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the pure Soul – from the perspective of the Self (nischay) and
from this viewpoint; they cannot have any mistakes, can they?
If anyone had made a mistake, Lord Mahavir would have
seen that, but the Lord did not see anyone at fault. Even when
large bedbugs were biting him, the Lord did not see them at fault.
Viewing the Mistakes through Upayog
Questioner: Can we see past mistakes by remembering
them?
Dadashri: Past mistakes can be seen only through focused
awareness (upayog), but not through memory. You have to
scratch your head in order to recollect. You have to recollect if
a veil comes over it, do you not? If you had a disagreement with
another person, then if you do pratikraman (ask for forgiveness
from the pure Soul of the one you have ‘hurt,’ coupled with
remorse of the wrongdoing) to him, he will be present before
you. You simply have to resort to this focused awareness (upayog)
and do pratikraman. There is nothing to remember in our path.
Recalling is dependant on memory.
Questioner: What is memory? Can that be considered
as being dependent on the intellect?
Dadashri: Memory is the recall that takes a long time
coming if there is a huge veil, like a large cloud, though sometimes
the recall comes in two minutes, sometimes in five. Do you have
such an experience about memory?
Questioner: Yes.
Dadashri: Many times you will not be able to recollect
for hours. Now the rule is that you can destroy the veil through
concentration (ekagrata). A veil that is half an hour long can be
brought to an end within five minutes through concentration.
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