Brahmacharya and Materialistic success
Question
Hello Dhanajay,
It was great to visit your site as I learned new things which were not known to me before.
I also have a query
Actually I want to start form beginning.I am the person who is feeling lustful thoughts right from when I remember my early childhood.
I started doing masturbation at a very early age.My childhood was very tough.As I remember,My world was full of pain and sorrow.I was having troubles from everywhere.In studies in I was considered a problem.I was getting insults from everywhere at that time.My career was a Horse with broken legs.This goes on until I reached
the age of 23 where I met a person from whom I got some knowledge about self control.After that I reduced my masturbation habit from twice in a day to twice in 3-4 months.There I felt my world upgraded from Mr nothing to Mr Someone.I saw respect for me in the eyes of people.Now I have reached 31.So this is going on in my life from that time, whenever I go towards sensuality I feel my outer world conditions,relationships suffer,my career starts falling down and when I come back to Purity slowly everything in life starts upgrading.Still I will say I try my best but I am unable to cross 4-5 months.
So my question to you is
1)Is Lustful thoughts,masturbation ,pornography,sexual sin is the real cause of all the troubles,pains,sorrows,Failures in career and accomplishments in one's life and worldly conditions in this world?
2)If a person like me still took a oath a vow for brahmacharya vrata for 12 years Is it still possible to get self realization.
And if not realization should I expect that my worldly conditions and my career will reach its peak.Can I expect to achieve great materialistic life?
Please help me to clear my vision by putting some light on it.
Waiting for your reply Sir,
Answer
1. Ones present state of affairs is the result of past karma. Since sexual sin drains all of mans energy and fills him with negative Samskara-s (impressions), he becomes more prone to sinful thought & activity in all fields of life. This inturn makes him stoop to performing more sinful acts, thereby thickening such impressions. He thus starts attracting negative energy and bad luck. A life of Yoga & Brahmacharya carried out with God-devotion is the best and most correct form of life that helps man slowly unwind from sin and establish himself in his true state of the ever pure Atman. It is the way of life for one wishing liberation.
2. After the Yogi becomes an Urdhvareta (non-semen producing Yogi), impediments that were blocking progress materialistically and spiritually start dissolving and the Yogi is assured of name, fame, wealth and recognition (if he so desires). Past karma which has been blocking his life accomplishments starts breaking down and helps him take flight into success. There need be no doubt about this statement.
Go through each and every past answer on the means to achieve perfect Brahmacharya and apply the same.
ॐ तत् सत्
(That Supreme being is the absolute truth)