How to save Smen
Question
QUESTION: Namskar Guruji, i knew that one must control and save semen. This make us very very powerful in years. but one thing that i came to know is "when semen goes out of limit in your body, it automatically comes out." Is it true? If it is...then how to save this??? Dhanyawad.
ANSWER: Firstly, I will request all not to address me as Guru, considering I'm nothing more than an aspirant in the path of Brahmacharya.
The production of semen in a true Brahmachari who transmutes his vital fluid through adequate physical exercise, mental work, Pranayama and God-meditation is regulated and 'just enough' to meet the demands of his body, mind and psyche. Such a Brahmachari consumes moderate and limited food and never more. So the question of 'excess' semen does not arise. The body produces just enough to sustain itself for robust health. The rest is transmuted into Ojas. Presence of excess semen that spills out is an indication that transmutation is not being carried out properly. It generally takes a year of unbroken Brahmacharya to reach this state where semen is continuously converted into Ojas without the question of excess.
ॐ तत् सत्
(That Supreme being is the absolute truth)
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QUESTION: ...if someone calls you sir, then you don't have any problem. Right, then why problem if i use Sanskrut/Hindi for that word? I don't want to use sir. Anyways, you mean that COnverting of semen in Ojas is not automatic process? Then what to do for that. so that my semen can be converted into Ojas?
Answer
In the path of Yoga, the Sanskruth term 'Guru' befits one who has reached the state of self-realization and has thus attained to perfection and mastery. There is no English term which is an equivalent for the word Guru. Words such as master, teacher, mentor etc.. do not cover even a small percentage of meaning that the word Guru conveys. The range and depth of the word Guru is vast and immense. In the path of Yoga and Brahmavidya (knowledge of self-realization) the term Guru should not be used lightly or casually towards everyone or anyone just because they offer some information or guidance. A perfected soul who has attained to God-realization is alone fit to be a Guru and no one else. Others can only share with fellow aspirants what little they know on a well wishing basis but cannot become Gurus. Hence I do not deserve to get addressed as Guru.
Conversion of semen into Ojas is an automatic process further to one's efforts at transmutation and not without. With the onset of puberty, the channel for the downward flow of Prana is opened up. After the first ejaculation of semen upon attaining to puberty, the body whose downward channel was closed is thrown open forever. Thereupon is always a tendency for Prana and hence semen to flow down and out. The trigger for downward flow is sexual thought. This acts as a switch that releases semen downward. Since there are strong sexual Vasanas (tendencies) in the causal body carried over from previous births, sexual thoughts flower and blossom every now and then. One has to lead a strict and disciplined life of Yoga and abhor from the senses along with regular God-thought and God-meditation coupled with mental and physical activity to reverse this downward flow in the upward direction, following which it becomes Ojas. After considerable time of such a lifestyle beyond a year and half to two years of Unbroken Brahmacharya, the tendency for downward flow reduces greatly along with a drastic reduction in the production of physical semen. A larger percentage of Prana then directly starts getting converted into Ojas without getting fully converted into physical semen. In other words, the production of physical semen formed through digestion for the purpose of reproduction reduces in volume. Only the percentage required to sustain the physical body gets generated in the testes.
Till self-realization, this effort at transmutation needs to be constant, regular and continuous, though the effort one has to put to achieve complete transmutation will gradually reduce with spiritual advancement towards the state of an Urdhvareta (non-semen producing Yogi). The effort at the initial year to a year and half of unbroken Brahmacharya needs to be much intense as compared to the later stages. Even in an Urdhvareta, a small volume of semen is produced to nourish and sustain the physical body. But this volume is very negligible in comparison with the excessive volume of semen that is being produced and expended downward by the non-brahmachari.
The best way to convert semen into Ojas is through regular physical, mental and spiritual activity comprising of God-meditation and through strict avoidance of letting sexual thoughts flower into larger proportions. The practice of Pranayama carried out before sunrise and at sunset is very beneficial. Food should be light and not heavy. Meat and highly spicy, salted and seasoned foods are a strict avoid. Such a regular and disciplined mode of unbroken Brahmacharya, if carried out beyond a year or year and half without a single voluntary loss will help one reach the state where transmutation and sublimation becomes more natural and with very less tendency for the downward flow. Production of physical semen greatly reduces and Prana is instead directly converted into Ojas. But the tendency for downward flow reactivates if one is not vigilant and cautious in preventing the growth of sexual thoughts into lust and passion. Hence one's efforts and daily 'Sadhana' should be regularly done without fail and the mind kept pure and clean.
ॐ तत् सत्
(That Supreme being is the absolute truth)