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What does it mean to be opinion-less? || Acharya Prashant (2017)
Acharya Prashant
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8 years ago
Opinionless
Truth
Flexibility
Facts
Time and Space
Mind
Entirety
Subjectivity
Description

Acharya Prashant explains that being opinionless does not mean having no opinions at all, but rather not taking personal opinions seriously and maintaining total flexibility. He emphasizes that opinions should be slaves to facts and that one must be willing to surrender an opinion the moment it is contradicted by the truth. Using the analogy of walking in the wrong direction, he describes being opinionless as the ability to immediately correct one's course without resistance or inertia, regardless of how much has been invested in a previous stance. He asserts that one should be a slave to the truth and comply with its commands without dithering. Furthermore, he defines time and space as everything that can be described, defined, or perceived, including the mind, imagination, and the world. He concludes that while everything tangible and mental exists within time and space, the truth alone transcends these dimensions, noting that entirety is a subjective experience rather than an objective reality.