As per the Vedantic theory, all creatures in this cosmos are brought in because of its Vasanas. These Vasanas are formed as a result of the past actions.
In case of humans, it could be the actions from his/her past lives. Eliminating this Vasanas is the part of the evolution to species of higher maturity with increasing levels of awareness and knowledge about itself. It takes multiple lifetimes to clean oneself of his/her vasanas.
The Vasanas feeds thoughts into an ego-centric and outgoing mindset (personality) and those thoughts drives actions in the outside world. It is easier to control the actions by a person than controlling his/her mind. So the best starting point for brahmacharya (dedicating onself into Brahman) is control of his/her actions. Even if there are any fanciful thoughts in the mind, let is pass and just be a witness. Do not get involved in it and abstain from acting on it. If possible revert the mind flow back to Brahman or a Guru. The thoughts without actions dies a natural death. When many such thoughts are inactive, that specific vasana strain will also die. This is the trick of attaining brahmacharya control.
Sw. Chinmayananda puts it so simply and beautifully in his explanation of verse 445 of Viveka Choodamani as below
“ A sadhak trying to lead a noble way of life should mentally have the presence of his Ideal or his teacher (Guru) always before him so that his baser tendencies get weaker and he is always inspired to live the Ideal way of life".
Hari Om
In case of humans, it could be the actions from his/her past lives. Eliminating this Vasanas is the part of the evolution to species of higher maturity with increasing levels of awareness and knowledge about itself. It takes multiple lifetimes to clean oneself of his/her vasanas.
The Vasanas feeds thoughts into an ego-centric and outgoing mindset (personality) and those thoughts drives actions in the outside world. It is easier to control the actions by a person than controlling his/her mind. So the best starting point for brahmacharya (dedicating onself into Brahman) is control of his/her actions. Even if there are any fanciful thoughts in the mind, let is pass and just be a witness. Do not get involved in it and abstain from acting on it. If possible revert the mind flow back to Brahman or a Guru. The thoughts without actions dies a natural death. When many such thoughts are inactive, that specific vasana strain will also die. This is the trick of attaining brahmacharya control.
Sw. Chinmayananda puts it so simply and beautifully in his explanation of verse 445 of Viveka Choodamani as below
“ A sadhak trying to lead a noble way of life should mentally have the presence of his Ideal or his teacher (Guru) always before him so that his baser tendencies get weaker and he is always inspired to live the Ideal way of life".
Hari Om
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