Aptavani Shreni 04

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Dada Bhagwan Aradhana Trust

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A strong opinion focused on one particular thing will result in a major obstruction (atkan). Comparatively the effect of the obstruction of many scattered opinions will be significantly terrible.
“The sensual pleasures (vishay) do not have attachment - abhorrence; only the belief of the opinion has attachmentabhorrence.”
~ Dadashri This quote of the Gnani drives away the notion of doing relentless exertion to become free from sensual pleasures. By saying it is like an elephant's bath' (elephants after bathing in water, spread dirt on themselves); it makes one alert towards removing the root cause: the wrong belief about the opinion, of there being any lasting happiness in the pleasure of the senses.
Once it is decided that opinions are to be broken, they start to break down. Opinions that are very deeply entrenched, can be depleted after doing pratikraman (repentance and asking for forgiveness for the error) everyday for two hours! The one who has attained the Soul (Atma), the one who has become Self-realized (Purush), is capable of any endeavor (purusharth) or extraordinary effort (parakram)!
Whatever one's opinion, such will be the non-Self complex of mind, speech and body (pudgal) that forms in the next life.
It is necessary to detach and remove the opinion, about the opinion that has remained in a subtle form.
Who makes one make opinions? Only societal influence (loksangnya; worldly peer pressure), because one's belief is based on popular knowledge, and accordingly, the intellect makes the decision as to how one behaves. Once the ‘knowledge of the Gnani' (Gnani-sangnya) is followed, the effect of the knowledge of people (loksangnya) becomes extinct!
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