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Wet dream and stage of Urdhvarethas

Dhananjay • 4/4/2012
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QUESTION: I had a dream within a dream that I was actually masturbating and then water came out. It felt intense and eventually I woke up. What to do in theses situations? Lord Shiva says one can eventually become like him- but that means many lifetimes of brahmacharya and not getting wet dreams- Is Lord Shiva even beyond the urdhavereta stage as he is above the realm of the celibate sages who are themselves urdhaveretas!

ANSWER: 1. Till one becomes an Urdhvareta, wet dreams do not stop. However, they become less frequent as one makes concrete progress. One should persevere In Yoga and Brahmacharya. That is the only method to eventually win freedom.

2. When one attains and masters the final stage of ‘Savikalpa Samadhi’ through intense efforts at a life of Yoga and Brahmacharya, one becomes an Urdhvareta. As soon as this happens, wet dreams stop (while desire still does not fully go away, though it becomes very weak). Hence it is incorrect to compare the status of an Urdhvareta to the state of Lord Siva. The status of an Urdhvareta is only a base for the attainment of self-realization and not realization itself. It is much lower to self-realization by a wide gap. Let this first be clear.

Lord Siva is a manifestation of the Almighty ‘Parabrahman’ [just as Brahma and Vishnu], yet not the Almighty himself (for all manifestations mean a veil of Maya or illusion, howsoever thin). Hence the Lords Brahma, Vishnu & Siva represent manifestations which are lesser in dimension than the Almighty Parabrahman (Nirguna Brahman) who is the highest and final with none above HIM. Now the status of only being an Urdhvarethas (and still unenlightened) is much, much inferior to the state of Lord Siva and really not comparable. It can be compared to a little hillock and the state occupied by Lord Siva to the Mount Everest. One who is an Urdhvareta is equivalent to a ‘Deva’ (celestial Gods, who are thousands in number); nothing more. Self-realized sages are those who have attained to freedom from rebirth in the physical, mental and causal bodies and will merge into the Parabrahman (in the Sathya Loka) upon discarding their body. The Sathya loka is the 7th, & final world, the highest of all loka-s (worlds), even higher than the Sadashiva Loka (which is the 5th world, much lower).

ॐ तत् सत्
(That Supreme being is the absolute truth)

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QUESTION: Isn't the Sathya Loka the same as Saket Loka- I read on another website it is the same as Lord Rama/Krsna and the bliss is infinite times greater in quality and intensity than Sadashivaloka- hence Lord Shiva chants Ram Naam!

Answer

There are various terms to denote a single concept in the different schools of philosophy. However, focusing on these names is of no use. One should work at achieving perfection through effort and regularity backed by honesty in this Earthly plane first. Then one automatically progresses rightly, reaching the highest, call it by what name you may. Thinking about the higher worlds/planes when one hasn't attained to self-realization is a complete waste of time. So for now, embodied in this body of flesh, let us work towards the required goal and not worry about the hierarchy of Gods and Lords which is of no use.

ॐ तत् सत्
(That Supreme being is the absolute truth)  

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