It is not proper, if the memory of all kinds of old associations produce disgust within us and there is no desire to do anything about it. It is best if the fire of heartfelt repentance ignites. This fire of heartfelt repentance does not let us stay in the same condition. It wakes up and propels us further in life. The propensity of the life gets to be higher from genuine repentance. Genuine heartfelt repentance, by holding our hand, brings us out from our old understanding of the mind. It produces an intense disgust regarding the incidence that has resulted in the repentance, so that the mind does not get in the same situation again. If we experience that our mind does not take part in the same kind of incident again, then it can be surmised that the repentance is complete and solid. Keep the understanding in the mind that this is the characteristic of the true repentance. Experience, how much and what kind of repentance was produced by using this gauge.
Pujya Shree Mota
Jivan Mandan
Edition 3; Page 58.
