How Population growth is possible if detachment is encouraged?
A devotee asked like this with a request to hide the name:
Sir, I have a question. I am sorry if the question seems offensive. On the one hand you’ve said “The population will come to zero in due course of time if there is no attractions and attachments among people and things. Because, if there is no attractions, there will be no attachments.” and on the other hand we are asked/advised to detach. So won’t the population come to zero with detachment? Is that what is ultimately advised? Kindly do not mention my name in the counselling. Thanks.
REPLY:
In some Counselling Posts, I have said that this world population is maintaining or growing only because of the male – female attractions.
This “attraction factor” has been given by Krishna. Not only that. When a man involves in physical interactions with a woman, both the man and that woman get a pleasant feeling all over their body. Why? It has been said in the third canto of Srimad Bhagavatham, that even that pleasant feeling is developed through a mechanism that is arranged by Krishna.
Why Krishna gave such a short term pleasant feeling for males and females during Physical Interactions? Because, Had He not given that feeling, no one will involve in Physical relations as there will be no “special feeling” in that interaction. So, population can’t grow.
(Detachment from Material Attachment through Devotee Association! READ HERE!)
So, the Lord has created these worlds. He has entrusted Mayadevi (His external potency) to maintain these material planets. Mayadevi is in a position to do her assigned duties perfectly.
What is her duty?
To maintain the affairs of material planets.
When will the affairs happen?
Only if there is population.
How the population can multiply?
Only if the male – female interactions are there.
(Since this world is under Maya, how can we fully surrender to Krishna? READ HERE!)
Right? So, Krishna helped Mayadevi, by giving such short term pleasures during the interactions between a man and woman. The people will show more interest to enjoy that short term pleasure. So, the population will increase.
During 1920s, the population of India was just 30 crores. Now? 120 crores. That means, 90 crores growth in just 90 years. Wow! This means, Indians are involving in lusty acts sufficiently. This is the act of Mayadevi.
Why more population though the Indians have more devotional involvement? Because, Where the people follow more devotional practices, maya will give more tests and diversions to make them engage more in material affairs.
So, I said that attractions maintain the population. BUT, DID I SAY THAT SUCH ATTRACTIONS ARE SAFE AND ETERNAL? NO. I NEVER SAID SO. However, I have said that one can not involve in s…xual acts without even a trace of attractions. So, s…x can not be pure without contaminations. Only if a man is attracted with the body and organs of a girl, his body can get excited and hence he can interact with her. If there are no attractions, No excitement and hence no s….x. So, I have said that s…x is not possible without attractions.
(If maya is strong, why Krishna made maya strong? READ HERE!)
This was my message. This does not mean, I am supporting attractions. I told the reality. That’s all.
Ok, Next, you say that one can not involve in population growth if he is detached. Detachment means, NOT SKIPPING THE ACTIONS. But, NOT THINKING THAT IT IS PERMANENT AND EXPECTING IT AGAIN AND AGAIN.
When you involve in s..x with your wife/ husband, IF YOU THINK THAT YOU SHOULD GET THIS PLEASURE FOR EVER AND YOU CAN NOT LIVE WITHOUT THAT PLEASURE, THEN, YOU ARE ATTACHED.
If you mingle with your wife with the following thought, it is DETACHMENT:
“Krishna has given this birth for me. I should give good devotee children to serve Krishna. So, I have to involve in s…x life with my wife/ husband. I know that s…x needs some impurity of mind. Please Krishna , forgive such impurities and please accept my Garba dhaan activity as one of my assigned duty as a husband to give children to the family. I will try my best to make my children your devotees. Please offer good children for us who can become your devotees and serve you in future.”
(Is treating opposite gender as Sibling too an act of attachment? READ HERE!)
Praying to Krishna like this and chanting a few rounds of the Lord’s names, for example, Hare Krishna Maha Manthra, you can involve in physical relations with your wife/ husband.
I have never said that sex does not involve impurities. I have clearly said, in fact, I ONLY HAVE DARINGLY SAID that sex is impossible WITHOUT IMPURITY OF ATTRACTIONS even among serious devotee families.
How can a male get excited without seeing the beauty of his wife? If the body skin of his wife is fully burnt, and her body becomes ugly, WILL THAT MALE GET EXCITED ON SEEING THE BODY OF THAT WIFE?
What this means?
Lusty act is not possible without attractions. I will say this in any forum without hesitations. Detachment will not make the body agitated. But, such “permitted attachment” for getting a devotee child is accepted as an assigned duty.
So, once you involve in s..x, you become a little impure. However, as we accept that impurity to perform our services to Lord still better without sense disturbances.
(Is marriage and getting more children advised or not? READ HERE!)
That is why, who take sanyasa in the young age and follow that strictly are considered as the pure souls.
However, as such sanyasa from childhood is very difficult for all in this kaliyuga, we remind the people to marry and follow the Grahastha rules. That’s all. Instead of fighting with the agitating senses, it is better to control the senses by leading a regulated grahastha life with the spouse and involve in the Lord’s service with a balanced and un-oscillated mind.
So, ONLY IF ONE CAN REMAIN PURE WITH MATERIAL DETACHMENT & VIOLATIONS THROUGHOUT THE LIFE, HE/ SHE SHOULD SKIP MARRIAGE.
At the same time, if one skips the marriage and dedicates his/ her life for Krishna’s service, he is the greatest among all the devotees because he has sacrificed his own pleasures for serving Krishna.
We should not produce animal like children, but devotee children only. This is the purpose of male-female interactions after marriage.
Hope, you are clear about
(Differences between Attachment Detachment & Sanyasa in Grahastha life! READ HERE!)