Brahmcharya 19
strengthen my resolve of brahmacharya '. Such words will increase the energy.
Questioner: Do I have to continue observing thoughts of sex as they arise?
Dadashri: Keep on observing them. What else can you do? Can you accumulate them?
Questioner: Should I not throw them out?
Dadashri: You have to keep on observing. After continuous observation you have to tell Chandresh(‘ file number one’ for those who have taken Gnan) to do their pratikraman. You have to do pratikraman for any sexual thoughts, desires and gestures that occur in the mind, the speech and the body. Imagine how much bliss you will experience if you become free from the thoughts of sex that arise? And just imagine how much bliss will be there when they are all gone forever.
There are four pillars of liberation. These are real knowledge, real vision, real conduct and right penance( gnan, darshan, charitra and tapa). Now, when does one have to do penance? When thoughts about sex arise and you maintain a firm decision of not giving in to them, the Lord has called this penance. When there is no desire for sex at all, and when thoughts that lead to desire arise, that is where penance begins.
The thoughts of sex and abrahmacharya will come, and in this when one keeps praying for the energy of brahmacharya, it is highly commendable. With these prayers the seeker will attain the goal over a variable period of two to five years. The person, who conquers abrahmacharya, conquers the whole world. The governing deities, the celestial protectors of the path of liberation are very pleased with the one who is in brahmacharya.
Sex is the only thing that calls for vigilance. It is more than