on celibacy

Hello Sagar,

Trust you are keeping well. Coming to your query,

Q: How does one stay on the track of celibacy further to distractions generated by the highs and lows of life?
A: Our present life is a result of out past actions and we are the architects of our destiny. The highs and lows that we encounter in life are the product of our past deeds and more importantly the best path for the soul within us to evolve and refine its state of evolution. While untoward incidents in life might temporarily cause despair and frustration, these incidents are life's way of reminding us of the mistakes we might have committed and an opportunity to grow beyond these mistakes and evolve further.

As the saying goes - "All that happens, happens for the good", every life situation and experience is meant to make us amend our shortcomings and take us one step closer to perfection. Unless we experience failure in a given activity, we would never get to know the deficiency within us that led to the failure. We would continue to float in the imaginary world construed on presumptions regarding ourselves which most often station themselves far from the truth.

Failure makes us analyze, ponder and contemplate in-depth into the gross reality behind our thoughts,actions and tendencies that kept us away from success. Failure is man's best friend as it is the only state that portrays things for what they actually are, unlike success which most often has the tendency to make man fly in an imaginary world of fantasy assuming himself to be invincible and unblemished. The man who first tastes failure and then attains success is much more poised to succeed in maintaining his state of success as compared to the one who is intoxicated with the delusion caused by continued success without having ever known the reasons that cause failure. For this reason, failure is the best stepping stone to success.

For the celibate more than anyone else, every instance of failure is a golden opportunity to focus on the shortcomings within himself which led to failure and improve on his past performance. When we honestly delve into what kept us away from success, we most often find numerous valid reasons within our own selves that directly or indirectly worked against us at the practical level.

Success eventually comes and more importantly stays when we take life's fall's as a second chance provided to prove our true might and potential. The way to success would be to focus our efforts and concentration on efficient action and avoid thinking about the outcome. Further to efficient, persistent and sincere efforts with a positive outlook on life, success has nowhere else to go but reside in such a doer.

God bless and have a nice day :-)
Dhananjay