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you really added to the reputation of your army:-) that makes sense. maybe the fact that this time she was more interested in sex than you (or in my cases than I) also had a balancing effect :-) If I think back over the whole time I tried to sublimate my sex drive, I sometimes was really choleric and amazed what a beast lives in me (of course it's not alone there). Knowing of this power also made some rather body-related fears vanish.

I am pondering on the question for the right diet for quite some time now myself. I tried raw food several years ago but I had a problem with being to sensitive, not being grounded at that time (not doing any body technics back then), so I gave it up. I remained vegetarian. I tried vegan, but felt a need for fish protein and goats milk and some more social compatiblity. I am driving back to vegan again now. I make sure to get a lot of green stuff and adding spirulina powder and other natural supplements to my foods. Fish contributes to my hornyness and makes me feel quite "raw" in my mind... Rudolf Steiner states that by eating fish one takes in Kama. There is lots of interesting hints about nutrition by that guy, mostly / originally in German. Diary products are attributed to the Moon and might help to stabilise form, but if they're pasteurized it's difficult to absorb them. I read about two lines of Taoists, the older one promoting a diet without cereals (I read about the worms and demons:-), the more modern one prefering cereal-based (vegetarian) meals. I guess the first ones were putting emphasis on protein intake which is fuel for the libido fire? I bought a book from a self-appointed rosicrucian Raymond Bernard called "diet and sex control", written in the late 60ies if I remember right. He collected a lot of material supporting a carbohydrate-based / protein-poor diet, but I worry that he is not only against waste of lifeforce in orgasms but subconciously has some resistance to revere the sexual nature of creation and the work and processes leading to enlightment. There is another diet-related book of his, "methods of blood regeneration" which is more appealing to me. Eating cereals actually makes me feel constipated for quite a time. I experimented with some synthetic amino acids and other stuff like Methionin, L-Lysine, L-Artnithine, L-Ornithine, Tryptophan that might be essential for the activation of the pineal gland and for other important parts of the brain. I then was warned by a naturopath that they are plastic and will lead to a hardening of tissues. I don't trust him, but don't feel 100% sure about the supplements. However the intake of pure amino acids felt also rather pure in conciousness at that time. Protein-concetrated diet is considered a root evil by many naturopaths. I largely obey the principles of food combining, i.e. eating carbohydrates and proteins at different times. And I eat kosher in so far as I don't mix diary products with fish (if I eat them at all). I realized it's beneficial to stop drinking some time before eating and wait for about two hours after it, so that digestion can take place without diluting the gastric juices. When I was in my early twenties I fasted sometimes, finding it very hard. I didn't do so for a long time, also because I am rather underweight. However I think of giving it a try again. I also heard that one can actually stabilize (increase) the body weight by omitting food every once in a while. I would love to hear more thoughts about the protein versus carbohydrate-oriented diet by some of the more experienced practitioners here. @the garlic lovers: I've read that garlic is (was) forbidden for the yogis / brahmans in India and the aspirants in old Egypt because it was said to de-magnetize the auric field or something. And onions would lead to dull think. Is this only myths?

Maybe interest in meditation will arise when semen retention is mastered to some degree. Valid the other way round as well. But without rising fire concentration is more difficult and without effective concentration, meditation seems not that promising. I felt no access to meditation for a long time because I had energy blockades (still have some:-), because I was not ripe for it (other things to handle first) and I couldn't sit still for long. I am experimenting with semen retention for about 3 years now and it takes some time for the body to adjust to the higher tension. I made it over 3 months at some point, but despite being without sex I sometimes felt more sex-obsessed than ever (and it was already quite an obession before). On the other hand when I was presented opportunities for sex (lying around naked with a girl), I didn't have much arousal at all, because the difference in the energy levels (or minds?) was too big for a spontaneous interplay to unfold. My purpose was to (re-)experience "brain sex", live more intensely and grow up as a child of allisgod, but often it felt quite the opposite. It can be quite a thirst but I am still convinced it's worth it. After some build-up time (rather not in the first weeks) it might feel like having exchanged a Piaggio Vespa for a Ferrari. But if your driving skills doesn't catch up and remain on the level of a biker, you will realize the need for updates. It's actually because of quite some imbalances I experience(d) as side effects that only recently I got interested in Qigong and the like. I googled for semen retention and problems and found Samael Aun Weor, some anti-sexual missionaries (mostly hindu-inclined) and thetaobums forum. It's most interesting to read here (and sometimes laugh). If semen retention is practiced consequently all latent psychic structures and unsolved issues will come to light, so if you go for it, make sure you can accept yourself including your ugly (still green) traits. It could also change you to worse if you don't take care of cultivating yourself. I think it happened to me. However it was indispensable in my case because I adhere to this choice of mine and had to learn by trial & error.

Dear Ones I'd like to follow the recommendation to introduce oneself in this section before "full" membership. I've come across this forum googling for recipes how to deal with... retention, ha! What a coincidence! And I have read through a many threads and felt that this is a dedicated, siriusly engaged but not dogmatic place of interesting discussions and a constructive, comfortable sharing energy so I signed up... I am a living creature (I expect to become more human in the future), having domicile in central Switzerland (that's a country with mountains and rather healthy air and clean lakes in the middle of Europe - and 4 official languages, English just being the 5th, so I hope to express myself comprehensibly). I didn't practice Qi Gong or other Taoist methods yet, but studied some Western approach to Ageless Wisdom (qabalah and sacred tarot stuff) that recommends to stay away from breathing techniques. At the same time I followed the impulse to abstain from ejaculation as long as possible - being single for a few years now, male, quite "sexually wired" and 31 years old, that confronted me with some major difficulties, not only concerning horniness... I recently realised that I need some physical practice to cultivate a balanced state and avoid a constant hot n' gluey feeling in the brain, obsession with lust, stagnation or nocturnal emmission - and to harvest the precious fluid in a useful way. So Qi Gong and Hsin Tao came to my mind a few weeks ago, when thinking about appropriate means. I bought a few books (Shou-Yu Liang / Wen-Ching Wu: Qi Gong Empowerment, Daniel Reid: the Tao of Health, Sex & Longevity, Charles Luk: Alchemy & Immortality [upon recommendation in several threads here], Marnia Robinson: Cupid's Poisoned Arrow and a Hsin Tao DVD by Ratziel Bander - I once got a Mantak Chia-book about male sexuality as a gift, but didn't like it that time and gave it away) to educate myself and find a starting point for a systematic practice. I am not there yet... just started my perusal. So hints and tipps for an effective training are cordially welcome (as well as linguistic corrections), altough I expect to figure out much myself, with the books at hand, the (forum) search function and the tao within. About my daily occupation (if of interest): I am a student of business administration and real estate matters and work part-time. I am called David. Thanks for this open place.

thanks for the welcome (didn't harm)! Well there is a many things to like here. Feeling home also includes an inclincation to critisize... It's a quite tightly organized country, somewhat perfectionist, somewhat mediocre. It's changing rapidly these times through "globalisation" and become more and more popular as a host for multinational companies. I am sure you know, as a tax consultant :-). I honour the potential of direct democracy, so I enjoy voting a few times a year, although in the result, other interests often seem to be stronger than mine... Thanks for the reading recommendations, it looks like interesting stuff worth to check out, once I have more time at hand. Greetings from state 51!