Aptavani-4
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Questioner: Does karma occur according to one’s
tendencies (vruttis)?
Dadashri: That is true. But where do the tendencies first
arise? They arise from dhyan. Artadhyan and raudradhyan
are dhyans that will transport one to an animal life-form, or a
life-form in hell. Then one has to experience the effects of those
karmas over there.
Questioner: Is the “shoot-on-sight” pratikraman
(pratikraman done the instant a fault is “seen”) a way to turn
a dhyan around?
Dadashri: Yes, that is turning the dhyan itself.
Questioner: To “shoot” means that one destroys the
pudgal. It means that one is interfering with that which
vyavasthit (scientific circumstantial evidence) had in store. So
what will the next life be like?
Dadashri: Even that will be exactly the same. Whatever
the ‘link’ is, it will be the same (i.e., the discharge of karma is
according to the charge).
Questioner: If a person turns things around through
“shooting”, does the lifespan of the tendencies (vruttis) remain
the same or is it reduced?
Dadashri: That lifespan was meant to end here; therefore,
all the circumstantial evidences come together, and it ends. The
“top” (the relative self) spins in the opposite direction.
Atmadhyan Is Samadhi
Meditation on the Self (Atmadhyan): that is the true
dhyan. There is no telling where all the other forms of dhyan
that people practice, will lead them. That is concentration
(ekagrata). What did the Lord say? He has said that one
should keep dhyan on one’s khichadee (i.e. food), and dhyan