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Aptavani-2
Dadashri : A clean mind is to not have any negative
thoughts about the other person. It means not to attack the nimit
(the person instrumental in the discharging of one’s karma,
unfolding in this life). The mind is cleansed when a negative
thought is washed off with instant pratikraman.
Questioner : A clean mind is the ultimate stage, is it not?
And until one reaches that stage of absolute cleanliness, he has
to keep doing pratikraman, does he not?
Dadashri : Yes, that is true. But the mind can be clean
in some aspects and not in others; these are stepping-stones.
Pratikraman is needed where it is still dirty.
‘We’ used to think about the meaning of every word in
this world, from the very beginning. ‘We’ did not have Gnan in
the beginning, but ‘we’ had the highest level of intellectual
development (vipulmati), whereby the moment something was
said, ‘we’ would immediately have an accurate assessment of it
from all perspectives. The minute anything was discussed, ‘we’
would have an instant analysis and understanding of the essence
of whatever was being discussed. That is called vipulmati. No
one has this quality and the fact that it has happened ‘here’ is
an exception. Where can you find vipulmati in the world? It is
where one adjusts everywhere. Here in worldly matters, ‘one
boils what is to be eaten raw (salad), and cuts for salad what
is to be boiled (potato).’ How will this help in adjusting? One
has to adjust everywhere.
Who inspires action ?
Questioner : Who or what is the inspiration behind an
action?
Dadashri : Inspiration is the effect of the causes of past
life. Inspiration comes from thoughts of the mind. Whatever
activity one carries out, it is not done by the Self. It is pratishthit
atma, the relative self or the charged self, created from the past