Opinion

It is a shame that our modern day society puts so much excessive emphasis on what someone else's good opinion is, and so little on the contemplative, meditative quality of sitting with our own truths and digesting them.

It looks on the outside like it's more important what your neighbor thinks of you, or a colleague, or an acquaintance. But here's the real question: "What do you think of yourself?"

It's never really going to be about how someone else responds, reacts, or opinionates about you and who you are, what you do and their interpretation (i.e judgment) of who you are and what you do and why you do it.

But it is of paramount importance that YOU meditate and contemplate on what you do and why you do it, because your truth to you is what makes you who you are. Conscience is an entirely internal thing and it matters way more than someone else's opinion!

I invite you to meditate on these things - anytime anyone suggests that they have an opinion of your behavior, or any time you find yourself dressing, acting, doing in the effort to receive a good opinion from others - look inside for a while and ask yourself what YOUR truth is.

Blessings.
- Darshan






(c) 2010 Darshan F Jessop