Hi there, I am here as a practicing unbroken semen retaining celibate…It seems this site spotlights on semen retention(SR from now on) quite often. As a member of the SR community, is it okay if I strictly post in the comment section of SR posts in order to clarify the historical position (mostly from Hinduism,Buddhism,Taoism but also Western Oneida) as well as modern opinions from within the SR community?

It seems there is a lot of ignorance regarding the genesis of semen retention and celibacy in these posts….(Nobody’s fault as it is intricately linked with male body geography and male mental approach to sexual energy)

Hope this leads to fruitful conversations around history, society, various spiritual traditions around the world

interesting tidbit, Since this is a woman centric blog I think the following information would be of interest to the audience here:

The continued protection of Rome (the city not the empire) for 800 long years is attributed to the spiritual power of an unbroken line of female celibates within the SR community ….known as Vestal Virgins who would be celibate for 30 years before marrying in mid or late 30s

(marriage with Vestal Virgins was considered to be highly prestigious affair, nullifying the above ignorant comment that women over 30s are not desirable to eligible powerful handsome men)

A Vestal Virgin cursed Rome and its elite ruling class in the 380s after the Christians desecrated and shut down the Temple of Vesta….within a few decades of that Rome was overrun by Visigoths under Alaric after 800 years of peace

Christians of course tried to deny that fall of Rome was due to Christian abrogation of Vestal Virgins and paganism in their book called “The City of God” by St. Augustine of Hippo

another interesting tidbit. Women who have stopped their monthly energy loss through spiritual practice, even in their fertile years, are considered even more powerful than celibate semen-retaining men ….

Anandamayi Maa from Eastern India comes to mind in this regard ..She chose to go full on celibate even while being recently married

SR comes under various forms:

1) One would be carnal congress without any release. Mostly done with a committed partner (Steve Jobs. etc)

2) The second version is where the guy is celibate most of the times (no porn, no self-pleasure/pollution) and may engage in no-strings-attached intimacy with women a few times a year

3) Complete celibacy. Absolute no staring at women, fantasizing about women, touching oneself, peaking at porn, edging, romantic or sexual relationship, no wet dreams and hopefully no nocturnal emission…

This vow is carried out in 12 year streaks. A single failure means back to square zero and starting again…Vivekananda, Tesla and Newton were such kind of celibates

4) A fourth more realistic celibacy: Absolute clean celibacy till one gets married. The energy is used to create prosperity, security ..so that when one does get married, he can provide full security and well being to wife and child. In this day and age where whole nations are suffering from the vagaries of economic forces, this is the best option

such a man is celibate from age of 20 till mid to late 30s..before getting married…This way money issues donot sour the emotional atmosphere of the young family

Andrew Carnegie comes to mind when it comes to this sort of celibacy..Though he married in his fifties…well it really takes 35 years’ worth of sexual energy to build an empire

Sorry if the post was a bit hetero-normative..as I can only write from the male heterosexual perspective

if you think my voice in the comment section of SR posts would be helpful, do let me know

if you think I am irrelevant and a nuisance here, then also please let me know as then this would be my first and last post here

PS: the issue of wet dreams is the most fraught subject in SR community. More akin to the disputes regarding the Nature of Christ in Christianity

one must remember that it was controversy around the subject of wet dreams that split Buddhism thousands of years ago

cheers,

(submitter’s note This guy goes on to say a lot more crazy shit in the comments, way to much to post all of it, but I will post my favorite):

female sex energy is linked to menstruation as a cognate for male ejaculation..ejaculation is seen as the male period in the sexual esoteric community…both result in the loss of creative material ..though many believe abstention from orgasm will also confer a woman with great spiritual powers even if she may not be able to stop her monthly loss

cheers