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62 WHO AM I ? you have to repent. You have to do it as soon as you realize your mistakes. In this way, your faults will decrease and eventually go away. Questioner : So how should we perform pratikraman towards an individual? Dadashri : Recall the Pure Soul (Shuddhatma), the one who is absolutely separate from the thoughts, speech, actions, bhaavkarma (charge karmas), dravyakarma (effect karma), nokarma (neutral karmas), of that person; recall the Shuddhatma that is separate from the name and all the associated attachment of that person. In this way the Pure Soul has to be recalled. Then ‘Chandulal’ will need to recall his mistakes (aalochana), repent for the mistake (pratikraman), and vow never to repeat it (pratyakhyan). ‘You,’ the Shuddhatma, have to remain an observer of how ‘Chandulal’ performs the pratikraman and with how much sincerity. DEHADHYAS IS ‘I AM THIS BODY’ Ordinarily, people in this world are not able to let go of the awareness of, “I am this body.” They are not aware of the Real Self. You, however, have received this Gnan and are now without ego. “I am Chandulal,” is egoism and when the awareness of Shuddhatma is established, there is no attachment to anything connected with the body. Even then, initially you will make mistakes and you may feel a sense of suffocation. PRAGNYA WILL ALERT YOU FROM WITHIN Because this Gnan is scientific, you will experience it increasingly, and it will automatically alert you from within. You will not have to do anything. The other, traditional, kramic-path knowledge necessitates a ‘doership’ on your part. Questioner : Yes, I experience something within that alerts me.