pending accounts). Here pratikraman is not done
fortnightly or monthly but instantly, the moment faults occur. If
laws and restrictions were imposed, people may not speak up
but it will create confusion and entanglements within them. This
Akram Gnan is such that we have no laws here. As long as ‘we’
are present, ‘we’ have given everyone the freedom of being
without laws.
Everywhere in the world, the ascetics (sadhus and
sanyasis) have laws and rules. They have to sit only in a certain
way and do just certain things. Such rules cause sankalp and
vikalp (determination and complications), whereas the Self is
sahaj, it is natural and spontaneous. Rules and restrictions are
bondage. People make rules in their companies or groups and
these very rules cause bondage. Rules and restrictions are meant
for those who want to go from yama i.e. self-control or self-
restraint towards niyam (rules and regulations and discipline).
Yama is the first level and niyam is the second. We do not need
laws to go to moksha. For moksha, we need to let the self be
natural and spontaneous. When you let the self be natural and
spontaneous, you will experience natural and spontaneous
liberation from within too.
Here, there is no exchange of even a penny. We do not
collect money for ghee for the arti (prayer rituals). We do not
ask for money for printing books and yet it is amazing how
everything functions and moves along. When you involve money
in religion, it becomes a futile undertaking and for that you need
to have laws, offices and endless anxieties. Just see how
peaceful everyone is because there are no laws here. If you go