Aptavani-6
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That is so, if You remain still with it. No one can touch you if
you maintain stillness (sthirata) of this Gnan.
This is the path of awareness (jagruti) and You should
remain aware. If someone gets hurt, You have the solution of
pratikraman. What else can You do? Everything else, the body,
the mind and the speech, is dependent on vyavasthit.
The Intent to Settle with Equanimity and
Pratikraman
Questioner: If we cannot do pratikraman (ask for
forgiveness from the pure Soul of the one you have ‘hurt,’ coupled
with remorse of the wrongdoing), is it the mistake of the prakruti,
the non-Self, or is it due to obstructing karma (antaray karma)?
Dadashri: That is a mistake of the non-Self (prakruti).
And the mistake of prakruti does not occur in all situations.
This mistake occurs in some places and not in other places.
There is no problem if pratikraman does not occur due to
prakruti mistakes. All You have to ‘know’ is what Your inner
intent is and nothing else. Your desire (intent) is to do
pratikraman, is it not?
Questioner: Yes, absolutely.
Dadashri: Despite this, pratikraman may not happen;
then it is a mistake of the prakruti. You are not liable for that.
Sometimes the prakruti will speak and sometimes it will not. It
is considered a record player. If it plays, then it will play.
Otherwise it may not even play. That is not considered an
obstruction (antaray).
Many people tell me, ‘I try to settle with equanimity (do
sambhave nikaal) but it does not happen.’ So I tell them,
‘Arey! Settling with equanimity is not something You have to do.
You simply have to harbor the intent to settle with equanimity.
Whether it can settle with equanimity or not, it is not dependent
on you. You just have to remain in my Agnas. Through them, a