Bhramacharya (Living like a god)

Being established in Bhramacharya gives tremendous strength, energy, vitality, vigor, that is the definition. Live like God! OK, maybe this was something you weren’t taught at school! To live like God is to live your ultimate possibility. 

Brahmacharya is sometimes translated as celibacy, but celibacy is too poor a word to explain Brahmacharya. Celibacy is just a choice that becomes available when you live in brahmacharya. When you continuously strive to live life at your ultimate possibility, all that is superfluous simply falls away. That is why Aparigraha (Non Possessiveness) is the first step to Brahmacharya. Brahmacharya is to live with such a vast, fulfilled inner space that nothing at all is needed from the outside to complete you. Brahmacharya is not a vow or a discipline; it is a luxury that only very few can afford. When you no longer need anything from the other, or from the world, naturally you become a giver. Real giving can only happen as an overflowing of our own fulfillment. Tirelessly creating, constantly expanding, continuously showering on others – this is Brahmacharya, living like God. 

We can also say that being Brahmachari is being in complete integrity with your lust. Integrity towards your Greed, Lust is Celibacy. If you are integrated with your Desires Brahmachariya will simply happen. Only after understanding the non-violence (Ahimsa) can someone do the non-doing, if we do the opposite perversion and diversion happen and it becomes a big headache. When a disturbing thought which makes you want to break your celibacy arises few options are possible: suppression, perverted suppression or liberation. If one has the correct perception (I am not the body, it is only the vehicle I use) he/she will be liberated, will break that disturbing thought and will establish himself/herself in Brahmachariya. The purpose with which Bhramacharya is achieved is more important than the Bhramacharya itself. That is why the translation should be “living like god” only then can you acquire the energy.