Researchers are baffled over hows and whys of homosexuality. They agree that it is not inborn, they agree that it cannot be natural but they fail to understand that what has caused a sudden spurt in growth of homosexuality. Lame reasons provided by many scholars including self-proclaimed gay indologists like Ruth Vanita claim that homosexuality was always an integral part of culture. One can agree that perversion may have existed in all period of history, but neither was it ever a part of culture, nor was it in the proportions as it is alleged to be. In fact, in ancient masterpieces like Vedas, one does not even find reference to homosexuality.The Vedas instead lay directions that any act that is unnatural and purposeless would eventually bring miseries.
The modern culture has ignored this most essential lesson of Vedas and hence facing the consequences. The modern society focusses bit too much on purposeless enjoyments and hence sex is used as a tool for commercial ends as well as misled gratifications. From very childhood, a new-born is exposed to an overdose of sexuality which builds perverted tendencies in him or her. For some, this pervertism takes queer and extreme turns causing them to seek sexual satisfaction for their deprived mindsets from objects and people most accessible to them. In a society, when two or more such likeminded individuals come together, menaces like homosexuality are born.
If we dwell back to the Vedic wisdom, we would find enough directions on how to avoid any such pervertism, either for same or opposite sex. The Vedic approach to life was much more simpler, intuitive and rational. The whole life span was divided into four Ashrams.
The first quarter of life, at the least, was supposed to be for development of self in terms of knowledge, health, skills and attitude.
A graduate from this phase of life, called Brahmcharya, was now considered fully matured and responsible enough to enter the next phase of life – Grihastha Ashram. The purpose of this phase was to settle with a member of opposite gender so as to procreate and construct a noble offspring for the society. A Grihastha was supposed to earn, donate, manage the mundane affairs of the society and nurture the rest of the Ashrams.
The rest of the two Ashrams were dedicated to self-less charitable activities for the society and spiritual uplift of self and others.
The goal of life was to achieve salvation through noble acts and ensure that you live not merely to extract from the world but to give back as much as you can.
Regardless of the spiritual evolve that an individual would have, there were certain specific do’s and don’ts, especially for the first phase of Brahmacharya which would ensure that likelihood of any sort of mental weakness is near zero. Thus there was no concept of homosexuality, depression, frustration, helplessness, dejection or even illicit heterosexual misconduct in a Vedic society.
The core reason for growth of homosexuality in particular and sexual diseases – mental and physical – in general is ignorance of certain visionary advises of Vedic culture for Brahmacharya or first quarter of life. Since this phase represents foundation of entire life, even if discipline in other phases go awry, it is not as serious a matter. But if the first phase is screwed up, a strong fort cannot stand on a weak foundation. And even in the phase of Brahmacharya, the earlier these habits are inculcated the better. The first 15 years are supposed to be most critical phase for construction or destruction of a personality.
Coming specifically to the issue of homosexuality, following is an extract of code of conduct for Brahmacharya, which can be applied even in current scenario. This would ensure there are no homosexuals or AIDS patients in the society. This is the most imminent need of hour. We can challenge the researchers in field of sexual abnormalities to test these out with a control population and see the results for themselves.
Here is a partial list of code of conduct for Brahmacharya:
- Do not touch or massage one’s own body or someone else
- Do not touch the genitals unnecessarily
Ignorance of these two factors alone cause appearance of homosexual tendencies by the time adolescence is reached. By now this becomes an addiction like alcoholism or narcotic-addiction and hence homosexuals feel helpless even if they want to quit homosexuality. - Do not consume meat, alcohol and sour food
- Avoid use of fragrance and wear simple clothes
- Avoid exposure to music, films, literature, photos etc which depict humans in romantic, nude or semi-nude state and contain sexual overtones or fundamentals. Instead depiction of valor, spiritualism, patriotism, selflessness should be promoted.
- Avoid gambling
- Avoid criticism of others and crude jokes.
- Entertain through outdoor sports, good music, good literature and healthy debates/discussions ensuring point 5 above is adhered to.
- Sleep alone
- Avoid masturbation. Avoid any activity that brings sexual excitement.
Howsomuch modern doctors may say about how safe masturbation is, the fact remains that this act represents tendency to succumb to purposeless cravings of mind. This weakening tendency is mother of many associated problems that emerge later in modern society – homosexuality, depression, sexual indulgences, frustrations, worrisome nature and reduced longevity and health in long run. - Drink lots of water and eat simple nutritious food.
- Do not watch other people. Develop habit of introspection and self-analysis instead.
- Avoid idiot-box to extent possible.
- Force your mind to think only about seeking more knowledge, skills and health. Set challenging targets for yourself in these areas and focus every moment on planning and execution of the same.
- Ensure spending 15 minutes twice a day – in morning and evening – on meditation and giving oneself positive vibes. The Vedic culture has devised an excellent technique called Sandhya for this. This itself if practiced effectively can get rid of any mental weakness whatsoever in matter of few days.
- Treat everyone with respect, humility and avoid use of crude language.
These are just snippets for the detailed code of conduct as given in Vedic texts like Manu Smriti. There are proven, time-tested and based on scientific principles.
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