Brahamacharya Celibacy with Understanding

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Dada Bhagwan Foundation

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Celibacy
Celibacy
extraordinary effort (parakram). To invoke the energies of the Self (Atmashkati, sva-virya) is called extraordinary effort (parakram). Nobody has any power against parakram.
Your awareness will be in proportion to your sincerity. This I am giving you as an aphorism (sutra) and with such clarification that even a little boy can understand. This is science. Your progress depends upon your sincerity, and that sincerity can take you to moksha. The fruit of sincerity is morality.
Questioner: The other day you were saying that even in youth there is a 'ridge point', so what is this 'ridge point'?
Dadashri : ‘Ridge point' means right at its peak. Where is the ridge of a roof? It is at the top.
When a youth reaches the 'ridge point', at that moment everything topples over. If one passes through this, then he is a winner. I will look after everything, but if he changes his mind, then there is no cure. That is why I teach him before the karma unfolds, to walk with his eyes looking down. Do not look at a woman. He can enjoy everything else. We cannot give you any guarantees because you are in your youth.
[4] When the Thoughts of Sexuality Torment
must stop it.
Look how wise Kabir was when he said, four hundred years ago, that, . The one who lets his mind rule his actions loses everything'. Was Kabir not wise? People are governed by their minds. If your mind says, 'Get married to this person', does that mean you have to get married?
Questioner : No. That cannot happen.
Dadashri : What will you do when the mind still says that? You will have to remain strong if you want to practice brahmacharya. The mind can say anything and it will make you say the same. That is why I was saying that tomorrow morning you would run away. What is the reason for this? How can you trust the one who is dictated by his mind?
Questioner : Now, I would not run away from here.
Dadashri : Oh, but what guarantee is there that a man who is governed by his mind will not run away from here? Here, if I scold you for two days, then you would leave on the third day. You do know this. How can you trust your mind?
At the moment your mind helps you by telling you: 'It is not worth getting married, there are too many problems in getting married'. It is your mind that first shows you this principle, which you have decided through your mind and not through Gnan. It is the mind that showed you the principle to do this.
Questioner : If the firm decision was made through Gnan, then the mind would not go against you, would it?
Dadashri : No, it would not. The foundation for firm decisions (nischaya) made through Gnan is different. All their foundations are like R.C.C (reinforced cement concrete) while
Someday, when a sexual thought sprouts and it lingers on, then you have to do a massive pratikraman, a long continuous pratikraman. You must get rid of the thought as soon as it sprouts.
[5] Do Not Be Guided By Your Mind
You should never proceed as guided by your mind. If the mind says according to what the Gnan says then one may adjust accordingly. If it goes against what our Gnan says, then you