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Pratikraman
pending. Just as we have cash in the bank, the payment they
make is also in the form of cash.
How Can the Obstacles Be Stopped?
If a man goes to his boss for his permission and the boss
refuses, he will begin to have negative thoughts about his boss;
‘My boss is worthless. He is like this…he is like that!’ Now he
does not realize the consequences of his negative thinking. So if
he turns his negative inner intent (bhaav) around by doing
pratikraman; that is what ‘we’ call awareness.
I will explain to you how obstacles in life come about. If
you call a person that works for you an idiot, it becomes an
obstacle for your own common sense. Now tell me – this is how
obstacles are created, and everyone in the worldly life has fallen
into this trap and their human life goes to waste. You have no
right to tell anyone they have no sense. If you do this, that
person may retort by calling you an idiot and create an obstacle
for himself. Similarly, if you call someone unworthy, you are
creating an obstacle for your own self worth. Now tell me, how
can this world be saved from such obstacles? If you do
pratikraman immediately, then you will be able to wash away
these obstacles before they become impossible to remove.
Pratikraman for Scolding Your Workers
Questioner: In my work, in order to accomplish certain
deadlines, I have insulted and mistreated many people.
Dadashri: You should do pratikraman for them all. When
you mistreated them, you were only fulfilling your duty. You did
not do it for yourself, therefore, your intention was not bad.
Questioner: In that sense, I was a very bad person;
many would have been hurt by me.
Dadashri: For that, you have to do a collective
pratikraman that, ‘Owing to my strict nature, for whatever