John Zen

I would make it so that the Federal Reserve was never, and would never be created. Private global bankers controlling the money supply of a nation? No thank you.

Lay down on your back. When it comes, squeeze your butt together tightly, as if you're trying to keep something from coming out your backside. I feel like I'm squeezing my anus together when I do the lock. Do this, along with squeezing the perineum. Do this as soon as you feel orgasm starting. Orgasm happens just before ejaculation. You can feel the orgasm and stop the ejaculation this way. This is how I've been able to find success.

Answer two questions and I might be able to help you: 1) Do you feel like your lust goes away temporarily after masturbation? 2) Do you feel tired after masturbation?

There is no God, except for the Divine Force that exists within all of us. No spiritual father that makes things right for those who are good (If he existed, you wouldn't be having this dilemma, would you?) It is each person's responsibility to create their own life however they choose. There is much suffering (and there always will be) in the world. Good people suffering at the expense of the bad. You can stress about these injustices, and fight your whole life to rid the world of it, but in the end, you will only have taken one drop of water out of the ocean of suffering in the world. You, now, in this moment, to answer the questions you ask, must only realize one thing: You control your own life. Do not allow yourself to suffer at the expense of bad people. You cannot control the suffering of the good at the expense of the bad elsewhere. Nor should you. It is their life to liberate. If you despair about the injustices, then you are just one more victim of the evil. You are one more person suffering at the hands of evil. It is your choice. Be happy for all of the good that exists in your life!

You have not witnessed much! Those that live in ignorance suffer so much more than those that are enlightened. They just don't know it. Ignorant even of their own ignorance. Do not begrudge the numb, who are incapable of feeling pain: for they are themselves incapable of feeling true happiness.

Because I'd rather be a sleeping automotron than have to deal with being Neo, with all of his responsibilities, being the one and what not... :-D

I would certainly hope not!

I've had some experience with lucid dreaming. I try every day to do reality checks to ask myself whether or not I'm dreaming. I get lucky every once in a while and ask myself if I'm dreaming while I'm in a dream, and even then, I'll have to get lucky to answer the question right. Logic does not rule in the dreamworld, so answering the question becomes difficult. "Check your hands, how many fingers do you have? Six, good, just as I suspected", and suddenly I've missed an opportunity to become lucid. Everything that you experience is an expression of the subconscious, an expression of your emotional self. Emotion, not logic, rules the subconscious. I believe, in my experience, and like Freud, that the person's subconscious is the person's sexuality. The images and experiences we feel in dreams, and even the emotions that we experience in our waking life, are expressions of sexuality. But this paragraph is a digression... Lucid Dreams are pleasant side effects of a cultivated awareness. You ought to not strive for lucid dreams. They are fun, but not a goal in and of themselves. You ought to aim to cultivate the ever-present awareness within you through meditation, and if you begin having Lucid Dreams or Out-of-body experiences, then you can take those as sign-posts that you are on the right track. Continue to keep a journal of your dreams and of your waking experience, and this will help cultivate your awareness and help you become lucid, if you wish. =========== I will talk more in depth about your last question, whether I have tried to fall asleep in a Qigong state in order to become lucid. Yes, I have, but it is hard. It was an out-of-body experience, which is different from a lucid dream. In a lucid dream, you find yourself in a strange, foreign place. You normally reach this while you are already asleep. For a week, I would wake up with an alarm set for 5 hours after I fell asleep. I'd walk up, get some water, write down any dreams I've had, then I went back to bed. One night, I was laying back in sleep, and regulating my breath. After a time, I felt very light. Then, suddenly, I became disconnected from my body, and I was able to walk around my room, like a spirit, through walls. I flew through my roof and over my town. Entering sleep while in a state of qigong will only get you an OBE, not a lucid dream, although LDs and OBEs are two sides of the same coin. But still very different. I have had different experiences, tried using different vitamins or supplements to regulate my sleep and dreaming. But I have given those up. I'd feel like I'm cheating. I just try to practice awareness as often as I can every day, clearing my mind, and I sometimes find myself lucid while dreaming.

Thanks for the interview

Thank you for your post. It has changed my attitude in a positive way. Wonderful stuff.

I hear people talk about Magick. I don't think there's any other way for me to put it: What are some real examples of Daoist Magick?

I have, after some time, finally gained enough control of my PC muscle and my sexual function to reach orgasm while stopping the ejaculation process. I have realized that orgasm occurs right before ejaculation, and after orgasm, can immediately "close the pipes" and stop the ejaculation. I think that this is a positive, because I don't feel drained, now, after orgasm, and also my penis doesn't become sore and limp, or especially sensitive to touch or stimulation. I have done this several times through self stimulation, and once with my partner However, my erection seems to go away after the orgasm -- not as quickly or as completely as an ejaculatory orgasm, but I do still lose most of my stiffness. I am wondering if any Bums with experience can tell me why this is? Can I continue stimulating even through the orgasm? I tried once, with my partner, but I found it was more difficult to hold the fluid in (in fact, I didn't hold it completely in). Or should I stop even sooner? Or, is there a third option that I'm not even considering? Perhaps just patience and persistence, letting my body adjust? Thanks for any help! May any light you share with me find its way back into your life in a form more useful to you.

You can usually tell when something is off, when something is wrong, or when something is bad. When it does not follow the Way, you sometimes cannot explain in words why, but you know in your heart when something is deviated from the Way. In understanding when something is not in accordance with natural law, you can therefore, sometimes, discern what that law itself is. Maybe way off, just my random thoughts.

I do not know about having multiple orgasms yet... Only this week I have learned how to separate orgasm and ejaculation, so I still need some time to practice and figure things out during intercourse. Here is what I know: Orgasm occurs just before ejaculation. If I approach the sexual climax slowly, coming right up to it, then stopping, then coming up again, stopping again... if I do this a few times, it will make the orgasm more enjoyable once it comes, because there is more energy waiting to explode up my spine. It also makes it more controllable. It's like I'm guiding a chariot of horses towards the edge of a cliff; they're easier to control if they're moving more slowly. So finally, after flirting with the point of no return, I will just go towards the orgasm. I need to pay extra close attention to when the orgasm happens, and I inhale deeply with my belly as soon as it happens and feel the warm energy flow up my spine into my brain. But as soon as the event happens, I also need to be very vigilant and flex the PC muscle tightly. It is easier for me if I am laying down, because I need to squeeze my anus together tightly. This was the hardest part for me to learn, it just takes lots of practice: to learn how to control and stop the ejaculation, and to learn, experientially, how orgasm and ejaculation are different. So in this way I can experience orgasm without ejaculation. The orgasm does not feel as satisfying as an ejaculatory orgasm AT THE MOMENT, but I am not depleted afterwards, so in total, the orgasm is more rewarding. Also, my penis doesn't feel like a beating-red, over-sensitive organ that I would be embarrassed for a woman to see. My body and my penis retain vitality, relative to an ejaculatory orgasm. However, it's not complete vitality -- I lose some stiffness, and I'm not as easily stimulated immediately afterwards. I think this is the right first step, though, in becoming multi-orgasmic: learning how to separate orgasm and ejaculation. I still have much to learn. Tell me, what exactly is the big draw? (What is its purpose, how is it done?)

There is the Law that tries to make people equals, and there is the Law that tries to treat people equally. All of our debt comes from trying to make people equal through entitlement spending, and the day of reckoning will come sooner or later. "Without laws or compulsion, men would dwell in harmony" - Lao Tzu

I understand that Orgasm and Ejaculation are in fact not the same thing (for males), and that you can train your body to have the orgasms without any emissions. This can be beneficial because the body uses very much energy to produce sperm, and if you can keep the sperm inside of you, sooner or later that energy can go towards other things. (Some of that may not be exactly right, and if you think otherwise please elaborate on it...) But that is kind of aside from the main point, I guess... Anyways, many times that I've read about these things, the writings will generally say to contract the PC muscle when you feel yourself getting close. I feel like when ejaculating though, I feel the muscle contract and almost push the stuff out. So my experience tells me that contraction pushes out, but all of these writings say that contraction pulls up and in. And to be honest, I feel that when I am ready to come and I try to squeeze, it's completely un-natural and almost dangerous if I were to try to hard. I think that I would be better off trying to relax the muscle and keep it from squeezing, but I don't know, that's why I am asking for help. Can any bums who have walked down this way help me along it? May light enter your life.

I am sorry, I only meant that I cannot speak for women, and that I only understand things that deal with the male sexual response. Women are far too confusing for me! I will respond to other posts later, thank you all for your input...

I'm not sure how this fits into Taoism, other than the fact that we can observe how energies in the world's geo-political arena are shifting and sliding under the authority of fewer and fewer people. The emerging Global Government is like the Ego, it rules by creating illusions and is based in fear, feelings of insecurity, and bondage of the human mind. But you Bums seem to be an intelligent group of people, with bright minds! Some may be more aware than others of the degree of collusion that takes place among world leaders and power-brokers. There is no conspiracy theory; Clintons, Bushes, Obama, Kissinger, Rockefellers, Rothschilds, Axelrod, Gore, and on, and on, and on ... EVERYONE who is ANYONE in this world is working towards building a New World Order: a system of global governance where the sovereignty of nations are submissive to a new global authority. They speak openly about it. Frequently. But if you do not own stake in this New World Order and you speak of it, you are treated as a loon or a nut. It is a fact, and that is truth. And for the life of me, I can't decide if it is a glorious destiny awaiting mankind, or if it is like Revelation's Beast trying to enslave the world. What are your thoughts?

I feel something off about it too. But then again I'm not a clear channel either

The world is beautiful. Walking today, I am amazed simply at trees and at the sprouting plants. Bright colors and intricate design! Everywhere we walk, everything we see, all of this world is a display of harmony, intelligence, beauty, and truth! --- We always focus on the negative, especially as a society. In the news, we never (or rarely) hear of good things. It's always the murder, the economic troubles, the conflicts. And this is the nature of the Beast, the nature of the Ego. Just as 99.9% of the world is empty space and all of our conceptions are based off of the tiny minority of truth, so society focuses on the few isolated events of evil. And so we focus on that, and it brings us down. But in reality, how much of life are people polite? Do we feel good? Is harmony and abundance all around us? Even a fat sick ugly man is a miracle, and we never see it. Bliss is everywhere!! The degree to which we perceive this truth is the degree to which we are enlightened. I am beginning to see the serenity, to hear the silence, and to feel the balance that pervades everything, and it is always there. Focus on it!

Hi guys, I'm dealing with a problem in my life: I am a fountain of lust. I can't help but stare at every beautiful girl that walks by, and I always feel a little empty inside knowing that I can't have every beautiful girl I want. The good thing is, I know that it's a problem and I'm trying to address it. I'm always trying to suppress the emotion I feel, but it always comes up!! I try weeks of celibacy to try to address any hormone part of it, but it doesn't help at all. I usually feel a little less lustful after I've ejaculated, but then there's the downer feeling that ejaculation gives me, so it's a net loss, still. I'm twenty, live on a college campus (lots of pretty girls everywhere...), and my girlfriend lives two hours away (for now) so I feel as if my environment is largely detremental to my position, but oh well, what can I do... Can any bums share their experience dealing with lust, or offer any practical suggestions on how to supress this destructive emotion?? May Light be in your life!! John Zen

A sperm has two destinations: outside via ejaculation, or inside via re-absorption into the body. They don't live forever, so if they're now spewn out, they'll be reabsorbed. Apparently, the sperms are good for the Central Nervous System (the nutrients that they contain are put to good use after re-absorption). So it got me thinking... "If only there were a way to orgasm without ejaculating..." And I recall that this sounds familiar in terms of Taoist Alchemy and Hindu Tantra. It sounds FAMILIAR to me... maybe I'm way off... Can any Bums speak of this topic from experience? I am wondering if orgasm without physical stimulation is possible...

Are any Bums familiar with Samael Aun Weor and his writings? He is a Western Gnostic who seems to have synthesized (or attempted to do so) many of the world's great religions. Those that are familiar wit him, how credible do you say he is?

What have lecithin's effects been for you?