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78 Brahmcharya As the breaths of life increase in frequency, the lifespan decreases. When is the maximum number of breaths used? It is used in fear, in anger, in greed, in deceit and most of all in the sexual act with a woman. In the sexual act with a wife, they are used up more, but in illicit sex with any other woman they are used up much more. It is as though a reel has been suddenly unwound. Questioner : Are the celestial gods sexually loyal to only their devi, their wife? Dadashri : They are loyal to their devi, their goddess. When they see someone else’s goddess and they have a thought in their mind that ‘she is better than mine’, this can happen, but there would not be any changes in what already exists. Questioner : There is no question of having sons in the celestial world, yet they do enjoy sex and each other, do they not ? Dadashri : Their sexuality is not like the one here. This is nothing but refuse. The gods would not even remain here. What is sexuality like over there? When his goddess comes in, his sexual desire is satisfied by just by looking at her. That is all. Certain gods are such that by just touching each other’s hands and squeezing them, their sexual act is over. As the gods’ spiritual levels rise to higher levels, their sexuality becomes less. For some, the sexual act culminates just by talking. There are some gods who are simply satisfied by having goddesses around for about an hour and there are some gods who do not have any need for a woman. Therefore, there are all kinds of gods in the world of c