252 Aptavani-6
deliberately do something wrong, then things will become ruined. But even then, the Gnan will bring about a solution at some point in time. Therefore, now that You have attained it once, it is not something You want to let go of.
Opinions Obstruct the Bliss Within
This whole world runs because of opinions. Opinion is such that if we get some mangoes and other nice things, depending on the prakruti( the non-Self complex of karma effect), the senses will become attracted to those things. The senses and the signals from the senses result in the eating or overeating, but the senses do not have or bind an opinion about it. It is the buddhi, the intellect within, that decides,‘ This mango is very good,’ so that is how one will form an opinion about mangoes. He will then tell others that there is nothing better than a mango in the world. He will also keep thinking about the mango and it will keep bothering him that he does not get to eat one. There is no problem as far as the senses are concerned; if a mango is there, the senses become engaged in eating; and there is no problem if there are no mangoes either. It is the opinion that causes the problem. Now, the intellect alone is not the only factor. The knowledge arising from association with the worldly people( loksangnya) works a lot in this too. First, a belief is formed based on what others tell him such as,‘ This is good and that is bad.’ And if it is someone whom he respects and appreciates that says so, then his belief becomes even stronger.
So one does not form an opinion himself; his opinions are formed by the influence of the beliefs of others( loksangnya). The beliefs of,‘ How can it happen without us? How will it work if I don’ t do it this way?’ … this is the kind of association( sangnya) that has set in. Then‘ we’ gave you the knowledge of scientific circumstantial evidences as the‘ doer’( vyavasthit) and so your opinion is now changed to,‘ We are not really the doers; vyavasthit is.’