Why Having “No Opinion” is a Powerful Spiritual and Mental Asset

This teaching and the understanding it imparts have unfortunately cost me friendships. Close friends turned bitter enemies simply because I suggested to them to “have no opinion.” Walking in breakthrough as a lifestyle can be lonely. However, when God spoke to me in a profound visitation one winter night 20 years ago, having no opinion transformed my life for the better. It was an incredibly positive change, and you can experience this transformation as well. For years, a foundational pillar of my teaching has been a practice that sounds simple, yet is radically transformative: the discipline of having “no opinion”.

At first glance, it might sound passive or detached. But anyone who has actually put it into practice knows it is an intense, active form of inner freedom. It is the refusal to let external chaos instantly dictate your internal peace.

Recently, while exploring ancient philosophy and modern psychology, I encountered the concept of Cognitive Reassessment—a clinical term for stepping back from an automatic reaction to reframe a situation. Centuries before modern psychology gave it a clinical name, the Stoics practiced a version of this, with Marcus Aurelius writing, “You always have the option of having no opinion… These things are not asking to be judged by you.” But while modern science and ancient philosophy observe this phenomenon, they are not the gatekeepers of its truth. They are simply catching up to a far deeper, spiritual reality. The true source and highest mastery of this practice doesn’t come from a textbook or a stoic journal—it is found by looking directly into the gospels to learn the very “psychology” and thinking process of Christ.

The Biblical Root: Re-examining Krino

When we look at the poetry of scripture and observe how Jesus spoke and thought, we glean profound keys for our walk as sons and daughters of the Living Father. Consider His directive in the Sermon on the Mount:

“Judge not, that ye be not judged.” — Matthew 7:1

There is an immense depth to this verse that goes completely unnoticed at first blush. In the original Greek text, the word translated as “judge” is Krino, which literally means “to have an opinion”.

When Jesus says “Judge not,” He is explicitly telling us: have no opinion.

When you find yourself under pressure from negative people, sudden disruptions, or bleak circumstances, the most liberating thing you can do is learn to say to others—and especially to yourself—“I have no opinion about that”.

For every one time you utter those words to someone else in conversation, you need to say them to your own heart a hundred times. We maintain a relentless, internal dialogue every waking hour. When that voice of self is shrieking in strident, desperate tones, it becomes impossible to hear the still, small voice of the Father. Having “no opinion” forcefully quiets that internal dialogue so you can finally “Be still, and know”.

Breaking the Law of Sowing and Reaping

Jesus goes on to explain the spiritual mechanics of why holding onto our opinions is so dangerous:

“For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.” — Matthew 7:2

The word for “judgment” here is krima, which means “to make a decision”. Jesus is revealing a spiritual law: the moment you decide to form an opinion, you set a process in motion where decisions and opinions will be formed about you. This is the spiritual law of sowing and reaping.

When life looks bleak or a situation goes entirely sideways, our human instinct is to immediately slap a label on it and declare, “This is a disaster”. But the moment you do that, you trap yourself within the natural cycle of that crisis.

By choosing instead to have no opinion, you break the natural cycle. You break the prophetic influence of your own fears and the criticisms of others. You vacate the natural course of action and leave open the potentiality for something to take place in your life that completely breaks the norm.

Entering the Creative Amplitude of the Father

Living with “no opinion” doesn’t mean you lack conviction, nor does it mean you become a passive bystander. It means you stop letting the world force you into knee-jerk reactions, and instead step into absolute spiritual authority.

When you stop rushing to judge a matter, you strip away the drama and hand the outcome entirely over to God. You still yourself like a child on the bosom of its mother. No matter the chaos swirling around you, you pass over the threshold of “having no opinion” and enter directly into the chambers of the Kingdom of God within you.

Science can call it “cognitive reassessment” all it wants, but the spiritual reality is much grander: you are substituting your finite, panicked opinions for the very breath of the Father. You place yourself directly in His hand, where the future is His and yours to shape.

When you empty your mind of human judgment, you step squarely into the wave amplitude of the Father’s creative potentiality. It is in that exact space of stillness where nothing is impossible to you, and you can finally hear His voice clearly saying, “This is the way, walk ye in it!”