Ojas: The Power Of Chastity January 27,
1971 While reading
yesterday, I came across a brief mention of the Power of Ojas, but it didn’t
give much in detail about what it is about. Ojas is the
Power which helps you rise into the beyond. That is called Ojas. Ojas is the
Power which helps you to rise into the Beyond. So you will find how necessary
is chastity of life. the more you have got that Power within you, the more you
are healthy, even if it exceeds the limit what the body requires, it will helps
you in the Beyond. You see, from
eat and drink we have some milk like element made (chyle); from there it arises
and comes into the blood. From blood forms the flesh, bones , and then the pith
of the bones. From the pith of the bones that Power arises. Those people who are not chaste, given up to unchastely,
they have no hope for this Ojas Power. So, Ojas is the Power which helps you to
transcend into the Beyond. That is why chastity is life, sexually is death. We
sometimes use words, but we don’t know the very basic purpose for which they
are there. You have read chastity is life, sexually is death. Normal way:
that’s all right. Everything which exceeds limits, that goes to spoil, you see.
So blessed who are always drained out have poor health, no thinking Power, nor
are they able to do hard work; they can do nothing. So that is why it is said,
chastity is life and sexuality is death. Those who are
not married should observe strict celibacy. Those who are married should
observe a according to the scriptures. Scriptures only say to marry means
taking a companion in life who should be with you in weal or woe through your
earthly sojourn and both meet God. help each other. One duty be begetting
children –one! Not all! We have considered perhaps it is machinery of
enjoyment. That is wrong. Ojas has not
been defined anywhere, I tell you. From Ojas you have got that Power which
helps you to go into the beyond. If you have got no surplus of this valuable
fluid within you, how can you sit? Now you will see how important is chastity.
The word “chastity” is used as life, and it is opposite is death, you see. These things are not explained to us, that’s
a pity. We ourselves do not know. Outward acting and posing won't do, I tell
you. So that is why I put it in the diary form even in word, even in thought.
Even unchaste words and thoughts affect you. If you observe
an average –very simple diet with chastity, you'll be blooming. All your
tonics, all your outward dietary proteins won't help you. Special diets also
won't help –that is only temporary. I think with acting and posing, you appear
to look all right, that is all. I read an
instance in one book while I was a student. In the West it is usual that girl
seek their own husbands and husbands seek their own companions. There was one
girl who was ugly looking and nobody wanted to marry her. She was disappointed
so she left the town and lived in an out of the way place. Naturally, when one
is disappointed, one reverts to God. she passed her days in sweet remembrance of
God. after a year or so somebody came up to her, “I would like to marry you.”
“What are you talking about? I am the ugliest woman in the world.” “no, no, no,
you're not ugly.” “no, no, don’t joke with me!” she looked in the looking glass
and her features were changed. So, thoughts are very potent, you see. Chaste
thought is a blessing. Ojas Power is
that, as I tell you, which helps you to transcend into the Beyond. Even the Power
to think depends on Ojas also? Continence of mind, that also depends on Ojas? You waste your
Power by thinking. Thoughts results in words and in action. That does not
affect those who have no linking whatsoever of God . some diaries, excuse me,
are full of chastity failure in deed. They take it like a food. This is wrong.
I have to give them right direction, very politely, “take more care of that.” But he means
that Ojas helps to increase the intellect also, I think. Well, chastity
helps everything. If oil is oozing out of a burning lamp, then how long will
that go on giving you light? that’s the foundation on which the building is
raised: your physical body, your intellect, your everything. There was one
swami ram tirath, principal of the government college in Lahore. He said
sometimes it so happens the very brilliant student failed. Very brilliant
students who used to stand first in their classes –failed their examinations.
When they went into it, they found that they lost their vital fluid the night
before. Kabir says, a
dog when it indulges in coition; it remains sad for a month, that affect into
one month. What to speak of men who indulge daily! I need not say these so
openly, but that cuts the very roots of the life. So chastity is
life, you see. I think you will rarely find those who observe chastity, say
even for one month. They think that perhaps it is a part of their diet, but
that is wrong. So chaste, normal life is all right, as prescribed by the scriptures. That is why I say married life
is no bar to spirituality if conducts according to the scriptures. When I write
something, I mean something, you see. We simply read it, that’s all. Your chat is
with you –self-introspection report –look to that. If thoughts are right, you
lose less. Suppose you lose action. Thoughts are very potent. These are a necessary to insure your success. You want
to ho home this very birth; all right, have it. you're sure to go. This side
you try, but the other side you drain out, what is it? you cannot sit. Those
who say, “We cannot sit, our mind does not allow us,” this is all due to failure.
In fight. From that side some man came up to fight. But from tama was to fight.
From that side some man came up to fight. He had observed twelve years of
strict celibacy, chastity of life. but from ramas side, laxman who had been
chaste all his life was selected to fight. History shows that. I've read
napoleons life. by hearing his name , the whole of Europe trembled. What
happened when he was caught at the waterloo battle? The story goes that he had
fallen in this failure the night before. What a miracle is the life of the
great man! In everyone’s
life you will find this is the drawback, the biggest drawback in the majority.
Saying is something, but living is something else. In India, there
were three or four invasions from the West, from Persia (Afghanistan). Prithvi
Raj stood against them and drove then out. when finally he was captured, the
reason given for that is the same reason. The day following you are not in your
sound thought, you see. You may have a boost by your outward drink and this and
that thing. I don’t think
you’ve been given this very vivid view on this subject before. Facts remain
like that. You may have a very simple life. from that you'll bloom. Your every
Power will be enhanced. When you have got no light for your own, how can you
Power will be enhanced. When you have got no light for your own, how can you
understand the light? visualizing won't do. And these are people initiated by
so many, so many Master's in the world. This is a failure in them too, even the
heads. They’ve got no in goodness when you can store in you. Nature does not
spare anybody. “blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God.” these
are very clear words. When you have got no Power of Ojas, how can you see God?
how can you rise above? It will give a boost to have something, then you have
to maintain it, you see. Live in a
normal way, not given up to everything. An example is given to bring home the
things to the people at large: the Lord of food complained to Lord Shiva,
“people eat me too much.” Then he replied, “those who eat more than really
required, you eat them up.” Then whatever is not digested, that brings disease.
If you are eating too much, you are not able to digest anything. those who
indulge too much in anything, ultimately they are not able to enjoy that. These
things eat them up. That is why you
know self-introspection is most necessary, for which we care little, very
little. So don’t spare yourself. Yes? When someone
overeats, that affects chaste thoughts? Yes. When food
is not digested, you are not able to sit for meditation. You're drowsy. So long
as your stomach can digest, it is all right –for one, two months, a year or so.
After that, if you overeat you are not able to digest. It means the same thing,
that food and drink eat you up. You are not able to digest it and that food
gives no Power, no strength. How do diseases come up, you see? Whatever food
remains undigested brings on all diseases. Or overwork. Three things
kill a man –hurry, worry, and food that is not digested. You see the very importance of it; it is very
good you put that question, on Ojas. Yes? Is loss of
semen during the night strictly a matter of thoughts during the day? Surely. When
you look into the eyes of others, others affects you. Eyes are the windows of
the soul. That is what I was saying to you last night. don’t look into the eyes
of others, may be one sex or the other, you will be affected, weakened. If you
have control over yourself and you can affect others, that’s another thing. In
the time of discipleship we must be very careful. When you have grown up and
you have got a sheet anchor, you cannot be affected by others; you'll give life
to others. Sometimes we say, “Well, Master talks lovingly to everybody.” He
talks lovingly from his soul, you see, not from the body. Others who talk very
lovingly, talk from the level of the body. Love that arises from the body and
ends in the soul: that is love. Generally all this love which ends in the body
is called lust. These things are not differentiated in books, I tell you. What
is that lust? Lust is love, your love, which ends in the body is called lust.
These things are not differentiated in books, I tell you. What is that lust?
Lust is love, your love, which arises out of the body and ends in the body. By
sitting here, by radiation you have a boost to go into the Beyond; that’s love.
That is why that love is called charity, you see. Yes? How strict
should we be about associating with other people? Even any initiate? We shouldn’t make any distinction. Meet socially
so far as in necessary. If you have to meet in a Satsang or anywhere, you
should think of nobody else except God. Satsang is only Satsang when no other
thought creeps in your mind except God. when you are there, you are socially
meeting, kissing, that is no Satsang. Once I reported
one place, they began to embrace children. I stopped them. This kind of love
will spoil your lives. If glasses are staked in one place, they will strike,
clash against each other and be broken, is it not so? We are not yet the Master
of our body, you see. We are dragged like anything. so, during the period of
discipleship, you must be very careful. Even after that, those who are not in
full control of themselves, they also go down. We have to be very careful. When
I prescribed the diary, it really meant something, really. Now times have
changed. Nobody can stay with anybody for a longer period. They must got
something. And they are given, but this should be maintained by self
introspection. First something is given. (at initiation some experience of
Light and sound is given.) that goes all right for some days, but if your life
deteriorates, that leaves –goes away. God is life,
love and Light. you get life; chastity is life. we simply read things; we don’t
go into the bottom of them. God is life, love and light. so our very life comes
from where? Chastity! These things are not preached, that’s the pity. They
simply tell you to go to this performance, do that performance, etc. if you
life is really pure, then even one thought will help you. Thank God, with all
these things you get something through the grace of our Master. But we have to
maintain it. normal life is all right. Yes, you wanted to say something? In regards to
thinking, somebody once made a statement: “ I think; therefore I am.” But
that’s not really true, because I am even if I don’t think. Is that correct? You are a
conscious entity and thinking arise from consciousness, is it not? How can one
who is not conscious think? So that is why when you say, “I think,” means you
are conscious. We generally use the words and don’t go into the bottom of what
they represent. We are conscious entities. Then, that consciousness helps you
to think. So that is why it is said: “God is intellect, all wisdom, all love,
all life.” So God is
working, he is all consciousness; you are a drop of the ocean of all
consciousness. You have got the same Power, the same thing in you –life, Light
and love. Once, as president of the world fellowship of religions, I gave out
my address on this very point: life, Light and love. People use these words but
they don’t follow what they actually mean. One who is
given up to outward losing of all this Power, Ojas, is never patient, I tell
you. That’s the outward symbol. Like milk boiling, he will bubble out, can't
control himself. That’s the one thing you'll note. One who is very strong, he
consider calmly. This is one thing that will come out. you can judge from that,
you see. If one becomes wild for the time being, cannot control himself, that is
a sure sign that he is not chaste. He is losing all that Power. For the
building that has no ground underneath, a strong foundation is required. You
may then have so many stories raised up
high on that; but if the ground is weak, than? It will fall down. Master have
been giving this example in another way. Walls made of sand, will they last?
How long? So, chastity of
thought, chastity of everything, of all outgoing faculties –sight, audition,
feelings –the word brahmcharya is used for that. Brahmcharya is the way of
living to find God. brahmacharya means self introspection, a means which
enables you to find God. the other word is “sadachar,” ethical life. Brahmachatya:
‘brahm’ means God, and ‘acharya’ means way of living. That is not only
controlling the semen within you, but controlling all your outgoing faculties.
Control your tongue, control your thought; think no evil of anybody else. Don’t
be affected by what you hear from the others. If others say, “I have seen . . . . . this and that thing,” don’t
believe it. Yes? So, chastity is
the foremost of all the virtues? Well, it is the
foundation of the physical body. The is founded like a building, depending on
teaching strength of the foundation. Even thoughts affect the very child in the
womb. A mothers thoughts affect the child in the womb. Some children are very
lusty. That is due to the parents. While the child is in the womb we must be
quite chaste, calm, loving; that will affect the child within we must be quite
chaste, calm, loving ; that will affect the child within the womb, he’ll be
born like that. The reaction of the past, and the reactions of the mothers
thoughts, both affect and form the child. This subject is
very long, you see. Something more
that will be a help to you: animal and men, there is a vast difference between
the two. When an animal becomes pregnant,. No male animal will touch her. But
in man, we are the highest in all creation, what do we do? Shameful, is it not?
My hint is sufficient. I need not go too far into it. we don’t observe that. With any
subject, that will be thrashed out, threadbare, to bring home the truth at the
bottom, you see. Many of the
initiates, I'm sure, will be interested in this, beside myself. If we had
unchaste lives before we were initiated, how long does it takes, is there a
time before adjusted? I tell you, if
you take poison, that affect you. But take no more poison, you see. To fall in
sin manly, but to remain there is devilish. You see, that woman who committed
adultery was brought to Christ. He said, “All right, what do your scriptures
say? That such a woman should be stoned to death. All right, let her stand
there, and you stone her. And who shall stone her? Who has not felt guilty of
that at heart of hearts?” no body dared. And he said to her, “All right, go; do no more.” Our Master Baba Sawan
Singh used to say sometimes, when out of the whole gathering one would say,
“Master, I have committed adultery.”
“Well, can anyone bear the burden of his sin?” who would dare to say?
Then he told him, “All right, do no more” just like that. We should stop
somewhere. The poison eaten can be cleaned, you see. If you stop eating more
poison, then it's all right. So there is hope for everybody. Sometimes I
have a feeling that I should follow a certain pattern of life, like during the
day; and I say, “Well I'm going to meditate this much, and you know, I try and
follow everything you say. But I lose touch with my desires because I do
everything out of habit and I've found that if I try and think every moment,
“What does my soul want?” that I'm able to follow your teachings a lot better
because I keep my desire pure. I think I have
given reply very straight and you have not followed it. the very view stated in
your purpose is due to that. If you cannot live up to what he says, you have no
Power within yourself. You're losing, you're very loose with that. These things
should not be thrown in the face. That is due to lack of doing your diary. Like
a hard taskmaster, don’t spare yourself. He within you does not spare even me,
I tell you! Of course, God bless you. This means that there's a very strong
vigilant watch to be kept. By mentioning myself, it means that son of man must
fall down unless he has got some boost above, some sheet anchor within watch to
be lepta. By mentioning myself, it means that son is man must fall down unless
he has got some boost above, some sheet anchor within him. I am giving you
something very true, a very basic thing to which you pay little care or
nothing. We are already given up to sensual desires, enjoyment, in one way or
nothing. We are already given up to sensual desires. So long as we are just
stuck fast there, how can we rise above it? there should be some discipleship I
am explaining to you. You have to be very careful, but if you live up to it for
a certain time in a particular way that will become your habit. And you will
live longer for it; in that way turn into Nature. You won't be able to do
otherwise. So why not make the best use of the habit of the mind, you see? Do
one thing today, tomorrow, a day, month or so, then? Then naturally you will
have the trend of the mind to go there.
Make your mind a friend , you see. ‘all right, let us do this.’ When habit is
formed, then you're saved. Mind has the tendency to bring you back to earth,
that’s all. And a cold of earth which you throw in the air maybe with very much
force, that will come down to the earth; that’s her origin, earth, you see.
Candle is lit, flame will go up; even up turned, then it will go up. So long as
we are bound down to the outgoing faculties, our thoughts, our thinking , our
consciousness cannot rise. That will become habit. Once we learn how to rise
above it and have the higher inkling, every day have that bliss, naturally mind
won't like to come down. We have to work for it. some boost or some capital is
given; that is a great concession. But maintain it. |