Celibacy/tension
Question
Hello Dhananjay,
I just wanted to ask why do some people find
that sex or masturbation is a good release of tension
& stress? are they widely misinformed on the whole purpose
of celibacy or what? Is it that they can't handle all that
sexual energy/semen being built or perhaps they don't know
how to transmute it ?
p.s I would think ''tension'' of the whole body alone would
be an excellent thing physically for sports as long as you
keep stretching and eating right; wouldn't you think ?
Answer
Hello Troy,
Trust you are doing good, coming to your query,
Q1: Why do people generally experience an 'apparent' release of tension further to the sexual act?
A: When man comes under sexual duress, positive 'pranic energy' or vital life energy which is the source and fuel for all of man's activities, growth, progress and success gets converted into 'sexual energy'. Left to himself there is nothing called sexual energy within man. It is the thought of the sexual act as a source of delusive pleasure which fires up man's sex plane and converts healthy life force into sexual currents. When man continuously ponders on objects in the sex plane, most of this vital creative energy from within (which he could have used for creative activities and attained fantastic success) gets converted into 'sexual energy'. Further to a few days in this state, this sexual energy heightens and expands (by drawing from his vital energy) and he becomes like a balloon fully filled with air. Once he reaches this stage he feels a strong urge for sex which is what people refer to as the 'sexual need'. If he indulges in sex or masturbation, these sexual currents get temporarily released (thereby also draining the body of the precious vital energy) and he feels an apparent release of 'tension'.
In reality he has foolishly created this sexual tension in the first place by pondering over the objects of senses and converting his vital energy into sexual force. There is nothing called as a sexual need at all in the first place. It is only a result of delusion fueled by past memories of sex as a source of pleasure. With every sexual 'release' man actively participates in the process of converting his precious vital force into sexual energy and throwing it all away. It is like a man who has a million dollars in his bank account, he takes out a few thousand dollars every few days, buys cylinders containing a poisonous gas, locks himself into a room and lets the gas loose. At the point when the whole room is filled with gas he complains of a 'tension' arising due to lack of fresh air and decides to open the windows to let the dirty air out and fresh air in. After a few days he is back at his trick again - Drawing money from the bank, buying gas and then throwing it all away! Such an irony. At least money can be earned back but semen once lost can never, never I repeat never be got back. To produce every ounce of semen the body takes a great beating. It is produced at the cost of his entire well being.
As man starts to free himself from the grip of sexuality through celibacy, he will soon start to realize that lust is just a trick of his mind and really non-existent. Whatever stirrings of lust he feels are only a recall of his past associations with this activity. Once he starts to conserve this great force present within, he sill succeed wonderfully in whatever action he engages in and shine like a star.
The secret of transmutation is to keep the mind free of sexual thoughts in the first place and give adequate work for the mind/ body and heart in constructive activity.
Trust this helps
God bless and have a nice day :-)
Dhananjay