Brahmacharya etymologically means “Moving towards god”. It directly means the control of sexual activity. But it means much more than that. Lets see why we need to practice it.

Animals find pleasure in the senses, Man finds pleasure in the intellect, God finds pleasure in spiritual contemplation. – Swami Vivekananda.

True civilization is a man making civilization. It brings men out of animals. So, first we need to become men. Real men – men, who are not timid slaves to sense pleasures, men who are free, men who are bold and strong. But unfortunately, the ‘real’ men who we see in movies are nothing but coward, weak slaves of sex, alcohol, etc. Those are our heroes! They’d better be heroes among lower animals – for they are not worth anything better. We want heroes like Vivekananda, Shankara or Shivananda.

Who does not want a strong body, sharp intellect and the like ? All men want it. But how many get it ? Only a few men who do not dissipate their energy in fruitless activities, men who are bold enough to resist temptation. Brother, it takes superhuman strength to resist temptation! It takes only a weak and a timid man to fall prey to temptations.

And what will brahmacharya give us ? What not! It is the penance of penances. Who can describe the glory of a perfect brahmachari! His body will glows like the sun! His voice will sound like the ring of a bell. His body will be strong. His presence will energise people around him! Just imagine all this. Don’t we want to be like that ?

Look at Swami Vivekananda who was brahmacharya personified, what a magnificient character! He had a perfect memory. He used to remember every single thing he read or saw once. Now tell me, which is higher ? Being the best of men, by conquering sense pleasures ? or being the lowest animal who cant resist temptation ? Look how a lion gets trapped, when it gets attracted to the lioness placed the cage! Aren’t you still convinced that yielding to sense pleasures is the royal gateway to hell ? Do you still want to pursue that path ?

I want to practice lifelong brahmacharya. They say I can conquer diseases, become a mystic, keep my body for hundreds of years, have adamantine hard body, get metaphysical powers, etc etc. i want to see it its really possible. This is an experiment. I shall see for myself what the great sages of yore have told us.

Follow this blog to follow my journey. I’m determined to post every day my thoughts, actions I take towards brahmacharya, etc. Please do post comments. Come brothers, lets be real men! Lets break the shackles and be free!

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