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He sees, ‘This is a woman’. This is the disease of the
man. If a man has this disease then he will see the woman,
otherwise he will see only the Self in that person. To see, ‘This
is a man’, is the disease of the woman. Moksha occurs when
this disease is eradicated. I am free from this disease now.
These thoughts never come to me.
A man and a woman must never touch each other. Therein
lies tremendous danger. Until one has become Absolute, one
must not touch the other. One atom of sexuality entering you
has the potential of ruining many lives. I do not have a single
atom of sexuality within me. Pratikraman should be done
immediately, if even one atom gets corrupted. Pratikraman
prevents any sexual intent arising in the other person.
Ignorance of the Self, coupled with the present worldly
knowledge, gives rise to attachment and attraction. If you can
visualize the entire life of this woman that you are attracted to,
you will be free from the attachment and the attraction. If you
visualize with understanding what she looked like in the womb,
what she looked like when she was born, when she was a little
baby, when she becomes very old, when paralysis occurs, when
she is about to be cremated, you do not need to be taught
renunciation. People have lost this vision of their worldly reality
by what they see today. This is maya, the illusion.
[3] Endless Claims From the Pleasure of Vishaya
None of the objects of the four senses bother us and the
fifth object, the object of touch, involves another living being.
This person will lay a claim against you. Therefore the problem
lies only in the sex involving a woman. This is called a living
‘file’. If you want to stop any further sexual interaction, she
would say that it is not acceptable. She would say, ‘Then why
did you marry me?’ Therefore, this living ‘file’ would make
demands. How can you afford any demands? So you must not