Repentance for Unjust Worldly Interactions Seeker: When I see injustice in daily life interactions and in business, the mind becomes upset. So what should I do when that affects the way I interact with people? How should I repent if there is any injustice on my part? Dadashri: In the repentance there should be alochana (recall and confession of mistakes), pratikraman (repentance and asking for forgiveness), and pratyakhyan (resolve never to repeat the mistake and asking for the energies for this). This should be done in the presence of whichever God you believe in. Which God do you believe in? Seeker: Lord Shiva. Dadashri: Yes, so Lord Shiva should be your witness when you repent. You should do alochana which is to confess or admit that you erred with such and such a person. You should repent repeatedly. If you err, you should repent. In doing so, the mistake will decrease. Injustice will occur even though you may not wish to. This is due to the faults of the non-Self complex (prakruti). This fault of the non-Self complex is from the past life, not of the current life. Today you want to improve but because of your past life mistakes (cause), these faults continue to occur in this life (effect) and they will not leave without harassing you. For this you should continuously do alochana, pratikraman and pratyakhyan. Seeker: What is the solution when I have to tolerate a lot of things? Dadashri: You should tolerate without complaining. Tolerate with equanimity, without cursing the other person in your mind and with the understanding that he has released you from the bondage of your previous karma, and thank him sincerely for doing so. You should feel obliged to him. No one suffers without a reason. Your suffering is the result of your own past demerit karma. Questioner: Please write this ‘alochana, pratikraman, pratyakhyan’ down for me. Help me get the confirmation from the Gnani Purush so that I can start doing alochana, pratikraman and pratyakhyan. Dadashri: Yes, of course, you will have to do that! That you will learn here. Reference: Pratikraman - The key that resolves all conflicts (page 12-13) Download a soft copy (free): download.dadabhagwan.org/books/English/PDF/Pratikraman-English-full-Version.pdf Buy a hard copy: https://store.dadabhagwan.org/pratikraman-set-in-english#.UbxiYOcwfcM
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