Enquiry and sexual continence

[Guest guest]

Sat Nam!

 

Interesting questions...according to Ayurvedic health and especially in the

area of Prana (big P!) the act of sex is the greatest depletion of Prana at

very deep levels. If you are practicing sex without a partner or with a

partner without awareness of the intense loss or exchange of prana then you

are depleting yourself of the life force.

 

Masturbation is one of the quickest ways ( no pun intended) to throw Vata out

of balance and use up the precious little fluids we have. Do you know your

constitution? This info holds true for all of us, but if you are Vata you

need to be even more cautious with your Prana. Building up Prana through

Ojas, diet, pranayama, etc.

 

I wish you health and lots of Prana!

Rebecca

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Our culture is very into turning everyone into sex addicts. It is

just one of the many examples of our culture's neurosis in that we

make an industry out of things that are self destructive. Popular

culture doesn't except the idea of ojas, or semen being a nutritional

fluid that is recycled in the body. Western culture also has a

history of guilt around sexuality so to some extent the lack of any

chastity is a reaction to that. Chinese medicine says a man should

not lose his semen in winter. Other seasons no more often than this:

take your age, double it, move the decimal point back one number.

Less often if you are weak or tired; not at all if you have a health

problem. Intercourse is considered less weakening because there is an

exchange of fluids so there is some gain, balancing out some of the

loss. In yogic medicine masturbation in men is considered unhealthy

because there is no exchange of energies, and because of heavy

subconscious exertion (an etheric partner is created in the

subconscious). It is considered okay if the alternative is to go

nuts. Sa Ta Na Ma meditation for 60 minutes is considered an antidote

for the urge; so is racket sports. Intense, regular urge is

considered an addiction and requires investigation of the underlying

issues. If boys were taught that there is an energy point at the base

of the penis, and by stimulating it in a non-sexual way the energy

that collects there can be released upwardly they would soon find

masturbation and other sexual compulsions disappear.