96 Pratikraman
When you begin to see everyone in your family as faultless, then you will know that your pratikraman is true. People definitely are faultless; the whole world is faultless. You are bound by your own mistakes, not by theirs. When you understand this, you will be able to resolve everything.
Questioner: It is absolutely resolved in my mind that this whole world is faultless.
Dadashri: That is called your‘ conviction.’ It has come into your conviction that the world is faultless, but how much of this is in your experience? It is not that easy. You can say that it has come into your experience when you maintain this conviction even when mosquitoes, bedbugs, and snakes surround you. This conviction will remain. When you see faults in anyone, it is your own mistake; you yourself are at fault, and for that you must do pratikraman. In my conviction and experience, the world is faultless, and this is evident in my conduct. You however, do not have the same experience. You still see faults in the world. You have to do pratikraman when someone does something wrong to you, because you see him as being at fault.
Questioner: Does atikraman ever occur if one remains in the awareness of his Pure Self?
Dadashri: Yes, you can have atikraman as well as pratikraman.
If you feel that you did not stay in your pure awareness and went off on the wrong track and started seeing the world with the eyes of Chandulal, then you should do pratikraman for losing the awareness of the Self. Taking the wrong path is a waste of time and energy, but there are no repercussions from this because it does not hurt others and so pratikraman is not necessary. You still have one more life to go, so you need not worry about this for the time being. But those who absolutely want to remain in their awareness should do pratikraman.