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Question Dear Dhananjay, After almost two months or really strict brahmacharya where I had only one night emission, I had a major slip yesterday and day before. I just returned from a spiritual retreat for guru poornima. Before going, I was really debating with myself because after every travel, I have had a brahmacharya break. So this time I was wondering whether to go or not, and considered just staying home and doing yoga/meditation every morning/evening as usual. However I am glad I went as I learnt a lot about the ego, the spiritual teacher mentioned that some people develop a big ego after staying home and meditating, and start to think "I know something" or "I am special" and take credit for

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the positive experiences from the meditation and their ego rises. He said it is important to maintain a very humble attitude and think that the grace is coming from higher power and not take credit for anything. Also, during the guru poornima I felt a lot of grace pouring in and was very thankful for it. HOWEVER, my daily yoga schedule and diet changed as I had to adjust to circumstances. When I came back, I had several vision related mistakes (my eyes kept getting pulled towards certain women). I kept asking for strength from higher power to overcome these temptations. However when I came back home I was browsing youtube and suddenly a catchy scene in a new article about an upcoming movie caught my eye, one thing led to another and I ended up watching porn and masturbating. I felt good for a few minutes. But now, I wake up in the middle of the night and my whole body feels horrible. I feel some kind of yuk energy inside my body especially from 3rd chakra to heart chakra. I feel really horrible physically. Looks like something changed within. 2 months of brhamcharya has completely gone down the drain. This has happenned at least 10 times where I reached 2 months and screwed up. However usually i never felt this horrible physically after a slip. Now it is like a 100 hungry wolves have woken up inside my body and they are demanding more indulgence through more self-stimulation, I am having to put up a major fight using all my reasoning power to say NO to this urges within because I realize that I don't want to be a slave to lust anymore. Did I commit a major sin as I had a relapse after attending a spiritual event? Why am I feeling so horrible within physically? NOw that I am back home I have restrated my yoga sadhana including pranayama, meditation and bandhas and also sattvic raw vegan diet. Can you please help me get back on track? I don't want this slip to become a relapse, and I would like to regain my connection and get rid of this bad energy and horrible urges in my body. May God bless you , om tat sat Answer 1. The beginner is susceptible to downfall from mixing much with people. During the initial stages of practice, one is vulnerable to the onslaught of lust and temptation that inevitably arise from mixing with others. This is why the scriptures suggest aloofness. In the 'Shiva Samhita', one of the qualities for an ideal Yogi is Janasangadooraha (one who shuns people and maintains solitude). Lord Krishna re-emphasizes this in the Bhagavad-Gita. Hence it is necessary to limit contact only to absolute necessity. After a few years of advancement, further to the Brahmachari becoming an Urdhvareta, this rule can be relaxed to a certain extent with discretion and caution. A break reflects that efforts are to be more precise and accurate. There is always something for the aspirant to learn from a break. He should learn it and never repeat the mistake. 2. Watching porn inundates the Linga Sharira (astral body) with astral toxins contained in the objects of porn. The viewer connects to the astral body of the concerned person through the image. There is a mental sexual union between the two. When many different people are viewed, there is a mental union with the astral bodies of all those people. It is just short of actual sexual intercourse with the concerned people. The astral bodies of people who do porn for a living are highly toxic with dense sexual karma and perversion. Demonic entities rule such bodies. They are home to very base karma of the lowest and most fetid order. The viewer starts inundating himself with this karma through the union. It is a remote process of degenerating oneself with foul and evil energy. When this process takes place, it takes many months of unbroken Brahmacharya to overcome such afflication. It might even take many years if the indulgence has been very strong and regular. The demomic entities that rule porn-artists induce the mind of the Brahmachari to revert. They attack him both while awake and in dreams to repeat the acts. It becomes very difficult for the beginner to counter such forces. There is a strong chance that he will give up and slip into the dungeons of porn forever. If such a thing happens, he will encounter untold agony & suffering. Hence porn should never be viewed. It equals a break and worse.

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The term 'Yoga' is a derivative of the Samskruth verb 'Yuj' which refers to union. 'Yoga', also called 'Brahma vidy' is the eternal dissolution of the individual 'Aham' (Ego) into the Atman (self) that is the Lord for 'Mukti' (liberation) Mere indulgence in 'sana' or physical postures is not Yoga. sana is only one limb or 'Anga' of Yoga. The eight limbs viz. Yama, Niyama, sana, Prnyma, Pratyhra, Dhrana, Dhyna and Samdhi are the means to Yoga. Brahmacharya or spiritually based continence is one of the important components of 'Yama'. 'Brahmacharya':-"Brahmani charyathey ithi" - "One who has completely surrendered to Brahman, overcome the Ego, and has realized himself to be a tool of the Almighty." Education/Credentials Bachelors degree in Engineering.

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Make a mental prostration before the Lord that you shall henceforth never repeat the act. Donot ever break the oath. Lead a life of Yoga and unbroken Brahmacharya as described. This is the way out. (That Supreme being is the absolute truth)

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