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Dadashri: Yes, that is true. However this Gnan is not to
be misused. If anyone gets hurt by you, there should be remorse
from you. I am not giving you this information to be misused.
‘We’ have given you freedom in everything, except ‘we’
tell you, ‘be cautious where sexuality is concerned!’ This is
what ‘we’ tell you. However no restrictions are there in sexual
interactions between married partners. ‘We’ caution you
against illicit sexual interaction because there is grave danger in
it. ‘We’ make you aware that this is the only place of danger
in the path of Akram Vignan. ‘We’ make you fearless in all
other matters.
Get Rid of Opinion
Questioner: There is no more abhorrence (dwesh) but
why does dislike (abhaav) remain?
Dadashri: Dislike is different. It is a mental thing whereas
abhorrence is due to egoism. Everyone has likes and dislikes. If
‘we’ enter a room and see a traditionally prepared seating
arrangement, ‘we’ would sit on it. Then if someone tells ‘us’ to
sit elsewhere, ‘we’ would do so, but ‘our’ first ‘liking’ or
‘preference’ would be for the traditional seating arrangement.
‘We’ do not have any abhorrence but there is presence of
‘likes’ and ‘dislikes’. Like-dislike is of the mind, and abhorrence
is of the ego.
Questioner: Does like-dislike exist because of opinions?
Dadashri: Dislike remains as an effect of prior opinions.
For that you have to do pratikraman and turn it around by
telling yourself, ‘that man is very good’, and thereafter you will
start to see good in him.
Questioner: Should I do pratikraman (asking for
forgiveness coupled with remorse of wrongdoing) or
pratyakhyan (sincere pledge to not repeat the offence) for that
opinion?