Aptavani-2
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Dadashri : These mistakes verily are the results of
demerit karmas (paap) from the past life. But one does not
destroy the mistakes in this life and continues to increase them.
In order to destroy a mistake one has to first recognize and
accept that it is a mistake. Moreover, he cannot protect it. This
is the Gnani’s key that can open all the locks (solve all
problems).
We are bound by our own mistakes. If the mistakes are
destroyed, then one is parmatma (Supreme Self). He who has
no mistakes is a parmatma. What does a mistake tell you? ‘You
need to know me and recognize me.’ Ordinarily people think of
their mistake as a positive attribute and this leads to the mistake
ruling over you. But if you recognize it as a mistake, it will run
away from you. Instead, people fail to recognize their mistakes
and on the contrary, they protect them, so they feed their
mistakes.
Protecting mistakes
Questioner : Dada, how does one protect a mistake?
Dadashri : If you scold someone and then say, “He
needs to be scolded, he would not understand otherwise”, the
mistake will realize that you have not recognized it and on the
contrary, you are protecting it, so it will remain where it is and
enjoy the ‘food’ you give it. Protecting your mistakes just once
will extend their life by ten more years. You should not protect
any of your mistakes.
There is no stubbornness in ‘us’. If someone were to
show us ‘our’ mistake, ‘we’ would accept it immediately. ‘We’
would tell him, “Yes sir, ‘we’ thank you for showing ‘us’ our
mistake.” You should be thankful to the other person that he
pointed out your mistake, which you could not see yourself.
Tremendous energies can arise within you, if you can realize
twenty-five or so mistakes everyday. In order for you to