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vitarag (detached; non-attachment) by nature. If the mind
becomes spoiled, then do pratikraman. The decision undertaken
by the ‘parliament’ of the antahkaran, and the ‘spoiling’ of the
mind, are two different things.
If you go into an office to ask for a permit, but the man
in charge refuses to give it to you. You will think to yourself,
‘That man is useless, he is like this and like that.’ Now you have
no idea about the consequences of this intent (bhaav). That is
why you have to change your bhaav and do pratikraman. We
call this awareness (jagruti).
If you utter anything negative about any living being it
undoubtedly becomes ‘recorded’. The slightest provocation is
bound to start the ‘record’ of adverse intent (pratipakshi
bhaav) playing.
Questioner: But it should not even enter the bhaav,
should it?
Dadashri: If you provoke someone, attacking intent
(pratipakshi bhaav) will not refrain from arising within him. If
he is strong, he may not say anything, but will he not feel it in
his mind? If you stop talking, the other person’s intent (bhaav)
will also come to an end.
I never, regardless of the circumstance, have adverse
intent (pratipakshi bhaav). Sooner or later, you are bound to
arrive at such a stage.
In ‘our’ eyes, you will not see any other bhaav, which is
why people do ‘our’ darshan. One should not be able to read
any kind of negative bhaav in these eyes. That is when one will
feel samadhi (state of the Self which is free from any effects of
mental, physical or externally induced pain), just by looking into
those eyes. You will not feel such an attraction towards someone
who is after something, such as: respect, fame, anger, greed or
attachment.