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Pratikraman
gave rise to it, and it will be destroyed with pratikraman; that
is all.
Questioner: I make a firm resolution with absolute
sincerity that I do not want to make the same mistake again.
Despite this, the same mistake will occur, will it not? Is it in my
hands?
Dadashri: Yes, it will occur again. For example, if I have
a ball and I throw it, once I throw that ball, it will not stop
bouncing even if I wish for it to stop. Throwing the ball was just
a single action, but after throwing it, if I say that I do not wish
to throw it, and I tell it to stop bouncing, will it stop?
Questioner: No, it will not.
Dadashri: Then what will occur?
Questioner: It will continue to bounce three or four times.
Dadashri: So it has gone out of my hands and into the
hands of nature. Nature will make it still. That is how all this is.
All our mistakes fall into nature’s hands.
Questioner: Then what benefits are there in pratikraman,
once it falls into the hands of nature?
Dadashri: Many benefits; tremendous benefits.
Pratikraman has such an impact that if you do pratikraman
for someone for one hour, it will bring about tremendous new
changes within that person. But the person doing pratikraman
must have this Gnan. He must be purified through Gnan. He has
to have the experience of, ‘I am a pure Soul (Shuddhatma).’
Pratikraman will have a tremendous effect. Pratikraman is
our biggest weapon.
Can Prakruti Improve?
If a person does not have this Gnan, his prakruti will
continue to go in the wrong direction throughout the day. But