If you see that certain things happen through you in your so-called unintentional state, then affirm to yourself, be resolute that you will never allow things to happen unintentionally through you. This resolution is the best repentance. Now you are not merely atoning for the mistake; now you are no more remaining the mistaken one. To fight against the mistake is a small battle. Totally transform the mistaken one, let him not be, let him not exist at all.
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Acharya Prashant: There is pleasure in great wakefulness, and equally, there is pleasure in getting drunk. Which pleasure do you want, the pleasure of wakefulness or the pleasure of drunkenness? Both appeal and attract, don’t they? And that’s the choice to be made; that’s the choice that determines your life.
If you see that certain things happen through you in your so-called unintentional state, then affirm to yourself, be resolute that you will never allow things to happen unintentionally through you. This resolution is the best repentance. If you want to repent, tears are not the way; consciousness is the way. You can keep crying over spilled milk; does that help? Instead, tell yourself that, “The state of mind that brought me to a fallen action would never be repeated again. If I am doing something, the action must proceed from realization.”
Watch out against all the mechanical stuff that happens through you; that is your repentance. And in that repentance is a great transformation. Now you are not merely atoning for the mistake; now you are no more remaining the mistaken one. To fight against the mistake is a small battle. Totally transform the mistaken one, let him not be, let him not exist at all. He was a dweller of the dark lands of sleep; you tell yourself, “I will remain awake.”
