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Aptavani-6
Dadashri: Atkan is much heavier than nikachit karma.
Nikachit is of a lower level. Nikachit karma means that you
have no choice but suffer its effects, whereas with atkan, not
only do you have to suffer it, but in the process it will create
another mess for you to suffer. In nikachit karma, with Gnan
you can only become free after suffering through its effect. Even
though you do not want to, you will still have to suffer it.
Therefore, there is no problem with nikachit karma. Nikachit
karma is a kind of a punishment for you. Once you serve your
punishment, you are done with it, but there is a big problem with
atkan.
Questioner: Is that which is known as ‘current karma’
which will give effect in the future (kriyamaan), in Vedanta
(Hindu scriptures)?
Dadashri: Not kriyamaan. There are some karmas that
can be removed just by thinking, some are removed with
meditation (dhyan), and there some that you have no choice but
suffer them, even if you do not wish to. Those are nikachit
karma. They are sticky karma whereas this atkan is such that
it creates another problem. So for atkan, one has to keep
‘seeing,’ with much awareness, to bring it to an end. That is why
these boys, at a very young age, have started spiritual effort
(purusharth) of getting rid of their atkan.
Purusharth and Parakram
Questioner: If we make the effort to destroy the atkan,
will it give rise to extraordinary spiritual effort (parakram)?
Dadashri: You can only make an effort to get rid of your
atkan if you put in extraordinary inner energy (parakram). Going
after the atkan is itself a parakram. One cannot get rid of the
atkan without parakram. That is the job of a ‘parakrami
purush,’ one who is able to come into parakram. With the
Gnan I have given you, you can do parakram.