Brahamacharya Celibacy with Understanding

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

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Celibacy
Celibacy
power of mind that works. But it has to be in conjunction with Gnan. Power of mind would not stay on its own.
Questioner : Is the discharge in dreams due to shortcomings from the past life?
Dadashri : There is no question about it. All the shortcomings of the past go away in the state of dreams. I do not count, what happens in the state of dreams, as an offence. I count what happens in the state of awareness as an offence, awareness with open eyes. Even then, dreams would come. Therefore it is not worth disregarding them completely. One should be cautious there. After being in a state of dreams, in the morning, you need to do pratikraman that this should not happen again. If you follow my five Agnas, not a single sexual impulse will ever arise.
masturbation. That is a mistake. It is like committing suicide. This is all a result of eating odd things. Who would give the freedom for this type of discharge of wet dreams? That master says that there should not even be a discharge. Then what, should you jump in a well and kill yourself?
Questioner: Is the discharge of semen part of the nature of the non-self (pudgal) or is it because there is some leakage of ours, somewhere?
Dadashri : When you see someone sensually, certain part of the semen becomes 'exhausted'.
Questioner : That also happens with thoughts.
Dadashri : It becomes 'exhausted through sexual thoughts as well, just as it 'exhausts' through the sexual look. The stock, that has been exhausted', then discharges.
Questioner : But those who practice brahmacharya do not have those circumstances. They stay away from women, they do not keep pictures or calendars of women and yet their discharge occurs. Isn't this a natural process?
Dadashri : Even then, he can imagine sex in his mind. Secondly, if he eats too much and if too much semen is being produced from it, then it is possible for it to flow out.
Who does not have accident of semen leaking out? A person whose semen becomes very strong, has become very thick, would not leak out. Others have semen that has become thin.
Questioner: Can the flow of semen be stopped through power of the mind?
Dadashri : Power of mind the works a lot. It is only the
If you want to practice brahmacharya then you need to be cautious. Once the semen energy starts rising, then its upward flow is automatic. So far this has not happened. Its nature is still one of discharge and draining down. It is only when the semen starts rising that everything raises. Then your speech would be wonderful; the spiritual insights from within would also have blossomed at a higher level. Once the semen has progressed to a higher level then there would not be any problems but until then a lot of discipline must be maintained regarding intake of food. For the energy of the semen to rise higher do you not need to help it or would it progress by itself?
If brahmacharya is preserved of for a few years with right control, then the semen energy rises. After that one will retain the spiritual essence of any of these scriptures and books. Otherwise it is not easy to retain this essence. You will forget as soon as you read something.