by Gary Zalben

Created on: October 23, 2010

There were some tough quistions given to the Master about spiritual growth. The Master was giving a Satsanga. For those of you in `Rio Linda` a Satsanga by definition means listening to spiritual discourses from learned and holy people or the practice of being in the presence of the wise in whose company it is easier to learn and practice from and hear their valuable instructions to follow them implicitly. This is Satsanga.

The Master was chuckling as he gave an analogy. “In old India donkeys are used for carrying laundry. In seeing a puddle of mud the donkey balks and rears up and the clean laundry goes flying into the puddle. The donkeys master beats him severely with all his strength, and puts the laundry back onto the donkey. Away they went. The donkey was completely passive and obedient for a while. In time they came to a new mud puddle and down went the entire bundle of laundry again! Beatings were repeated over and over but it did not fortify the memory of the dumb donkey.

As it is with the sensual man. Although brutally beaten with disgust, fatigue,  remorse and all the evils that arrive from overindulgence in sexual activity though thoroughly disgusted with himself and promising not to waste his energy and health again so stupidly as the next sexual opportunity came his way, he once more behaved like the donkey and the faint memory of his former beatings now gradually dimmed must now be revived by new ones.

There is a power little known in our world and that is self-control. It is a remarkable thing having so much power over yourself where your mind has complete control over sexual desire so it means nothing. Few people have real self-control. Physical pleasure is the result of an extended and continuous psychological habit and is accompanied by sensations from the body but is not caused from these sensations. The link between your bodily desires and you is simply mental. If you become tough within you will develop more strength of mind. When you understand what control means you will no longer be a victim of life but a victor.

A student asked, “Could your lessons on controlling our emotions be dangerous? I hear suppressing them is a cause of mental disorders.” The Master replied, “Suppression is never good that is holding onto thoughts that you desire something but do nothing to attain them. Willpower or self-control means guiding the thought and energy away from incorrect or base longings and applying them to correct actions

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