Book Title: Guiding Light Freedom from Opinion
Author(s): Namramuni
Publisher: Namramuni

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________________ Experiment 3: Freedom from Opinions... times. Also, let's resolve not to interfere in the life of others and form opinions about them. I may form a 'not-so-good' opinion of somebody considering his present situation, but Parmatma says that a person who is bad today can become a gentleman tomorrow - an angry person can become calm and composed upon coming in contact with a saint. Then, will your impression about that person still hold good or will it change? In this ever changing world, we should not form opinions and develop attachment or hatred for anyone. "Change your inner self” But our drawback is that, no sooner we meet people, we start forming opinions about them. This school is good, it has good teachers but...this boy is so dumb... that girl is different... and it goes on and on... whether the opinion is good or bad, appropriate or inappropriate, we always make it a point to express it. We have not been asked about our opinion or a stamp of approval, yet we give our unwanted opinion and certification. Others are not interested in our opinions nor do they give any importance to them, but we cannot abstain from expressing ourselves. Every person in this world has a different viewpoint and a different perspective of looking at other people, objects or events. The world keeps changing. Today's world is not the same as it was yesterday and it will not be the same tomorrow. One's thoughts and feelings at any moment of the day are not the same; they keep changing. "This isn't good... that could have been better... only if he had done this! He should not do this... it was done properly... this is not right..." - these are examples of interfering. In this ever changing world, even we change at every moment. We will not have the same thoughts as we did five years ago. Our feelings today are different than the feelings we had ten or twenty years ago. Everything keeps changing To stop interfering in others' lives, we must change our nature. "I will change my nature and stop interfering in others' lives." For many births, it has been in our nature to interfere and express our opinions. Let's decide to change ourselves, our thoughts and beliefs with changing If you understand this well and if it touches your heart, then, the number

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