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Method of mastery
As for the method of mastery, it cannot be done by physical
abstinence alone — it proceeds by a process of combined de-
tachment and rejection. The consciousness stands back from the
sex-impulse, feels it as not its own, as something alien thrown
on it by Nature-force to which it refuses assent or identification
— each time a certain movement of rejection throws it more
and more outward. The mind remains unaffected; after a time
the vital being which is the chief support withdraws from it in
the same way, finally the physical consciousness no longer sup-
ports it. This process continues until even the subconscient can
no longer rouse it up in dream and no farther movement comes
from the outer Nature-force to rekindle this lower fire. This is the
course when the sex-propensity sticks obstinately; but there are
some who can eliminate it decisively by a swift radical dropping
away from the nature. That however is more rare.
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It has to be said that the total elimination of the sex-impulse is
one of the most difficult things in sadhana and one must be pre-
pared for it to take time. But its total disappearance has been
achieved and a practical liberation crossed only by occasional
dream-movements from the subconscient is fairly common.
CWSA 31: 503-04
Mastery through Detachment
As to the sexual impulse. Regard it not as something sinful
and horrible and attractive at the same time, but as a mistake
and wrong movement of the lower nature. Reject it entirely,
not by struggling with it, but by drawing back from it, detach-
ing yourself and refusing your consent; look at it as something
not your own, but imposed on you by a force of Nature outside
you. Refuse all consent to the imposition. If anything in your vital
consents, insist on that part of you withdrawing its consent. Call
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