Aptavani-4
75
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’.