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on talking to him. ‘You’ have to keep on telling him and that will
keep on happening too. By talking You remain detached from
him. You do not become one with the non-self. You have to
keep scolding as if he is a neighbor. By keeping on doing that,
it will come to an end and all the files will be over too, would they
not? If a thought about sex arises, you have to say, ‘It’s not me’.
It is not a part of you. You need to scold the one who has it.
Questioner : The experiment that you show us, about
doing samayik (to place in front of the Self) by looking in the
mirror, and talking to the prakruti (the complex of thought,
speech and acts) all feels very good for two or three days, but
later the weaknesses return.
Dadashri : If weakneses set in, start all over again.
Weaknesses will set in with time. The nature of the pudgal
(physical self)is such that it deteriorates with time and therefore
it should be refreshed by innovative ways and adjustments and
brought back into order.
Questioner : Therefore, one is to achieve the end of the
experiment by sticking to it. In reality this does not happen and
the experiment is discontinued half way through.
Dadashri : It is achieved by persistent application. It will
not happen immediately.
[7] Pratikraman With True Repentance
Questioner : Sometimes I feel lazy and get bored in
performing so many pratikramans, because there are so many
to do all of a sudden.
Dadashri : Yes, this is the problem with apratikraman.
This happens because pratikramans were not done at the time
the mistakes happened. By doing the pratikraman right away,
the fault will not arise again.