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Questioner : My commitment is firm, but I still make
mistakes.
Dadashri : I can accept if other mistakes occur, but
circumstances leading to sexual interaction must never occur.
You must accept two conditions: First if act of sex occurs,
then I would personally leave this group of brahmacharis, nobody
else will have to tell me to leave. I will walk away on my own.
Secondly, if I dose off in spiritual lethargy in the presence of
Dada, then I will accept whatever punishment the group gives
me. This punishment may be fasting for three days or something
like that.
[11] Complete Safe Side In Brahmacharya
There is a precondition and requirements to be able to
practice brahmacharya. The precondition is that you should have
taken Gnan. Then the necessary requirements are; being in a
group of people practicing brahmacharya, they should live in a
place outside and away from the city and they should have
some continuing guidance. All these circumstances should be
present.
Questioner : Does that mean that bad company can
destroy the power of a firm resolution of brahmacharya?
Dadashri: Yes, it would break your resolve. Bad company
can completely change a person's behavior just as the company
of good people can change a person's behavior. But once a
person joins the company of the immoral, it is very difficult to
bring him back and it does not take long at all for a person who
is in the company of spiritual people to get into immoral
company.
Questioner : There are all kinds of tubers within, but the
tuber of sex torments the most.