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tkdas
United Kingdom
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 Posted - May 28 2012 : 1:21:17 PM
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Hello everyone,
I'm new to the AYP Yoga system. My main focus has been the Gaudiya Vaisnava bhakti-yoga tradition, but I am interested in using other yoga systems to help improve areas of my life that will help my health and progress.
Prior to getting involved with Vaisnavism (in 2008), I read a book by Swami Sivananda called 'Practice of Brahmacarya.' At the time I was 17 and really inspired to try out celibacy to see what benefits it might have on my energy, memory, etc. Unfortunately, I was not really practicing any spiritual disciplines at the time to transform this energy. The path I am following is very much orientated towards total sexual restraint, except for procreation. However, this is the ideal, and the ideal is not always attainable straightaway for everyone. I did not realise this in the beginning, and was perhaps overzealous.
Now I am 22 years old, have avoided intimate relationships with the opposite sex for over 4 years now, and am concerned about my sexual health. I've repressed myself a lot in the past few years, chastising myself whenever I slipped up with pornography, etc. In general I don't feel as well as I used to be, and there are lingering feelings of unease, anxiety and guilt in me about sex.
I now realise that I made a big mistake in mortifying myself at a stage where I wasn't ready for such a change. At times I feel great pressure to release my sexual tension, but I am concerned about depleting ojas and vitamins and minerals and perhaps making myself more susceptible to illness.
Any advice on what I could do to extract myself from this difficult situation? |
Edited by - tkdas on May 28 2012 1:22:08 PM |
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woosa
United Kingdom
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Posted - May 28 2012 : 6:55:41 PM
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Hi tkdas and welcome!
I wouldn't worry about the past, it's what you do now that is important.
Like you, I followed the whole celibacy thing for many years. Looking back that sucked! Trying to stay celibate was like trying to balance a fridge on my head!
Abstaining can make you very frustrated and obssessive about maintaining it, and when you slip up there can be guilt and sadness. It's all unecessary because we made ourselves follow this rule and when it goes wrong we make ourselves feel guilty about it. Pretty daft, eh?
I would suggest that reading this lesson http://www.aypsite.org/T79.html
and the other tantra lessons here: http://www.aypsite.org/TantraDirectory.html
What is more important than Brahmacharya is setting up a regular practice of Spinal Breathing and Deep Meditation. The rest will follow from there.  In time you will naturally want to stay pre-orgasmic, and the Tantra lessons are there when that happens. |
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yogishankar
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Posted - Jun 25 2012 : 11:54:04 PM
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| Well said Woosa |
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