Overcoming Lust

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One who remembers the beautiful form of the Lord whose eyes resembles the lotus petals such person becomes purified.

What is purified?

The soul is essentially pure just as the sun and the sky. The rays of the sun gives light and beneficial to all living entities. When the sun is obscured by the clouds, the rays cannot be perceived. Similarly the beauty of the soul to be part of God cannot be perceived. Similarly the beauty of the soul to be part of God cannot be appreciated as long as it is covered by the cloud of ignorance.

Bhagavad Gita 15.7

mamaivamso jiva-loke
jiva-bhutah sanatanah
manah-sasthanindriyani
prakrti-sthani karsati

The spirit soul being part of Krishna have the qualities of Krishna. The cloud of the ignorance keeps the pure quality of the soul hidden. What we see are the symptoms of ignorance. Lust- Kama, Anger- Krodha, Greed-Lobha, envy-Matsara, illusion and pride. These six enemies of the soul are powerful because they are completely empowered by maya the illusionary energy. These six energies are unconquerable.

In Bhagavad Gita 7.14

daivi hy esa guna-mayi
mama maya duratyaya
mam eva ye prapadyante
mayam etam taranti te

The material energy of all these energies are unconquerable. Lust is the greatest enemy. Krishna tells Arjuna in 3rd chapter where Arjuna asks why even if people knows the consequences and knows something is not right when engaged in certain activities. But there is a force withing us makes us to engage in abdominable things.

Bhagavad Gita 3.37

sri-bhagavan uvaca
kama esa krodha esa
rajo-guna-samudbhavah
mahasano maha-papma
viddhy enam iha vairinam

Luse is not erotic relationship with a woman. It is any desire that is seperate from God. Even pious people are victim of Kama and also religious people.

Bhagavad Gita 5.29

bhoktaram yajna-tapasam
sarva-loka-mahesvaram
suhrdam sarva-bhutanam
jnatva mam santim rcchati

Everything belongs to me all the planets are my property and you are my property. Everything is created for my enjoyment. Anything used for not His enjoyment is kama all powerfulsingle enemy of the entire world.

How to conquer this enemy?

There is a 100% method which the Supreme Lord shared. He sent to this world Lust personified - Ravana.

In the history of all creation Ravana was the emblem of all creation. Sita is the property of Ram. She is none other than Lakshmi devi. All the fortune of the world is the energy of Sita-Goddess of fortune.

Fortune is not simply money. Fortune means anything good. Like health, popularity, comfort in life, friendship, family. Anythign good or anythign we like is the energy of Lakshmi devi. She never leaves the foot of Lord Narayana. When we take the fortune of the world and seperate it from Vishnu for our own satisfaction. Lakshmi expands herself as Durga.

She constantly keeps those person under her control she keeps them inlind with her trient (three fold miseries).

Definition of Love is to assist Sita in affair with Lord Ram. Hanuman, and all residents of Ayodhya did. They had no false ego. Their only goal is to see Sita and Ram happy. But Ravana wanted to take Sita for himself. That is called Kama or Lust.

In Chaitanya caritramrtha love is the natural inclination of th soul who want to give pleasure to God. When that affection to God is misplaced and trying to enjoy for the property of God for our own self of interest the that Love is transformed to Lust. Love and Kama is the same energy within us.

When that energy is placed withing us is for God it is called Love. Ravana was very tricky about how he stole Sita with his mystic power.

Who is God?

God is Bhagavan who possesses all the oppulancs. Possesser of all wealth, all knowledge, all beauty, all fame, all strength, and all renumciation. That is God. The real guru is not the on who claims God but he is the instrument to serve God. So Ravana is worshipped as God in Lanka. He had many many mystic power than anybody today. He did not claim to be God, he claimed to be better than god.

When surpanaka told about the beauty of Sita, he told her that he will get her for him since he is the supreme enjoyer. No one has the right to enjoy that beautiful women except me.

Vibeeshan and other people said no since Ram is Bhagavan. Ravan said I am Bhagavan and I will destroy him. Everything is for my enjoymnt. So he disguised and stole away Sita. Valmiki says how Ram won ever Ravana.

This material energy, this Maya, this Kama is very difficult to overcome. But one who surenders to me I take the whole war in my hand. I will conquer that lust to me it is no difficult. That is what Krishna says in

Bhagavad Gita 7.19

bahunam janmanam ante
jnanavan mam prapadyate
vasudevah sarvam iti
sa mahatma su-durlabhah


After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto Me, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all that is. Such a great soul is very rare.

After many births and deaths practicing many religious of the world and different paths of yoga one may come to the path of knowledge, he surrenders to Vasudeva, Krishna, Ram knowing him to be the cause of all causes. When we surrender we put ou lives into his hand under his protection. That is different between bakti and other yoga system. In the yoga system we ae trying to conquer the Ravana within our heart. Viswamitra muni, the greatest of all yogis but by Menaka the lust appeared. So by any process it is difficult to conquer Ravana within our heart.

But Krishna said In the process of bakti one can understand as I am

Bhagavad Gita 18.66

sarva-dharman parityajya
mam ekam saranam vraja
aham tvam sarva-papebhyo
moksayisyami ma sucah

Om pavitra pavitranaan from Garuda Purana when we remember krishna he is non different than that rememberance.

Always remember Krishna and never forget Krishna.

In the presence of the sun, the darkness cannot exist, when we remembe God with devotion in our hearts, all the bad qualities all the illusions all ignorance is dispelled and that is why it is said in Ramayan, Bagavatam and all scriptures which teaches highest form of love which is Prema. Thee is no greater benedication than chanting the Holy name.