this topic, i hope, will serve as a tool to everyone who is attempting retention. so far i am on record time, having not ejaculated for 19 days now. i have tried a lot of practices and try some today which may even seem crazy - i do not care, if it helps me in preventing nocturnal emissions i will do it. thus, i will cover some things i believe need to be addressed.

first subject: pornography, masturbation and women.

if you want to get past three days i heavily advise you stop watching porn; this instant. stop for a moment and enter a meditation like state while keeping your eyes open. look at all the weird thoughts going through, crazy huh? when you are watching porn and pleasuring yourself, as these usually go hand in hand, you are receiving tons of subtle information and gestures from the film. one is that women are here to give you your pleasure and must obey your command (hence men guiding the positions without regard for the womans feelings in most films). this will create fantasies in your mind where things must go a certain way or they're wrong. pornography i believe can also cause a form of erectile dysfunction, but that is merely my opinion.

masturbation, something else you must drop too. by this point if you haven't already gone back to the tao lounge muttering "this guy is nuts" you may be onto something. masturbation is in essence the physical manifestation of all of your sexual thoughts and desires. notice when you masturbate in your mind you are thinking of a pretty girl, maybe a model, maybe your girlfriend, doing things just how you like them. desire. once you quit masturbating you may find days to be significantly longer depending on how you go about your life, take the hint and use it as meditation time, or if you're into that type of stuff, qigong or energy work.

lastly, women. no you don't have to drop them but you do have to change how you think about them. look how filthy our minds are, we see an attractive woman and all we think about is having sex with her! this is how your desires have taken over your life. if you see an attractive girl just take her for what she is and move on; instead of staring at her tits all day and thinking "man i'd totally hit that." it is because of a woman that we're all alive, i'd believe some respect is due to them as they are genuinely the creators of all that is and all that ever has been.

something to keep in mind is that the path of great sacrifice is the path to great rewards. a lot of willpower is needed to do anything on the spiritual path, and being chaste is no different. at first, it is hell; you do not want to do it and you want it to end right now. within time you get a hand of the ropes and learn what you thought was terrible really isn't.

an example of this is learning how to play an instrument. at first your music will sound terrible, so bad even to your ears it sounds vile. you will be greatly discouraged, even in jest by your peers. if you can learn to overcome this and continue to practice, within time your instrument becomes a second voice, another means of expression to you; then your music is loud and beautiful to the ear.

and thus it is so with retention. you will want to watch the pornographic films, you will want to masturbate, you will want to have an orgasm, accept all this as this is the only way. upon starting you will fail, many times over again and will wake up only to find your energy has been taken from you in your sleep. do not give up, this is imperative for this process. write down what caused you to lose your seed and meditate on it and begin the process again as this is the only way to slowly purify yourself; overnight change simply does not exist.

so far, one thing i have found that works in time is not laying on your stomach, rather sleeping on your sides. when you sleep on your stomach you usually naturally get an erection, at which point any movement on the mattress could cause enough friction for you to have an orgasm even without the aid of succubi. when you learn to sleep on your sides there is no friction and thus, no unnecessary excitation of the creative organs.

the alleged dangers of sexual retention
this i do not understand at all. people claiming that sexual retention can be hazardous for your health. i do not see how it would be dangerous to your health to keep the energy that created you; instead of wasting it for a few seconds for sensual pleasure. i believe this is a deep, deep rooted ego of lust that does not want to give up. ask yourself that next time, why do i want to orgasm? why? your mind will give you an instant response and that isn't what we're looking for here, you must look deep inside.. meditate on it.

do not get me wrong - there are side effects to retention, but i wouldn't call them dangerous. at first it will be difficult, you are pretty much re-wiring your bodies system to save instead of spend, and we all know savings accounts have higher apr rating, ha! you may feel pains in odd areas, areas you may have not even explored on your body.. you may even become sick for some time (as i am now sick out of the blue). however, this is something to look forward to i believe, as this is a sign of something marvelous going on inside: detoxification. see, when you spend your time spilling your seed every "cycle" or in some cases every day, your body has no time to regenerate. you give your body the message "this guy is creating life here, let's give the best we got to create a new human" your body does not know you are just enjoying yourself. once you stop this process your body no longer has to focus on obtaining energy to replenish it's reserves once lost from the orgasm, giving time for some well overdue healing.

this is where you feel the aches, the pains, the sickness etc. then on the second part you have those whom bring up the idea that orgasm will help the prostate. think of this for a moment, why is it that prostate cancer is only highly rampant in the united states? scientists believe it is the high use of dairy products, probably the lack of exercise and high obesity rates, too. nonetheless, there is other forms of caring to your prostate rather than exercising it via expulsion. massaging the pubococcygeus muscle externally provides some relief to the prostate without having an orgasm.

all in all, retention is not for everyone. some people love the orgasm and couldn't imagine life without it - that is fine, everyone will live their life. remember this, though, that your sensual desires will never be satisfied and in absence of their satisfaction is their dissatisfaction, and thus is the never ending cycle of desire.

today is my 26th day of retention and due to my recent findings i will post some tools here that i believe will help all retain. the movements are of hatha yoga and basically mimic pranayama externally. they also claim various health benefits; if that's true great but if not that's fine to - we're doing it for simple retention.

here is the first asana, it is known as "Sirshana"



it is done by locking your fingers together on the floor and thus making a triangle-like shaped figure and then putting your head inside of it. i suggest you use a wall for a while to practice and get the use of it as you will fall if you try it without. breathe only through the nose in this asana. i first held this posture at about a minute and 10 seconds, i am now up to two minutes. my advice would be to just hold for as long as you can and everyday increase by 10 seconds (or more, if you like).

here is the second asana, also known as "Sarvangasana"



it is asked you do this asana after Sirshana and also claims various health benefits; the only one im concerned with is stopped nocturnal emissions, which it does say it stops. it is pretty self-explanatory from the photo and this one gives a recommended practice time of 5 minutes and then continue progressing from then at your own pace.

this is the last asana named Matsyasana; this is to ease out any cramps or stiffness developed from long term practice of the above asanas.



do not frighten, it is not as complicated as it looks. simply get in full lotus, lay down (with your feet still in full lotus) and arch your head so that it is flat on the ground. you should feel a burn in your lower back and that will signify it is working. you can hold this for as long as you like, as it gives no recommended practice time. again i suggest you do it as long as you can and add slowly onto that. once finished your back will feel good and light.

all of these asanas where taken from the book "Practice of Brahmacharya" which can be found in it's entirety (here). if you are truly curious it has a lot of information you can utilize without having to be drawn into it's anti-sex semantics. good luck to you all.