December 7, 2024 • 13 mins
BRAHMACHARYA - 14. SEX SUPPRESSION & SUBLIMATION - Sri Swami Sivanda - The Practice of Celibacy - HQ Full Book.
Understanding Suppression and Its Pitfalls
The essence of Brahmacharya (celibacy) lies in the elimination of lust, not in its suppression. Suppression is an incomplete and potentially harmful approach, as it leaves the root cause unaddressed. Suppressed desires are like coiled springs; they inevitably rebound with intensified force, leading to restlessness, irritability, and physical manifestations such as wet dreams. Suppression neither eradicates lust nor provides lasting peace—it merely hides the problem temporarily. True mastery over desires requires a more profound transformation. Lust cannot be conquered by avoiding external triggers, such as women or sensual distractions, alone. Doing so only strengthens the illusion (Maya), creating a more persistent inner conflict. The practice of Brahmacharya demands internal purification through spiritual exercises that transform base impulses into higher energies.
Foolish Attempts at Control
Many misguided methods to eliminate lust are rooted in ignorance. Some resort to drastic measures, such as mutilation of the reproductive organ or consuming toxic substances like nux vomica to kill their sexual drive. These acts, however, fail to address the real source of lust: the mind. The physical body is but a vessel. If the mind remains impure, external changes cannot purify it. The path to liberation lies in cultivating a disciplined and focused mind rather than relying on crude physical interventions. True Brahmacharya calls for controlling the senses, not suppressing them. The senses must be disciplined and prevented from overpowering the will. By cultivating restraint and redirecting attention toward spiritual growth, one can neutralize the disruptive pull of the senses and achieve inner harmony.
The Path of Sublimation: Transforming Energy
Brahmacharya involves not only restraint but also the redirection and transformation of sexual energy into spiritual vitality (ojas). This process, known as sublimation, is neither suppression nor repression. Instead, it is a dynamic conversion of raw energy into higher forms of spiritual power. Just as heat is transformed into light or electricity, sexual energy can be refined into a force that fuels spiritual pursuits. Through practices such as meditation, mantra repetition (japa), prayer, study of holy texts, breathing exercises (pranayama), and physical postures (asanas), sexual energy can ascend from its physical expression to a higher, subtler form. This redirected energy accumulates as ojas in the brain, where it nourishes spiritual growth and strengthens the aspirant’s willpower.
The Power of Sublimated Energy
The benefits of sublimation are profound. A person who has successfully transmuted sexual energy into ojas develops an extraordinary mental and spiritual capacity. Their intellect sharpens, their presence becomes magnetic, and their speech inspires and uplifts others. Historical figures such as Adi Shankaracharya exemplify the transformative power of Brahmacharya, achieving monumental feats through their accumulated spiritual energy. In Yogic science, such individuals are known as Oordhvaretas—those whose sexual energy has ascended to higher centers of consciousness. These practitioners have complete mastery over their desires, rendering them immune to worldly temptations. Their energy is no longer wasted on fleeting pleasures but directed toward self-realization and service to humanity.
The Subtle Nature of Energy
Yogic philosophy teaches that semen exists in both gross and subtle forms throughout the body. Under normal circumstances, it is concentrated and expressed through the sexual organs. However, a disciplined practitioner can prevent its formation altogether through purity of thought and yogic techniques. This subtle mastery of energy remains a mystery to modern science, which perceives the physical world but often overlooks the deeper, astral processes understood by Yogis. The Oordhvaretas achieves a state where their body exudes purity and divinity. Their presence is uplifting, and their spiritual energy radiates like the fragrance of a lotus. Such mastery requires a disciplined approach to life, including strict celibacy, continuous meditation, and unwavering dedication to spiritual practice.
Challenges of Sublimation
Sublimation is not easy. It requires sustained effort, unwavering commitment, and profound self-discipline. The path is marked by internal struggles, as the aspirant seeks to overcome deeply ingrained habits and instincts. Complete sublimation demands the dissolution of mental impressions (samskaras) and liberation from the pull of desire. This level of mastery is exceedingly rare, attained only by a select few such as Adi Shankaracharya or saints like Jnaneshwar. However, partial s
Understanding Suppression and Its Pitfalls
The essence of Brahmacharya (celibacy) lies in the elimination of lust, not in its suppression. Suppression is an incomplete and potentially harmful approach, as it leaves the root cause unaddressed. Suppressed desires are like coiled springs; they inevitably rebound with intensified force, leading to restlessness, irritability, and physical manifestations such as wet dreams. Suppression neither eradicates lust nor provides lasting peace—it merely hides the problem temporarily. True mastery over desires requires a more profound transformation. Lust cannot be conquered by avoiding external triggers, such as women or sensual distractions, alone. Doing so only strengthens the illusion (Maya), creating a more persistent inner conflict. The practice of Brahmacharya demands internal purification through spiritual exercises that transform base impulses into higher energies.
Foolish Attempts at Control
Many misguided methods to eliminate lust are rooted in ignorance. Some resort to drastic measures, such as mutilation of the reproductive organ or consuming toxic substances like nux vomica to kill their sexual drive. These acts, however, fail to address the real source of lust: the mind. The physical body is but a vessel. If the mind remains impure, external changes cannot purify it. The path to liberation lies in cultivating a disciplined and focused mind rather than relying on crude physical interventions. True Brahmacharya calls for controlling the senses, not suppressing them. The senses must be disciplined and prevented from overpowering the will. By cultivating restraint and redirecting attention toward spiritual growth, one can neutralize the disruptive pull of the senses and achieve inner harmony.
The Path of Sublimation: Transforming Energy
Brahmacharya involves not only restraint but also the redirection and transformation of sexual energy into spiritual vitality (ojas). This process, known as sublimation, is neither suppression nor repression. Instead, it is a dynamic conversion of raw energy into higher forms of spiritual power. Just as heat is transformed into light or electricity, sexual energy can be refined into a force that fuels spiritual pursuits. Through practices such as meditation, mantra repetition (japa), prayer, study of holy texts, breathing exercises (pranayama), and physical postures (asanas), sexual energy can ascend from its physical expression to a higher, subtler form. This redirected energy accumulates as ojas in the brain, where it nourishes spiritual growth and strengthens the aspirant’s willpower.
The Power of Sublimated Energy
The benefits of sublimation are profound. A person who has successfully transmuted sexual energy into ojas develops an extraordinary mental and spiritual capacity. Their intellect sharpens, their presence becomes magnetic, and their speech inspires and uplifts others. Historical figures such as Adi Shankaracharya exemplify the transformative power of Brahmacharya, achieving monumental feats through their accumulated spiritual energy. In Yogic science, such individuals are known as Oordhvaretas—those whose sexual energy has ascended to higher centers of consciousness. These practitioners have complete mastery over their desires, rendering them immune to worldly temptations. Their energy is no longer wasted on fleeting pleasures but directed toward self-realization and service to humanity.
The Subtle Nature of Energy
Yogic philosophy teaches that semen exists in both gross and subtle forms throughout the body. Under normal circumstances, it is concentrated and expressed through the sexual organs. However, a disciplined practitioner can prevent its formation altogether through purity of thought and yogic techniques. This subtle mastery of energy remains a mystery to modern science, which perceives the physical world but often overlooks the deeper, astral processes understood by Yogis. The Oordhvaretas achieves a state where their body exudes purity and divinity. Their presence is uplifting, and their spiritual energy radiates like the fragrance of a lotus. Such mastery requires a disciplined approach to life, including strict celibacy, continuous meditation, and unwavering dedication to spiritual practice.
Challenges of Sublimation
Sublimation is not easy. It requires sustained effort, unwavering commitment, and profound self-discipline. The path is marked by internal struggles, as the aspirant seeks to overcome deeply ingrained habits and instincts. Complete sublimation demands the dissolution of mental impressions (samskaras) and liberation from the pull of desire. This level of mastery is exceedingly rare, attained only by a select few such as Adi Shankaracharya or saints like Jnaneshwar. However, partial s
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Srie Swami Sivananda Practice of Brahmacharia, Section three Techniques of
sex Sublimation, Chapter fourteen, Suppression and sublimation. In the practice
of Bramacharia, what is wanted is elimination of lust, but
not suppression. Suppression of the sex urge is not eradication.
(00:23):
You can never be free of that which is suppressed.
The suppressed sex desire will attack you again and again
and will produce wet dreams, irritability, and restlessness of mind.
Repression or suppression of the sexual desire will not help
you much. If lust is suppressed, it will again manifest
with redoubled force when a suitable opportunity arises, when the
(00:45):
will becomes weak, when detachment veragaya wanes, when there is
slackening in meditation or yogic, the spiritual exercise soudna. When
you become weak owing to an attack of disease, do
not try to run away from women. Then the illusion
maya will chase you terribly. Try to see the self
in all forms and repeat the formula O m x
(01:08):
Satchidnanda Adma very often. Remember that the soul otman is sexless.
Mental repetition of this formula will give you strength. Ignorant
people adopt foolish methods to kill the senses indreas. They fail. Eventually,
many foolish aspirins amputate the organ of reproduction. They think
(01:30):
that lust can be eradicated by such a procedure. What
a great foolish act. Lust is in the mind. If
the mind is subdued, what can this external, fleshy organ do.
Some swallow tons of poisonous nux vomica to kill this organ.
They fail in their attempts to be centered in brahmacheria.
(01:51):
The state of their mind remains the same, though they
become impotent by taking nux vomica. What is wanted is
a judicious control of the sense. The senses should not
be allowed to run riot in sensual grooves. They should
not be allowed to throw us ruthlessly into the deep
pit of worldliness, like the turbulent horse carrying away the
(02:12):
writer wherever it likes. Brahmacheria means control, but not suppression
of the sex desire or sex force. The mind should
be rendered pure by meditation, meditative repetition of a mantra, recting,
and prayer. If the mind is filled with sublime divine
thoughts by meditation, meditative repetition of a mantra, prayer, and
(02:34):
study of holy scriptures. The sex desire will be devitalized
or deenergized by the withdrawal of the mind. The mind
also will be thinned out from sex energy to spiritual energy.
The sexual energy must be transmuted into spiritual energy adja's
sacti by the practice of meditative repetition of a mantra prayer, meditation,
(02:56):
study of religious books Prniama, and Isana's posible. You must
develop devotion and a burning desire for liberation. You must
constantly meditate on the pure, immortal, sexless, bodiless desireless soul oughtman.
Then only the sexual desire will be annihilated. If the
(03:17):
sexual energy is transmuted into spiritual energy adges by pure thoughts,
it is called sex sublimation. In Western psychology, sublimation is
not a matter of suppression or repression, but a positive
dynamic conversion process. It is the process of controlling the
sex energy, conserving it, then diverting it into higher channels,
(03:39):
and finally converting it into spiritual energy Adjus sacti. The
material energy is changed into spiritual energy just as heat
is changed into light and electricity. Just as a chemical
substance is sublimated or purified by raising the substance through
heat into vapor, which again is condensed into solid form,
(04:00):
so also the sexual energy is purified and changed into
divine energy by spiritual exercise. Sodenol Auja's is spiritual energy
that is stored up in the brain by entertaining sublime soul,
elevating thoughts of the self or the atman soul. By meditation,
meditative repetition of a mantra, worship and proniama, the sexual
(04:22):
energy can be transmuted into spiritual energy Adja's sacty and
stored up in the brain. This stored up energy can
then be utilized for divine contemplation and spiritual pursuits. Anger
and muscular energy can also be transmuted into spiritual energy adjas.
A man who has a great deal of Adja's in
(04:43):
his brain can turn out immense mental work. He is
very intelligent. He has lustrous eyes and a magnetic aura
in his face. He can influence people by speaking a
few words. A short speech of his produces a tremendous
impression on the mind of the hearers. His speech is thrilling.
(05:04):
He has an awe inspiring personality. Sri Sankara and a
Canda Brahmakari worked wonders through his power of adjas. He
did victories Digvajaya and held controversies and heated debates in
different parts of India with learned scholars. Through his power
of adjas, a Yogi always directs his attention to the
accumulation of this divine energy by unbroken chastity. In Yoga,
(05:28):
it is called ord veritas. An ord verita yogi is
one in whom the seminal energy has flown upwards into
the brain as spiritual energy Aja's sacti. There is now
no possibility of the semen going downwards by sexual excitement,
the secret of sex sublimation. According to Yogic science, semen
(05:49):
exists in a subtle form throughout the whole body. It
is found in a subtle state in all the cells
of the body. It is withdrawn and elaborated into a
gross form in and the sexual organ under the influence
of the sexual will and sexual excitement. An ordverda yogi
not only converts the semen into Adja's energy, but checks
(06:09):
through his yogic power through purity and thought, word and deed,
the very formation of semen by the secretary cells of
the testes or seeds. This is a great secret. Allopaths
believe that even in an ordverida yogi, the formation of
semen goes on incessantly, and that the fluid is reabsorbed
into the blood. This is a mistake. They do not
(06:33):
understand the inner yogic secrets and mysteries. They are in
the dark. Their vision is concerned with the gross things
of the universe. The yogi penetrates into the subtle, hidden
nature of things. Through yogic chekshu, or the inner vision
of wisdom. The yogi gets control over the astral nature
of semen and thereby prevents the formation of the very
(06:54):
fluid itself. The body of a man who is truly
in ordverdas has the scent of a A man who
is not a Brahmakari, in whom gross seamen is formed, may,
on the other hand, smell like a buck goat. The
semen dries up in those who practice perniama seriously. The
seman energy ascends up to the brain. It is stored
(07:17):
up as spiritual energy Adja's sacti and comes back as
Amrita or nectar. The process of sex sublimation is extremely difficult.
It demands constant and protracted the spiritual exercise Sodna and
perfect discipline. That Yogi who has achieved perfect sublimation, has
perfect control over lust. Complete sublimation is achieved through ceaseless
(07:42):
meditation on the soul ottman and self realization. That Yogi
or wise who has attained the highest the highest form
of enlightenment nervicalpa Samadhi in whom the seeds of mental
impressions are fried in Toto, can claim to be a
perfect or veritas, or one who has complete sex sublimation.
There is no fear of his downfall. He is perfectly safe.
(08:06):
He will be absolutely free from impurity. This stage is
a very high stage. A microscopic minority only have attained
this sublime exalted state Sankara, Dattatreya, Jnana Deva of a Landing.
Others reached this stage. There is another sect called dii ritis,
or those persons who previously a prey to lustful thoughts
(08:29):
and deviated from brahmacheria, later take to the practice of
strict celibacy. Such a person, if he practices strict celibacy
for twelve years, can acquire superhuman powers. Methanadi or budi
nati is formed in him. By means of this, he
can have retentive memory of anything as long as he lives,
and he will be in a position to learn all
(08:51):
kinds of subjects. By observance of unbroken bramacheria in thought word, indeed,
for a period of full twelve years, one is bestowed
even with the vision of God. If one aspires for it,
he can solve the most abstruse and complicated problems easily.
But this kind of observance should commence before the thirty
(09:12):
second or the thirty fourth year. That Yogi, who has
disciplined himself through ceaseless protracted the spiritual exercise Sodna, continuous
meditation prniama and atmic thought deliberation vicara. The practice of Sama, Dama,
Yama and nayama, is also safe. Although he has not
attained the stage of perfect sex sublimation, women will hold
(09:35):
no attraction for him. He has thinned out his mind.
The mind is starved to death. It cannot raise its hood,
it cannot hiss total sublimation is difficult, yet not impossible.
The process of sex sublimation is very difficult, and yet
it is most necessary for the aspirant in the spiritual path.
(09:58):
It is the most important qualification for the aspirant, be
he in the path of Karma, Yoga, Upasuna, Raja yoga
or vedanta. It is a fundamental prerequisite for an aspirant.
If one has this qualification or merit, all other merits
will come and cling to him. All good qualities will
come by themselves. You must achieve this at any cost.
(10:22):
You will surely attempt this in future births, but why
not now. The total annihilation of the sexual desire is
the ultimate spiritual ideal. Complete sublimation alone will make you free.
But perfect sublimation can hardly be achieved within a day
or two. It demands continuous struggle, with patience and perseverance
(10:44):
for some time. Even the householders should keep the above
ideal before them and try to realize it gradually. If
the state of perfect sublimation is attained, there will be
purity in thought, word and deed. No sexual thought will
enter them at any time. It is through constant thought, deliberation,
(11:04):
Vicara and Brahma Havana that the mind has to be
weaned from lustful thoughts and tendencies. You must remove not
only the sexual craving and the sexual impulses, but also
the sex attraction. Think of the miseries that you get
from a married life with its various entanglements and bondage.
Make the mind understand by repeated autosuggestion in hammering that
(11:26):
sexual pleasure is false, worthless, illusory, and full of pain.
Place before the mind. The advantages bliss, power and knowledge
of a spiritual life make it understand that the exalted
eternal life is in the immortal The soul ottman. When
it hears constantly these suggestions, it will slowly leave off
(11:47):
its old habits. The attraction for sex will slowly die.
Then only real sex sublimation will take place. Then only
you will become an ord varida yogi. Two kinds of
force in the mind, namely hostile or antagonistic force and
friendly or favorable force. Passion is a hostile force that
(12:09):
drags you down. Pure reason is a favorable force that
elevates you and transmutes you into divinity. Develop Therefore, my child,
pure reason to get unalloyed bliss and supreme divine brahmic knowledge.
Passion will die by itself. Sex sublimation is within your
reach if you wish to attain it. The path is
(12:31):
quite clear, straight and easy if you understand it, and
if you apply yourself with patience, perseverance, determination, and strong will.
If you practice discipline of the senses, right conduct, right thinking,
right acting, regular meditation, assertion, auto suggestion, and inquiry of
who am I? The soul oughtman is sexless, The soul
(12:53):
oughtman is unchangeable nervicara feel this, can there be any
t trace of lust or impurity in the edimal, pure
ottman soul? Glory to those Yogis who have attained ord
veritas or full sex sublimation and who are resting in
their own forms varupa. May we all practice perfect celibacy
(13:14):
through the practice of calmness sama self control, dama, wisdom
of discrimination between real and unreal vivica, thought, deliberation, vicara, detachment,
verajaia prniama meditative repetition of a mantra in meditation Diana
and reach the goal of life. May the indweller of
our hearts grant us spiritual strength to control the senses
(13:37):
and the mind. May we all become full Ordverida yogis
like Sankara and Jnana d'avovyore. May their blessings be upon
us all
Srie Swami Sivananda Practice of Brahmacharia, Section three Techniques of
sex Sublimation, Chapter fourteen, Suppression and sublimation. In the practice
of Bramacharia, what is wanted is elimination of lust, but
not suppression. Suppression of the sex urge is not eradication.
(00:23):
You can never be free of that which is suppressed.
The suppressed sex desire will attack you again and again
and will produce wet dreams, irritability, and restlessness of mind.
Repression or suppression of the sexual desire will not help
you much. If lust is suppressed, it will again manifest
with redoubled force when a suitable opportunity arises, when the
(00:45):
will becomes weak, when detachment veragaya wanes, when there is
slackening in meditation or yogic, the spiritual exercise soudna. When
you become weak owing to an attack of disease, do
not try to run away from women. Then the illusion
maya will chase you terribly. Try to see the self
in all forms and repeat the formula O m x
(01:08):
Satchidnanda Adma very often. Remember that the soul otman is sexless.
Mental repetition of this formula will give you strength. Ignorant
people adopt foolish methods to kill the senses indreas. They fail. Eventually,
many foolish aspirins amputate the organ of reproduction. They think
(01:30):
that lust can be eradicated by such a procedure. What
a great foolish act. Lust is in the mind. If
the mind is subdued, what can this external, fleshy organ do.
Some swallow tons of poisonous nux vomica to kill this organ.
They fail in their attempts to be centered in brahmacheria.
(01:51):
The state of their mind remains the same, though they
become impotent by taking nux vomica. What is wanted is
a judicious control of the sense. The senses should not
be allowed to run riot in sensual grooves. They should
not be allowed to throw us ruthlessly into the deep
pit of worldliness, like the turbulent horse carrying away the
(02:12):
writer wherever it likes. Brahmacheria means control, but not suppression
of the sex desire or sex force. The mind should
be rendered pure by meditation, meditative repetition of a mantra, recting,
and prayer. If the mind is filled with sublime divine
thoughts by meditation, meditative repetition of a mantra, prayer, and
(02:34):
study of holy scriptures. The sex desire will be devitalized
or deenergized by the withdrawal of the mind. The mind
also will be thinned out from sex energy to spiritual energy.
The sexual energy must be transmuted into spiritual energy adja's
sacti by the practice of meditative repetition of a mantra prayer, meditation,
(02:56):
study of religious books Prniama, and Isana's posible. You must
develop devotion and a burning desire for liberation. You must
constantly meditate on the pure, immortal, sexless, bodiless desireless soul oughtman.
Then only the sexual desire will be annihilated. If the
(03:17):
sexual energy is transmuted into spiritual energy adges by pure thoughts,
it is called sex sublimation. In Western psychology, sublimation is
not a matter of suppression or repression, but a positive
dynamic conversion process. It is the process of controlling the
sex energy, conserving it, then diverting it into higher channels,
(03:39):
and finally converting it into spiritual energy Adjus sacti. The
material energy is changed into spiritual energy just as heat
is changed into light and electricity. Just as a chemical
substance is sublimated or purified by raising the substance through
heat into vapor, which again is condensed into solid form,
(04:00):
so also the sexual energy is purified and changed into
divine energy by spiritual exercise. Sodenol Auja's is spiritual energy
that is stored up in the brain by entertaining sublime soul,
elevating thoughts of the self or the atman soul. By meditation,
meditative repetition of a mantra, worship and proniama, the sexual
(04:22):
energy can be transmuted into spiritual energy Adja's sacty and
stored up in the brain. This stored up energy can
then be utilized for divine contemplation and spiritual pursuits. Anger
and muscular energy can also be transmuted into spiritual energy adjas.
A man who has a great deal of Adja's in
(04:43):
his brain can turn out immense mental work. He is
very intelligent. He has lustrous eyes and a magnetic aura
in his face. He can influence people by speaking a
few words. A short speech of his produces a tremendous
impression on the mind of the hearers. His speech is thrilling.
(05:04):
He has an awe inspiring personality. Sri Sankara and a
Canda Brahmakari worked wonders through his power of adjas. He
did victories Digvajaya and held controversies and heated debates in
different parts of India with learned scholars. Through his power
of adjas, a Yogi always directs his attention to the
accumulation of this divine energy by unbroken chastity. In Yoga,
(05:28):
it is called ord veritas. An ord verita yogi is
one in whom the seminal energy has flown upwards into
the brain as spiritual energy Aja's sacti. There is now
no possibility of the semen going downwards by sexual excitement,
the secret of sex sublimation. According to Yogic science, semen
(05:49):
exists in a subtle form throughout the whole body. It
is found in a subtle state in all the cells
of the body. It is withdrawn and elaborated into a
gross form in and the sexual organ under the influence
of the sexual will and sexual excitement. An ordverda yogi
not only converts the semen into Adja's energy, but checks
(06:09):
through his yogic power through purity and thought, word and deed,
the very formation of semen by the secretary cells of
the testes or seeds. This is a great secret. Allopaths
believe that even in an ordverida yogi, the formation of
semen goes on incessantly, and that the fluid is reabsorbed
into the blood. This is a mistake. They do not
(06:33):
understand the inner yogic secrets and mysteries. They are in
the dark. Their vision is concerned with the gross things
of the universe. The yogi penetrates into the subtle, hidden
nature of things. Through yogic chekshu, or the inner vision
of wisdom. The yogi gets control over the astral nature
of semen and thereby prevents the formation of the very
(06:54):
fluid itself. The body of a man who is truly
in ordverdas has the scent of a A man who
is not a Brahmakari, in whom gross seamen is formed, may,
on the other hand, smell like a buck goat. The
semen dries up in those who practice perniama seriously. The
seman energy ascends up to the brain. It is stored
(07:17):
up as spiritual energy Adja's sacti and comes back as
Amrita or nectar. The process of sex sublimation is extremely difficult.
It demands constant and protracted the spiritual exercise Sodna and
perfect discipline. That Yogi who has achieved perfect sublimation, has
perfect control over lust. Complete sublimation is achieved through ceaseless
(07:42):
meditation on the soul ottman and self realization. That Yogi
or wise who has attained the highest the highest form
of enlightenment nervicalpa Samadhi in whom the seeds of mental
impressions are fried in Toto, can claim to be a
perfect or veritas, or one who has complete sex sublimation.
There is no fear of his downfall. He is perfectly safe.
(08:06):
He will be absolutely free from impurity. This stage is
a very high stage. A microscopic minority only have attained
this sublime exalted state Sankara, Dattatreya, Jnana Deva of a Landing.
Others reached this stage. There is another sect called dii ritis,
or those persons who previously a prey to lustful thoughts
(08:29):
and deviated from brahmacheria, later take to the practice of
strict celibacy. Such a person, if he practices strict celibacy
for twelve years, can acquire superhuman powers. Methanadi or budi
nati is formed in him. By means of this, he
can have retentive memory of anything as long as he lives,
and he will be in a position to learn all
(08:51):
kinds of subjects. By observance of unbroken bramacheria in thought word, indeed,
for a period of full twelve years, one is bestowed
even with the vision of God. If one aspires for it,
he can solve the most abstruse and complicated problems easily.
But this kind of observance should commence before the thirty
(09:12):
second or the thirty fourth year. That Yogi, who has
disciplined himself through ceaseless protracted the spiritual exercise Sodna, continuous
meditation prniama and atmic thought deliberation vicara. The practice of Sama, Dama,
Yama and nayama, is also safe. Although he has not
attained the stage of perfect sex sublimation, women will hold
(09:35):
no attraction for him. He has thinned out his mind.
The mind is starved to death. It cannot raise its hood,
it cannot hiss total sublimation is difficult, yet not impossible.
The process of sex sublimation is very difficult, and yet
it is most necessary for the aspirant in the spiritual path.
(09:58):
It is the most important qualification for the aspirant, be
he in the path of Karma, Yoga, Upasuna, Raja yoga
or vedanta. It is a fundamental prerequisite for an aspirant.
If one has this qualification or merit, all other merits
will come and cling to him. All good qualities will
come by themselves. You must achieve this at any cost.
(10:22):
You will surely attempt this in future births, but why
not now. The total annihilation of the sexual desire is
the ultimate spiritual ideal. Complete sublimation alone will make you free.
But perfect sublimation can hardly be achieved within a day
or two. It demands continuous struggle, with patience and perseverance
(10:44):
for some time. Even the householders should keep the above
ideal before them and try to realize it gradually. If
the state of perfect sublimation is attained, there will be
purity in thought, word and deed. No sexual thought will
enter them at any time. It is through constant thought, deliberation,
(11:04):
Vicara and Brahma Havana that the mind has to be
weaned from lustful thoughts and tendencies. You must remove not
only the sexual craving and the sexual impulses, but also
the sex attraction. Think of the miseries that you get
from a married life with its various entanglements and bondage.
Make the mind understand by repeated autosuggestion in hammering that
(11:26):
sexual pleasure is false, worthless, illusory, and full of pain.
Place before the mind. The advantages bliss, power and knowledge
of a spiritual life make it understand that the exalted
eternal life is in the immortal The soul ottman. When
it hears constantly these suggestions, it will slowly leave off
(11:47):
its old habits. The attraction for sex will slowly die.
Then only real sex sublimation will take place. Then only
you will become an ord varida yogi. Two kinds of
force in the mind, namely hostile or antagonistic force and
friendly or favorable force. Passion is a hostile force that
(12:09):
drags you down. Pure reason is a favorable force that
elevates you and transmutes you into divinity. Develop Therefore, my child,
pure reason to get unalloyed bliss and supreme divine brahmic knowledge.
Passion will die by itself. Sex sublimation is within your
reach if you wish to attain it. The path is
(12:31):
quite clear, straight and easy if you understand it, and
if you apply yourself with patience, perseverance, determination, and strong will.
If you practice discipline of the senses, right conduct, right thinking,
right acting, regular meditation, assertion, auto suggestion, and inquiry of
who am I? The soul oughtman is sexless, The soul
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oughtman is unchangeable nervicara feel this, can there be any
t trace of lust or impurity in the edimal, pure
ottman soul? Glory to those Yogis who have attained ord
veritas or full sex sublimation and who are resting in
their own forms varupa. May we all practice perfect celibacy
(13:14):
through the practice of calmness sama self control, dama, wisdom
of discrimination between real and unreal vivica, thought, deliberation, vicara, detachment,
verajaia prniama meditative repetition of a mantra in meditation Diana
and reach the goal of life. May the indweller of
our hearts grant us spiritual strength to control the senses
(13:37):
and the mind. May we all become full Ordverida yogis
like Sankara and Jnana d'avovyore. May their blessings be upon
us all
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