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[18] He Who Conquers Sexuality is the Emperor of the World 327 will not decrease all of a sudden. Questioner: If I keep seeing his face and have bad (sexual) thoughts about him, is that not wrong? Dadashri: No, there is nothing wrong in that. You are strong so all You have to do is to ‘see’ that these sexual thoughts are still arising. If You are strong, then nothing will touch you. This is simply the karmic stock that was filled in the past life, that is coming out. If the stock was not there, then you would not be having any thoughts about anyone. There are so many young men; you don’t have thoughts about all of them, do you? Whatever stock there is within is coming out. Would you not recognize that this is stored stock (bharelo maal)? There are so many young men but these thoughts do not arise for all of them, do they? The thoughts arise about only those few whom you have seen and you get attracted when your eyes (drashti) fall on them. The Path as Suggested by the Gnani If I ask if his mind still gets spoiled, he will say, ‘Yes, it occurs even now.’ Even at age seventy! Why don’t you settle down? What kind of a man are you? Your ‘shop’ (body) is bankrupt and yet you are not settling down. Questioner: If a person has such sexual thoughts, what should he do in that situation? Dadashri: Let it come. When it comes, welcome it with flowers and tell the thought, ‘I am glad that you came. I like that.’ You will have at least this much pleasure, will you not? Instead of bringing thoughts of grief and sorrow, it is bringing these good thoughts! You may get a sexual thought by looking at someone. Now, why did this thought arise? It is because there is moha