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may not occur for ten years; what can you do about that? You
should maintain an inner intent that ‘may the other person find an
acceptable solution through my speech.’ Do pratikraman for
any hurtful speech that has come out. Otherwise, there is no end
to the worldly life. On the contrary, it will drag you down. If he
has fallen in the middle of the lake, he will also pull you down.
Maintain your safe side first and then ‘do’ everything. It is not
worth going deep into this worldly life. This is a worldly life.
Whichever way you slice it, you will find nothing but darkness.
When you slice an onion, will you not find onion in every slice?
If pratikraman for someone does not bring forth a
samadhan or a satisfactory closure, then it will happen in the
next life. But for now you should take care of your own self, and
get your work done. The foremost thing you should make sure
of is that you do not spoil things for yourself in trying to improve
the other person. Each for his own self!
Questioner: While interacting with others in the world,
how can I ensure and preserve that which is for and of the Self?
Dadashri: It is being preserved. You do not need to
make effort to preserve it. ‘You’ just take care of ‘your Self.’
‘Chandubhai’ will take care of himself.
Questioner: Having attained such awareness once, it will
not go away, will it?
Dadashri: No, it will not. But this current time cycle is
peculiar and unpredictable. It is possible for the awareness to go
down even when someone merely blows dust. And alongside
with it we have this science of Akram, meaning it is the science
where karma still remains pending. The dirt will fly when one is
in the process of dealing with these karmas. I do not have any
problems because I do not have much karma left. This Akram
science of ours is such that it can get rid of all the karma, but
You should be ready. All the problems of the world can be
destroyed; that is how powerful and energy-filled this science is.