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Aptavani-6
There is not much problem if you have negative thoughts
towards this wall because it is a one-sided loss since there is no
reaction, whereas having even a single negative thought towards
any living being creates a liability for you because here the loss
is two-sided. However, all those mistakes get erased if you do
pratikraman for them. Therefore, wherever gharshan occurs,
if you do pratikraman, it leaves.
Questioner: Who causes conflict; jada (inanimate; non-
Self) or chetan (the Self, the soul)?
Dadashri: Conflicts (gharshan) of the past life cause
new conflicts. There is no question of jada or chetan here. The
Self does not get involved in this at all. The non-Self complex
(pudgal) causes all the conflicts. Conflicts of the past life cause
conflicts again. Those who do not have conflicts of the past life
unfolding anymore do not have any more conflicts in this life;
otherwise, conflicts keep on increasing, one after another.
The pudgal is not completely inanimate. It is a mixture of
the Self and the non-Self (mishra chetan). It is called vibhaavik
pudgal. Vibhaavik means that it is a non-Self complex (pudgal)
resulting from extra inner intent (bhaav). The extra bhaav arises
as a third phenomenon when the Self and the non-Self come
together. This is the ego, the intent (bhaav), which is, ‘I am
Chandulal’; and that is what makes you do everything. Pure
pudgal, or pure matter, will not make one do this. This pudgal
has become mishra chetan. The coming together
(samipyabhaav) of the extra intent (vishesh bhaav) of the Self
as well as the extra intent (vishesh bhaav) of the non-Self, the
matter, is the reason for the third entity in the form of the ego;
the new, extra entity is called prakruti. That is what is involved
in all the conflicts!
Questioner: You say that all energies come to end through
conflict. Can that energy be pulled back through awareness
(jagruti)?