Aptavani-6 21
Questioner: Shorthand.
Dadashri: And then there is something new beyond that, is it not? It is called‘ code language’ or something like that, right?
Questioner: Yes, code language.
Dadashri: All this gets typed within in a code language and shorthand. The moment the feeling arises within( bhaav) of,‘ I am the kind of person that I can make anyone shut up with my speech,’ then such code words lead to a corresponding speech coming into effect. This is what I mean by a taped record. For you, the current tape( speech) is of the code words that you had created.
And even a person who normally speaks indiscreetly and harshly, speaks very pleasantly before a saint; so are we not to understand that he is not the speaker? Who is he, the speaker of hurtful words or pleasant ones?
Questioner: What kind of awareness( jagruti) should we maintain when we speak?
Dadashri: Your awareness is gone for sure when you throw a stone that hurts and wounds the other person( your words are so harsh that they hurt and wound the other person). Your awareness will not go away if your speech is mild. Therefore, your awareness will come when your speech becomes mild.
Questioner: So how can we make the‘ stone’ smaller? Dadashri: With pratikraman.
Questioner: How can we change the speech that has already been taped?
Dadashri: You can do so by taking the Agna to not hurt others with your speech from only the Gnani. Otherwise, it is like changing the will of nature. Therefore, if you try to change