3 as one book - Kirpal Singh

46 SELF-INTROSPECTIONand by avoiding looking into the eyes of others, particularlyof the opposite sex, and in strictly taking vegetariandiet, conservatively cooked and in strict moderation.These are some of the helping factors which, if pursuedsteadfastly, can bring in sure results in due course of timewith the grace of the Master-power overhead.'22 Onewill not suppress all sexual desires, for repression canonly breed neurosis and prepare the way for downfall,but he will be ever seeking to sublimate it. He will understandthat nature's purpose in this instinct is to preservethe race and will channel it so as to fulfill that purpose,never making it an end in itself, a source of physicalpleasure, for when it becomes that, it turns into a drugthat anesthetizes the spirit and begins to defeat nature'spurpose of procreation by encouraging the invention anduse of contraceptive^.^^^Besides, is it p:;ychologically possible for the humanmind to detach itself completely from its normal fieldof experience without first anchoring itself in anotherand higher one? It is a universal characteristic of manthat he seeks kinship with something other than himself.This is the law of his life and sxirce of all his greatachievements. The child is bound to his toys, and theadult to family and society. As in the case of a child, youmay not without harm deprive him of his playthingsuntil he has outgrown them psychologically, likewise toexpect the sadhak to give up his social and family attachmentswithout first outgrowing them by discoveringsomething greater and larger, is to cut at the root of life.It will not bring progress but regression for the man who