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Brahmcharya 95
How long will this total experience of the Self elude you? As long as any element of sexual impulses or sexuality remains this will not happen. This means that when pleasure arises it is difficult to discern exactly whether it stems from the Self or from the sex. If brahmacharya is present then it could be understood ' on the moment ' that it indeed is the bliss of the Self. When one has this total clear experience of the Self, then one becomes the fully enlightened Lord.
[ 9 ] Try The Vow of Brahmacharya
I keep warning you to pay attention to this but to take heed is not easy for you. Yet, by experimenting with brahmacharya, say for three to five days or for a whole week in a month one will feel wonderful. If one has practiced brahmacharya for a week in a month, then by the middle of the week he will experience tremendous bliss. The bliss of the Self will express. This bliss is beyond description.
Some people say that they cannot get rid of sexuality. I ask, why are you acting crazy? Why don ' t you set some disciplined limit for yourself and then make sure that you stick to it. In this day and age, nothing can be achieved without discipline. Some flexibility is allowed.
Questioner: What does one do in a situation where a man wants to practice brahmacharya but his wife does not?
Dadashri: If she does not wish to, then try and make her understand.
Questioner: How should I make her understand?
Dadashri: You have to continually keep explaining to her the benefits and gradually she will come around. It does not happen instantly. By continuous discussions and mutual understanding it will happen. Both of you will have to come to a meaningful compromise. You have to discuss and think about