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Questioner: Do I have to continue observing thoughts of sex as they arise?
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Dadashri : Keep on observing them. What else can you do? Can you accumulate them?
Questioner: Should I not throw them out?
Dadashri : You have to keep on observing. After continuous observation you have to tell Chandresh ('file number one' for those who have taken Gnan) to do their pratikraman. You have to do pratikraman for any sexual thoughts, desires and gestures that occur in the mind, the speech and the body. Imagine how much bliss you will experience if you become free from the thoughts of sex that arise? And just imagine how much bliss will be there when they are all gone forever.
There are four pillars of liberation. These are real knowledge, real vision, real conduct and right penance (gnan, darshan, charitra and tapa). Now, when does one have to do penance? When thoughts about sex arise and you maintain a firm decision of not giving in to them, the Lord has called this penance. When there is no desire for sex at all, and when thoughts that lead to desire arise, that is where penance begins.
It is highly commendable when one keeps asking for strength to remain brahmacharya while having thoughts of abrahmacharya. With these prayers the seeker will attain his goal over a period of two to five years. The person, who conquers abrahmacharya, conquers the whole world. The governing deities, the celestial protectors of the path of liberation are very pleased with the one who practices brahmacharya.
Sex is the only thing that calls for vigilance. It is more than enough if sexual impulses are conquered. The impulses must be
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uprooted as soon as they arise, before they become thoughts of sex. Secondly, once there has been eye contact with anyone who arouses impulses of sexuality, you should immediately look away and change the inner visual link. Otherwise the sexual seedling will grow and even when it is tiny it will sow seeds for more sex. Therefore it is best to eradicate it when it is a mere sapling.
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Stay as far away from the company of those who are likely to trap you in sexuality, because if you get trapped even once, you will keep on getting into such trap. Therefore run! You must run as far away from that person as possible. You would not slip if you leave the place where there are chances of slipping. In satsang, there is no chance of meeting any other 'files' (people who tempt you sexually). People with the same goal of spiritual progress come together here, do they not?
Eradicate the sexual thought immediately. Do pratikraman for any attraction of a sexual nature. With these two weapons, brahmacharya will remain forever.
It is in the nature of the sexual seed to keep reseeding. The eyes see all kinds of things and hence seeds are sown within. These internal seeds have to be removed. As long as they are in the form of seeds, one has a chance for a cure. Once they sprout and start growing it becomes more and more difficult to remove, and then there is no cure.
It is not the women who attract you, it is the account of your past life that attracts you. Therefore uproot and throw it (sexual impulses) away and clear the account. After Gnan, there is no problem of any kind except sex. Therefore I caution you against sex. Just commencing a sexual link through looking at someone is the fault and especially after understanding this, if it
