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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
D.: How to root out sexual impulse?
M.: By rooting out the false idea of the body being Self. There is no
sex in the Self.
D.: How to realise it?
M.: Because you think you are the body, you see another as the body.
Difference in sex arises. But you are not the body. Be the real Self.
Then there is no sex.
Talk 170.
D.: Can a yogi know his past lives?
M.: Do you know the present life so well that you wish to know
the past. Find out the present life, then the rest will follow.
Even with our present limited knowledge we suffer so much.
Why do you wish to burden yourself with more knowledge and
suffer more?
D.: Can fasting help realisation?
M.: But it is temporary. Mental fast is the real aid. Fasting is not an
end in itself. There must be spiritual development side by side.
Absolute fasting makes the mind weak too. You cannot derive
sufficient strength for the spiritual quest. Therefore take moderate
food and go on practising.
D.: They say that after breaking a month’s fast, ten days afterwards
the mind becomes pure and steady and remains so forever.
M.: Yes, if the spiritual quest has been kept up right through the fast
also.
Talk 171.
To another question Master said: The best is heart to heart speech and
heart to heart hearing. That is the best upadesa.
D.: Is not guidance from Guru necessary?
M.: Are you apart from Guru?
D.: Is proximity helpful?
M.: Do you mean physical proximity? What is the good of it? The
mind alone matters. The mind must be contacted.
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