How To Overcome Lust in our Everyday Life?
Krishna says in Bhagavad Gita that lust is the biggest enemy of men and women in this world. It destroys a person’s life completely.
In Bhagavad Gita 3.36, Arjuna has a question. He asks Krishna, “Why is it that one ends up committing sins even if he is unwilling to do it?”The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: "It is lust only, Arjuna, which is born of contact with the material mode of passion and later transformed into wrath, and which is the all-devouring sinful enemy of this world.”
Lord Krishna says in Bhagavad Gita that "there are three gates which leads us towards hell.They are lust,anger and greed.Therefore one should abandon these."
Can Lust be Satisfied?
Lust can never be satisfied.It is like a well in which if you once take a dip then you goes on dipping inside the well only.Many people think that by manstrubating they can satisfy their lust(kaam vasana).But its not the truth.By doing like this many people not only waste their vital energy but also gets addicted to this activity.Lust can never be satisfied and this is confirmed by Lord Shri Krishna.Lord Krishna says in Bhagavad Gita that “Thus the wise living entity’s pure consciousness becomes covered by his eternal enemy in the form of lust, which is never satisfied and which burns like fire.” Bhagavad Gita 3.39.
For example, Ravana had many queens and one of his queens was Mandodari who was very beautiful and chaste. But still impelled by lust, Ravana also wanted to enjoy with Mother Sita.
Can Lust Be Controlled?If yes then how?
This human life is very special and we have got this life after so many sufferings.We have taken birth in the form of many other species before and suffered a lot and after that we have got this human birth.So we should not let it go waste at any cost.Firstly let me clear that lust is not not ony the desire to enjoy the opposite sex.Any kind of Sense Gratification is lust.Sense Gratification means any desire to satisfy our senses.
Lust has to be controlled. And it can be controlled. Krishna explains that we should try our best to control our lust. It is always better to control the lust in the beginning. Krishna says to Arjuna, “Therefore, O Arjuna, best of the Bhāratas, in the very beginning curb this great symbol of sin [lust] by regulating the senses, and slay this destroyer of knowledge and self-realization.” Bhagavad Gita 3.41
To control lust, we should control our senses. The first step is that we should not allow our senses to engage in any form of activities which will aggravate lust. Also, it is important that we should not contemplate on the objects of the senses. For this, we should flood our mind with Krishna Conscious thoughts and activities. By doing this our mind will get busy with Krishna Conscious subject matters. And it won’t have time to think about lusty subject matters.
And always do remember that by surrending yourself to Lord Krishna is the only way through which you can deal with all the problems in life whether it be lust or anything.
Personal Experience by Lust
Lust has been a major problem for me in my life.I have tried many times to get rid of this lust but then also I end up doing some activites under the influence of lust which I did'nt want to do.I would always take a firm decision to not to come under the influence of lust but then also many a times I gets lost to lust.But Now After Getting Influenced by Shri Krishna bhakti,now I am able to control lust much more than before.I do accept that till now I have not able to control lust fully.But whenever I gets influenced by lust I chant the the names of the Holy Lord and sing the Hare Krishna Mahamantra and this helps me a lot to control my lustful feelings.You can also try this and I will say do pray to God everyday to help us to get rid of this lust because its only the God who can help you overcome lust and no one else.
