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[17] Removing the Root Cause of Opinions
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will arise in you. Opinions have to change. The moment you see mistake in others, that same mistake arises in you.
Questioner: If I see a mistake in someone by accident, I should immediately do pratikraman, and then there is no problem?
(300) Dadashri: Yes, you should do pratikraman. There is no other solution other than that.
If you have a negative thought about 'Chandulal,' its effect will show on your face. "Chandulal' will read those inner intents. So for that, you have to say, 'Chandulal is very beneficial to me.
opinion about.
Questioner: Is it okay to have positive opinions?
Dadashri: Do not give any opinions at all. If you do, you should erase them. You have the necessary, infallible weapons of alochana, pratikraman and pratyakhyan at your disposal.
Questioner: Where I have no attachment-abhorrence, or self interest, or no direct influence on any individual, if such a non-personal opinion arises, is there a need to do pratikraman?
Dadashri: There is no need at all to give out non-personal opinions. But if you do, then you have to do pratikraman. Whether it is personal or non-personal, you have no right to give an opinion. To do so is you becoming guided by your egointellect complex (swachhand) and so you should erase it.
Questioner: For example, I give an opinion that Hitler did great injustice to society and the world; did I say anything wrong there?
Dadashri: You should not stick your hand unnecessarily in that. You have nothing to do with Hitler. But if you end up saying anything, then it is vyavasthit. Then you have to wash it off. Words get spoken. Even 'we' end up saying things like, *The rotli is good. The mango is good, but then 'we' wash it off. Sometimes, for certain reasons, in order to help someone 'we' will say, 'You made good food, but then 'we' wash it off. Whatever opinions 'we' give, 'we' immediately wash them off. You now have the tool to wash it off, do you not?
Questioner: What is the tool for that? Dadashri: Pratikraman. Opinion is Reversed with Pratikraman
Whenever you see positive attributes in a person and you form an opinion that the person has good qualities, those qualities
This is How You Get Rid of Strong Opinions
Questioner: How can I get rid of my strong opinions?
Dadashri: They will begin to disappear the moment you decide you want to get rid of them. If they are stubborn, you should work on them several hours a day. They, too, will disappear. After you attain Self-realization, you come into purusharth dharma (religion of the Self effort). This dharma gives you extraordinary energy and power to overcome the most difficult of obstructions (atkan). However, You should first realize the cause behind the recurrent obstacle and then do pratikraman for it.
Do you give out opinions now? Questioner: No, not at all anymore. Dadashri: Then it is fine. The problem is solved.
Be Very Aware Against Opinions
The most important thing is to see that opinions do not form. This is where You need to be most cautious, nothing else matters. The awareness of the worldly life tends to form opinions,
