Brahmcharya

Hello Priyesh,

Good to hear of your interest as regards Brahmacharya. Coming to the answer,

The struggle and effort that goes into the initial stages of Brahmacharya is something which none are spared from. Having lead countless lives in animal form and many births in the lower human form attached to sexual pleasure, the past tendencies that have been acquired by the 'Jivâtma' take time to nullify. This can only be achieved with constant God-thought, God-surrender and God-meditation. One has to constantly remind himself of the falsity behind the beauty of the female body. One has to remind himself, every now and then of the reality behind the impermanent nature of bodily attraction. One has to busy his body, mind and psyche with regular physical exercise, intellectual work and God-meditation. One has to keep himself away from all kinds of situations and people who fire up the sex plane to the best possible extent. A good Brahmachari always carries out his practice of Brahmacharya in secrecy and does not advertise or discuss it. His contact with the world and its people is very brief and that too out of necessity. All these disciplines are very important at the initial stages when the mind is weak and vulnerable to temptation.

One should always remind himself of the reality behind creation. This world, people, the stars, planets and the entire cosmos is only a dream creation of God and not real. Just as the Lord created them, he will one day destroy them and dissolve the objects of his creation. Then why has he resorted to their creation if the final objective is destruction? The whole purpose behind creation is to make the individual soul realize its oneness with the creator. The purpose is to make the individual 'Jivâtma' get over its ignorance and reclaim its default and original state of knowledge. For this purpose, the great Lord subjects the 'Jivâtma' to various births in the insect, animal and human form. With every passing birth, the 'Jivâtma' gets one step higher in progress, knowledge and thereby evolves.

The best example for evolution is the Brahmachari himself. Prior to the start of Brahmacharya, he was wedded to sensual pleasures and their enjoyment. After a few months of Brahmacharya, he starts to realize that the path of senses is wrong and that the path of Godliness and chastity is right. This is evolution. This is progress. He has now risen a step above his former self. He now strives to lead a life of strict Brahmacharya. If his efforts are genuine and his love and devotion to God strong, he will gradually reach the next step where interference and hiccups from temptations become much lesser. He will slowly start reaching a stage where his Brahmacharya becomes more effortless and natural. He starts getting closer to the shores of his default state of God-bliss.

One's real nature is beyond sexuality. There is no male or female in reality. Man and woman are only an illusion in this creation. After death, the physical male or female body decomposes and vanishes. The soul then moves in the astral and causal bodies for sometime to be reborn again as a man or woman. And so does the soul continue in these cycles of births and deaths, slowly but surely, evolving a little with each innings, till it attains to the state of self-realization. Upon self-realization, it fully reverts to its default state of Godliness and infinite bliss, fully content in itself, having realized everything but itself (God) to be false. This instantaneously merges it forever into what the non-realized man calls 'God' or Almighty, a concept distinct and separate from himself. In terms of absolute reality, there has, is and will forever be only one entity namely the Almighty. The layers of Ignorance around the soul make it think of itself to be separate from the Almighty. In reality, the soul was, is and will always be the Almighty as the drops of water in the ocean are the ocean themselves and not separate. This is what all the scriptures mean when they say "Thou art divinity manifest". The soul and the Almighty are one and the same; just as the drops of water in an ocean and the ocean are one and the same. Untouched and undisturbed, there is one thing called the ocean with infinite water. Put your hand into this ocean and separate some water into drops, the concept of the soul is formed. Put these drops back into the ocean and the drops (soul) merges back into the ocean (Almighty) and there is one single entity called the ocean (Almighty) again. This is the exact reason why each and every living and non-living creature, in other words everything in this cosmos is divine and the creation of the Almighty. For this reason, the sensible man respects and treats all creatures as his own self. Inflicting the slightest harm unto even a minuscule worm is causing that much harm to his own self.

The Lord has given a male and a female form around this thing called a soul so as to make the soul realize falsity and reclaim knowledge. After innumerable lives devoted to a life of sexuality and unreal sense pleasures, the tired and disillusioned individual soul, enveloped by Avidyâ (Ignorance) that has made it forget its true nature of knowledge & bliss finally realizes that there must be some other method to attain to permanent bliss and free itself of the problems and pains that come with this world and its workings. It realizes that the path of sense pleasures can never lead to a definite destination. Feed them more, the more indulgence they seek and at the cost of health and well-being. There is not one man or woman on earth who has taken the path of sense pleasures and can honestly say he is perfectly content and happy. Desire can never be sated. It always wants more. Hence the sensible man works are getting free from desires through Brahmacharya and self-realization finally becoming self-content in himself; the soul, Almighty, never to be reborn again in this physical form.

The soul is neither male nor female. The soul is beyond these distinctions and limitations. Hence the soul in reality is bliss of the highest order and beyond the unreal concept of sexuality. It is God himself in actuality. One must constantly remind himself - " I am only the Âtman (pure soul) who is knowledge, bliss and existence himself. I have no need for sexuality which is not my real state. My real state is God-bliss at the highest level. Due to many millions of past lives high on sexuality, I have mistakenly assumed that I am male or female and that I have a sexual need. This is incorrect. I will try honestly and sincerely to the best of my efforts to reclaim my lost divinity. By the grace of the all merciful Lord, I will succeed in restating myself to this high and ultimate state".

Constant efforts, a life of Yoga, waking up early in the morning while dark before Sunrise and meditating, limited food and sleep, avoiding unfavorable company, regularity in physical, mental, spiritual efforts and persistence in the above train of thought; by these means does the wise Brahmachari wishing to free himself from painful worldly entanglements ascend the ladder of enlightenment.

         ॐ तत् सत्
(That Supreme being is the absolute truth)