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Questioner : So then touch does have an effect, does
it not?
Dadashri : At that time you should return to your state
of awareness. ‘I am separate from this body, I am not Chandresh’.
This pure awareness should remain. Whenever this happens,
remain in pure awareness of the Self and ‘I am not Chandresh’.
The moment the thought of pleasure from being touched
arises; you must uproot it and throw it out. If you do not do that
instantly, then it will sprout and grow into a ‘tree’ within the first
second. Within next second it will get you in its strangle hold
and within the third second you would be strangulated.
If there is no account from the previous life, then even a
simple touch will not occur. Even if a man and a woman were
to spend a long time alone in one room, not a single thought or
impulse of sexual nature will arise.
Questioner : You said that attraction occurs because
there is an account between the two. Then how can one get rid
of that account before it unfolds?
Dadashri : That can only be done if it is done at that
very moment it occurs. It cannot be done in advance. The
moment a thought like, ‘Let me reserve some space next to me
for a woman’, arises in your mind, you must get rid of it right
away. ‘What is the intention’, see that as soon as it happens.
You have to recognize the intention behind that. Is it in line with
your principle of brahmacharya or is it contrary to it? If it is
contrary to your principle, uproot it and throw it away instantly.
Questioner : I do not want to touch anyone, but what
should I do if a girl comes and touches me?
Dadashri : I see. What would you do to a snake that
wants to touch you? How can one like touching a woman or a