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Aptavani-4
Questioner: Is bitterness a kind of ego?
Dadashri: Bitterness and sweetness are both the fruit of
karma, and they will be there only as long as the ego is there.
The fruit of the ego that does good, will be sweet, and the fruit
of the ego that does bad, will be bitter.
Questioner: Who creates all the confusion in this world?
Dadashri: Ignorance of the Self.
Questioner: Who is the greater; the one asking for
forgiveness, or the one who forgives?
Dadashri: Even the horse and cart carriage drivers, taxi
drivers, or potters come to ask for forgiveness. However, they
have not given forgiveness themselves. So the one who forgives,
has greater value. It is very difficult to forgive. ‘Ours’ (Dada’s)
is natural and spontaneous (sahaj) forgiveness (kshama). You
are automatically forgiven for any mistakes you make, whether
you ask for forgiveness or not.
A Seed of Karma Is Sown if You Become the
Doer
Questioner: What is the difference between a man who
thinks about killing someone and a man who actually kills
someone?
Dadashri: The one who thinks about it, is guilty in the
eyes of Nature, and the one who actually kills someone, is guilty
in the eyes of the world. A man who kills someone in this life
was already guilty (of having bhaav and planting a seed of
killing) from his previous life. His punishment will be in this life,
in the form of a jail sentence, or harassment and humiliation by
other people. That karma will come to end, provided he does
not sow any new seeds.
Questioner: Is there a method to planting these ‘seeds’