Swamiji says that all temptation is mental. Talks excerpt 178.

From Mother Radha’s notes, written at Swamiji’s feet.

Go and do more japa, more meditation, more tapasya [austerity].

Do not only repeat the mantra, but meditate on it. The mantra is to give Eternal life – Immortality.

[Excerpts from a book by Swami Yatiswarananda]:

When you are aware of your gender, you are aware of your body – but we are trying to transcend body consciousness.

All temptation is mental. It is mostly what you think that affects you. Analyse what you feel in the company of others. If the feeling is of attraction or repulsion – beware. If there is no attraction, it is harmless. First cultivate good thoughts – transcending this comes much later. Control of the mind comes step by step. This is very important. Sri Ramakrishna said, ‘Think of yourself as a soul inhabiting a body.’

Seeing the divine in all is the only practical solution in the world today – hatred is a very negative attraction.

Give up the idea that you are a man, and ‘woman’ will disappear. Then you are spirit; and you will think others are spirit. Think you are the Self and you will think that others are the Self.

Always fill your mind with Atman. If you look on yourself as a star of light, you will see all others as stars of light in the firmament.

As long as sex is active, kundalini is dormant. The higher centres must be opened – by meditation, reading the scriptures etc. The unconscious mind must slowly be changed. The soul is sexless.

It is very important to note that you may get mystic visions without strict brahmacharya. Lots of people have seen visions – but they could not stay in that vision for long. Mathur Babu [son in law of the Rani Rashmoni – the divine instrument behind the construction of the Kali Temple in Dakshineswar] had visions all the time. He prayed to Sri Ramakrishna to take them away. [Sri Ramakrishna himself said that the Rani Rashmoni was one of the eight attendant goddesses of the Divine Mother. She came down to the world to spread the worship of the Divine Mother].

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