--- yoosh <yoosh_go@...> wrote:

> from the book "Practice of Brahmacharya" by
> Sivananda:
>
> The most devitalising and demoralizing of pleasures
> is the sex pleasure. Sensual
> enjoyment is attended with various defects. It is
> attended with various sorts of
> sins, pains, weaknesses, attachments, slave
> mentality, weak will, severe exertion
> and struggle, craving and mental restlessness.

<snip>
>
>
> According to Ayurveda, semen is the last Dhatu that
> is formed out of food. Out of food is manufactured
chyle.

Ruled by Bramani...

> Out of chyle comes blood.

Blood is ruled by Maheshvari...

> Out of blood comes flesh.

Flesh is ruled by Kaumari...

> Out of flesh comes fat.

Fat is ruled by Vaishnavi...

> Out of fat comes bone.

Bone is ruled by Varahi...

> Out of bone comes marrow.

Marrow is ruled by Indrani...

> Out of marrow comes semen.

Semen is ruled by Chamunda...

> These are the Sapta Dhatus or the seven
> Dhatus that support this life
> and body.

Note that the Dhatus are ruled by the Sapta Matrikas.
Normally the central Mother is Vaishnavi, giving pride
of place to Fat and abundance. When a town is
threatened by loss of population, the image of
Chamunda is placed as central Mother, so that Semen
and reproduction is emphasized.

Perhaps if Varahi is placed in central position, the
emphasis is on Bone and strength or protection?


> Mark here how precious is semen! It is the
> last essence. It is the
> Essence of essences. The Veerya comes out of the
> very marrow that lies concealed
> inside the bones.
>
> Semen is the quintessence of food or blood. One drop
> of semen in manufactured out
> of forty drops of blood according to modern medical
> science. According to Ayurveda,
> it is elaborated out of eighty drops of blood.
>
> Falling of semen brings death; preservation of semen
> gives life. Semen is the real
> vitality in men. It is the hidden treasure in man.
> It imparts Brahma-Tejas to the
> face and strength to the intellect.

As Monty Python used to sing: "Every sperm is sacred,
every sperm is good..."


> "It is a medical and physiological fact that the
> best blood in the body goes to
> form the elements of reproduction in both the sexes.
> In a pure and orderly life,
> this matter is reabsorbed. It goes back into
> circulation ready to form the finest
> brain, nerve and muscular tissues. This vital fluid
> of man carried back and
> diffused through his system makes him manly, strong,
> brave and heroic. If wasted,
> it leaves him effeminate, weak and physically
> debilitated and prone to sexual
> irritation and disordered function, a wretched
> nervous system, epilepsy, and
> various other diseases and death. The suspension of
> the use of the generative
> organs is attended with a notable increase of bodily
> and mental and spiritual
> vigour."
>
> "All waste of spermatic secretions, whether
> voluntary or involuntary, is a direct
> waste of the life force. It is almost universally
> conceded that the choicest
> element of the blood enters into the composition of
> the spermatic secretion. If
> these conclusions are correct, then it follows that
> a chaste life is essential to
> man's well-being."
>
> Mind, Prana and Veerya are one. By controlling the
> mind, you can control Prana and
> semen. By controlling Prana you can control the mind
> and semen. By controlling
> semen, you can control the mind and Prana.
>
> If the Veerya is steady, the mind also is steady.
>
> Veerya is the essence of life, thought, intelligence
> and consciousness. Therefore,
> preserve this vital fluid very, very carefully, my
> dear readers!

Yet the female equivalent of Veerya, Rakta (Menstrual
fluid) is given away by the body every month!

Preserve your sperm, and give away your menses.

-- Len/ Kalipadma




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