Guiding Light Freedom from Opinion

Author(s): Namramuni
Publisher: Namramuni

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Freedom from Opinions.....
Freedom from Opinions.....
for thirty days, but it is very difficult to make a conjecture to not express our opinions and follow it through.
"The lesser the relationship with people,
the greater the awakening of our soul. The greater the awakening of the soul,
the alertness of the soul increases. As the alertness of the soul increases,
the soul experiences eternal bliss.'
From childhood, we have been taught the Namaskar Mantra, to undergo physical austerities and to listen to discourses, but we have not been taught to abstain from expressing our opinions about others.
"I do not want to be involved with outsiders."
Our religion repeatedly gives us only one inspiration-'wherever you are, pay attention and focus only on improving yourself, not on advising others.'
Speak less and give fewer opinions. Parmatma has called it exemption from speech.'It does not mean don't talk; just talk only as much as is required, nothing more.
Most of the time, people have this unhealthy habit of interfering and giving opinions when two people are talking, even when they do not have any understanding about the conversation. They cannot resist the temptation to express their opinions, even though they are not asked for. If one cannot resist the temptation, then, one must stay away from such situations.
"Until today, I have always opined about people, objects and situations, but now, I only want to pay attention to myself. I want to come under Parmatma's influence, stop expressing my opinions and become dispassionate and peaceful. I will implement this from now on."
The soul of one, who stops to opine; becomes pure. Only a pure soul can progress along Parmatma's path.
Secondly, do not make telephone calls unless required. Often, conversations on the phone are trivial in nature... most of the time, the conversation is about other people... sometimes good and sometimes bad... likes and dislikes of others... This results in the binding of karmas.
Step forward; make a resolution - "I want to stop forming opinions. I will not have feelings of like or dislike for anyone and will not have any preconceived notions for any person or object. Everything is acceptable to me as it is, how it is and where it is."
Let's begin this first experiment of becoming free from forming opinions about people, objects and situations.
Vitraag Parmatma observes everything and is aware of everything, yet HE does not get involved. HE will not opine about anyone, HE does not even think of giving an opinion.
One may think it is easy not to opine - but NO! It is very difficult. It is very difficult to erase the predispositions in our memory. It may be easy to fast