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Aptavani-4
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Every man has formed an opinion about his wife, and this causes conflicts.
“I am Chandulal' is an opinion, is it not? You believe yourself to be who you are not and not what you really are.
You have formed strong opinions about everyone in your family. For that reason, you must not form opinions about anyone; about ‘mishrachetan’ who appears to sulk one minute and smile the next. Opinion itself is the obstacle (antaray). Demerit karma (paap) can be destroyed, but the obstacles created by opinions are detrimental only to yourself. They create entanglements with the very things you want to be free of.
Your own actions may seem bitter to you, but they are the actions of the pudgal (non-Self). You have piled up your stock of opinions through your own free will. Each of us has his own reactions based on his own opinions.
The pure Soul (Shuddhatma) is certainly there, but it is the opinion that is created by the pratishthit atma (self charged in the past life) that operates the machinery” (the non-Self). Except for the Shuddhatma, the rest is all ‘machinery'.
