all your activities( kriya). The actions being carried out at present are the result of the meditation( dhyan) done in your past life. These actions are indicative of your independent efforts( purusharth) in your previous life, whereas the present day meditation( inner dhyan) is the independent effort for the next life, in other words it is the‘ design’ for your next life!
Now, what is dharma dhyan? The effort you make to change the circumstances that create adverse meditation, is dharma dhyan. An integral part of dharma dhyan is sincere alochana, pratikraman and pratyakhyan( sincerely recalling and acknowledging the wrongful act, repenting for it and resolving never to repeat it, respectively; collectively referred to as doing pratikraman). This act of pratikraman however, cannot be carried out according to one’ s own understanding; it should be done according to the Gnani’ s teaching.
How does one change adverse internal meditations of arta dhyan and raudradhyan? It is to apply the knowledge that‘ these adverse internal meditations are happening because of my own karma of past life and no one is at fault here.’ On the contrary, one should repent by saying‘ Others have to endure pain because of me. I will never do it again’, one should make a firm decision like this. Pratikraman and pratyakhyan should be‘ shoot on sight’; i. e. they should be done the instant the fault occurs. Mistakes and faults can only be washed away if pratikraman and pratyakhyan are done the instant the mistake is made. When one understands dharma dhyan well, it will bring instant results.
By giving us great examples that are useful in our everyday life, Dadashri has made it simple for us to come out of negative and adverse meditative states and remain in dharma dhyan. Every person will be able to adjust to this in his or her own way.
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