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Aptavani-2
If a person with whom you had created karmic
entanglements has died, then cleanse those entanglements with
alochana, pratikraman and pratyakhyan by remembering them,
so that you become free from those tangles and cleanse yourself.
If you had killed a cat, that act becomes registered on both the
souls. The cat will not refrain from taking revenge with you.
Therefore you should do her alochana, pratikraman and
pratyakhyan. Whichever statement of the Gnani Purush ‘fits’
you, it is experiential knowledge and it will take you to moksha.
There are two kinds of lingering (tant). One that ends
quickly and one that does not. Some will last for a very long
time. For that you have to do alochana, pratikraman and
pratyakhyan many times over. If you have negative thoughts
about someone, you should tell yourself, “He is a very good
man.” Saying this will have an effect on the other person. You
should not look at his shortcomings; all you have to do is say
that he is a good man. He will definitely change if you do this
several times over. This knowledge is experiential knowledge. I
am taking you on the very same path that I have walked.
Is saying ‘sorry’ the same thing as doing
pratikraman ?
Questioner : Words like ‘thank-you’ and ‘sorry’ are
they pratikraman of a kind?
Dadashri : No. Thank you is like a cow shaking its head
when it is happy. These expressions are