Brahamacharya Celibacy with Understanding

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

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Celibacy
Celibacy
the others like those made by the mind are like those made out of mixture of gravel and concrete (non reinforced) which are prone to crack.
Questioner : Therefore, one is to achieve the end of the experiment by sticking to it. In reality this does not happen and the experiment is discontinued half way through.
Dadashri : It is achieved by persistent application. It will not happen immediately.
[7] Pratikraman With True Repentance
Questioner : Sometimes I feel lazy and get bored in performing so many pratikramans, because there are so many to do all of a sudden.
[6] 'One Should Scold Oneself Look this man has severely reprimanded his self, threatened his self. It was worth seeing how he was scolding his self and crying at the same time.
Questioner : Once, I reprimanded Chandresh two or three times, and made him cry too. He also told 'me' that this would not happen again and yet it happens.
Dadashri : Yes, that will happen but you have to keep on talking to him. 'You' have to keep on telling him and that will keep on happening too. By talking You remain detached from him. You do not become one with the non-self. You have to keep scolding as if he is a neighbor. By keeping on doing that, it will come to an end and all the files will be over too, would they not? If a thought about sex arises, you have to say, 'It's not me'. It is not a part of you. You need to scold the one who has it.
Questioner: The experiment that you show us, about doing samayik (to place in front of the Self) by looking in the mirror, and talking to the prakruti (the complex of thought, speech and acts) all feels very good for two or three days, but later the deficiencies return.
Dadashri : If deficiencies set in, start all over again. Deficiencies will set in with time. The nature of the pudgal (physical self)is such that it deteriorates with time and therefore it should be refreshed by innovative ways and adjustments and brought back into order.
Dadashri : Yes, this is the problem with apratikraman. This happens because pratikramans were not done at the time the mistakes happened. By doing the pratikraman right away, the fault will not arise again.
Questioner : When can you say that the cloth (mistake) has been washed properly?
Dadashri : When you do pratikraman, you yourself will feel that it has been washed properly.
Questioner: Should you feel remorse internally?
Dadashri : You should feel remorse, shouldn't you? The remorse must remain until your work (liberation) is done. You (Self) just have to keep watching if he is remorseful or not. You have to do your work, and he will do his.
Questioner : All this is very sticky, but some change is occurring.
Dadashri : Whatever kind of fault was filled (as karma), is what comes out. But this will be emptied in twelve years, ten years or five years, and then the tank will be all cleared. Then