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Pratikraman
whereby the ‘Real’ becomes suppressed. When the karma is
an atikraman, and you support it, a new setback will occur. It
is a fault if you do not accept something wrong, as wrong.
Therefore atikraman is very necessary.
Questioner: What if the other person does not forgive
me for my atikraman despite my pratikraman?
Dadashri: Do not be concerned about the other person
forgiving you. The atikraman tendencies within you must go.
You must become an opponent of atikraman. That is how it
should be.
Questioner: What if the other person continues to be
hurt?
Dadashri: Do not be concerned about the other person.
Be firm in your conviction that you are an adversary of
atikraman. It is not your wish to do atikraman but if it happens,
you should feel remorse and your intent should be that you do
not want it to happen again.
Pratikraman is to be done to destroy your opinions and
to show that you are not endorsing atikraman. Pratikraman is to
be done to show your opposition towards any aggression. Do
you understand?
Questioner: If it is just a part of discharge, effect of
karma, then why must one do pratikraman?
Dadashri: Everything is discharge. Everything.
Pratikraman is only for the atikraman done, and not for anything
else. If you do not do pratikraman, your innate nature and
tendencies will never change. Do you understand?
Unless you oppose it, it will never become exposed and
that opinion will stay with you. If you become angry, you must
do pratikraman because you do not wish to support your anger.