Aptavani-5
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Now what do those who have attained knowledge of the
Self have to do? They just have to ‘see’; when You continue to
‘see’, then a new seed is not sown. On the contrary, if you
(‘Chandubhai’) happen to hurt someone by stealing from him,
what do You do? You tell ‘Chandubhai’, ‘Chandubhai, you have
done atikraman (act of transgression), so do pratikraman (to
repent and ask for forgiveness).’
When people (those who do not have Self-realization)
steal, it sows seeds of stealing again. If a man takes bribes and
it bothers him to do so and he feels he ought not to take bribes,
but if someone asks him, ‘Why do you take bribes?’ and he
responds with, ‘You be quiet. You do not have any sense. How
am I going to get my two daughters married?’ then he has
encouraged this wrong action, and thus strengthened it for the
next life.
So when one steals, accepts bribes or cheats, in the inner
intent he should maintain that he is doing wrong. He should keep
saying in the mind, ‘I am doing wrong. I must never do this.’
This is what he must keep telling himself. No one has control
over effects; water has already turned into ice, so how can it
flow now? It will now fall as ice cubes.
Questioner: When I am doing something wrong, should
I have the bhaav of ‘I should not be doing this’ or should I
simply remain as the Knower-Seer?
Dadashri: You have to remain as the Knower-Seer, and
you have also been told to do pratikraman, have you not?
Questioner: But the bhaav should not arise, should it
not?
Dadashri: The bhaav is going to occur but you have to
make ‘Chandubhai’ aware and tell him, ‘Do pratikraman. Why
did you do atikraman?’ Kraman (normal, neutral activities)
take place all day long, atikraman (transgression) does not.