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you. That is why 'we' tell you that the five senses are not a problem. But if you even think about sex, then do pratikraman immediately, on the spot. And then later, do a hundred, two hundred pratikramans for it.
However, if you happened to go to a hotel for food (indulged your taste buds) and failed to do pratikraman for it, then it is fine. I will make you do that pratikraman. But make sure you do not get infected by this disease of sexual pleasure. This is a dangerous disease. What is the cure for this disease? The answer is that wherever a man has an atkan (blockade), there lies the disease for sure. For some men, when they see a certain kind of a woman passing by, changes (galgalia) occur within them. In reality, everyone is made up of flesh and bones, but one has an attraction for certain kind of a woman which occurs from within (a karma effect). Therefore, he will be attracted. Does he feel attracted to all women? No. But as a human, he has the old habit of being attracted to a certain shape and form (roop). 'How beautiful are these eyes! They are big, beautiful eyes!' Hey, you! Even the bulls have big and beautiful eyes! Why are you not attracted to a bull? And he will say, 'But that is a bull whereas this is a human being.' Hey! These are places of entrapment!
Being Free from the Major Blockade (Atkan) of Sexuality
Therefore, whichever 'shop' (sexually attractive person) you get entangled with, the pure Soul (Shuddhatma) within that 'shop' is verily the one who will liberate you. So, do pratikraman and ask the Shuddhatma within 'that' person to free you from this topic of non-celibacy (vishay of abrahmacharya); to free you from sexuality and sexual impulses. If you try to become free from this problem of sexuality by other non-specific approaches, it will not work. Only the Shuddhatma within that 'shop' is the one that will liberate you, and this is the precise
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Now there are not many such 'shops' that attract you. There are only a few such 'shops,' but the one who is faced with many such 'shops' must make an increased and greater intense spiritual effort (purusharth). But whoever has only a few such shops should clear the account and make it exact - 'see' it, as it is, the relative and the real. There is nothing wrong in eating and drinking, but the problem is with sexual interaction through thoughts, speech and acts (vishay). Male vishay and female vishay (male and female sexual interactions) are both factories that give rise to enmity and revenge (veyr), life after life. Therefore, bring an end to it in whichever way you can.
Questioner: Is that what you mean when you tell us, 'Get your work done"?
Dadashri: What else? Get rid of all these diseases that are within! I am not telling you to do anything. I am just telling you to know (janavoo) it. This gnan (knowledge) is worth knowing, it is not worth doing. (Dadashri uses the word gnan for three types of knowledge: Gnan with capitalized 'G' is the knowledge of the Self. The second gnan is the knowledge of cause and effects, life after life, and the third gnan is the worldly knowledge of human beings). The gnan that one knows (jaanyu) as an experience cannot refrain from producing the desired results, for sure. Therefore, You do not have to do anything. Lord Mahavir had said that in the 'religion' of the ones who are on the path of liberation (vitarag dharma), there is no 'I am doing, he is doing and they are doing (karomi, karosi and karoti)," respectively.
Can you or can you not know what your atkan is? Questioner: I will know it immediately.
Dadashri: When you come to 'know' a lafru as a lafru, then it will fall away (lafru - a file or an event related to a file;
