How can renunciates sublimate the need for sexual pleasure?

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be they may they may be so we need good relationships at least with some devotees and we can’t just artificially artificially create good relationships yes we want to make sure that we have cordial relationship with everyone we don’t want to be averse to anyone but still we have to for us to have deep relationships we need to have like-minded people so for us in our ashram to find out a like-minded person with whom we can connect connect very nicely that is vital and to the extent that emotional need for emotional relational need is taken care of then the physical need can be subordinated and of course in today’s culture the physical need is the physical aspect of the relationship is aggravated because there is so much sensual propaganda all around but even in many many traditional marriages after a particular age people would the physical aspect would go beyond they would go beyond it and then say when people go 40 50 60 husband and wife are together they are more like partners than as objects of sense gratification for each other even if people are not spiritual that aspect goes down gradually today there might be artificial stimulation in society because of age people take aphrodisiacs and take this and that to try to stay sexually active even afterwards but this phase say maybe age of 20 to 50 or something like that when the body’s sexual activity is there the hormones are very strong during that period to be without the need for physical without physical indulgence that is a challenge but the other aspects can be fulfilled that particular has to be tolerated and then transcended