Yogic perspective on masturbation

Some things that Yogi Bhajan, kundalini yoga master said:

The men who masturbate do not realize the physical difference between ejaculations. The difference is that ejaculation through masturbation pressurizes the gray matter. It is heavy on the brain. It creates more problems than any sexual activity. To be very frank with you, homosexual interplay is better than masturbation.

Masturbation causes a triple action on the pituitary gland which takes away your power to concentrate. Running is a good substitute for masturbation.

In masturbation the glandular system is over-pressurized. The nervous system is drained to death. It is a forced situation. But in intercourse, it is normal. In one masturbation, the pressure on your body is more than you can ever consider handling. But even when you ejaculate one time after the other in intercourse, there’s no pressure on the nervous system, and so that makes a lot of difference. In intercourse the woman’s energy is there, and that’s what intercourse is.

In masturbation, the woman’s energy is right there (in your mind), but you are doing it to yourself. It means you are forcing your system to go into a space where there is no orderliness. It is a solo, and it is a very painful solo. It’s not very normal.

Sometimes the atmosphere and the weather itself can trigger masturbation. You become sensual, sexual, you cannot find a partner and you end up masturbating. Fortunately, for women there is no such thing as masturbation so she has nothing to worry about (see Women’s chapter), but for men it is really a problem.

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Two techniques for healing:

Student: You once said in a lecture that if a person had ever done cocaine, he could never experience God. Is there any way we can compensate for this behavior?

Yogi Bhajan: Yes. breath of fire and sa ta na ma meditation are the fundamental techniques which can correct and cure any situation. Half an hour of Breath of Fire will help those who have sniffed cocaine even to the point of bursting their noses, and it will also help those who have done much worse things than cocaine. It's no big deal. It is based on simple logic.

 

Well, I guess he meant that women don't lose sperm or energy with masturbation, like men.