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Brahmcharya
quickly attain the Self. One will be protected from the pains of
the world and all bodily ailments. There will be no suffering of
any kind.
Questioner : Does brahmacharya not come under the
non-Self?
Dadashri : Yes, but it is the final balance and extract of
the living body.
Questioner : Then how does the extract of the non-Self,
the living body, help the Self?
Dadashri : The Self will only be attained through the
attainment of the extract of the living body, the non-Self. This
is always the case in the traditional spiritual Kramic path. Without
this there is no progress and one will have difficulty in remembering
and saying simple sentences of scriptures. Because the Gnan
that I have given you is Akram (direct, step-less), this does not
matter.
Questioner : Does this mean that there is a connection
between brahmacharya and the experience of the Self?
Dadashri : Of course there is. That is the main point.
With brahmacharya you can achieve whatever you want to.
With brahmacharya your worldly aims will be accomplished.
You will be able to follow your vows and commitments. There
is ease of further progress in all directions. The extract of non-
Self, brahmacharya is a very important. If this is present it
opens the Self.
No one has provided a real understanding on the subject
of sex, to anybody. That is because people themselves are
involved in sexuality. The saints and sages in the olden days
were very sincere and that is why they could talk and make
people understand it.