RE: wanting help with stopping urge to masturbate

[Guest guest]

Dear ordinary_007in,

 

A few thoughts I have for you:

 

1) Ama, or digestive toxins, can irritate the sex nerves and create

excessive desire. Management of digestive agni and elimination with healthy

eating habits and routines is important.

 

2) An excess of rajasic and tamasic foods and sensory input can create

excessive desire. Foods include very spicy foods, fermented foods, processed

foods, etc. Here is a link to a sattvic diet program:

http://www.peacefullivinghhc.com/AyurvedicReferenceForms.htm

Sensory input would include sex images, movies, violence, etc.

 

2) Sex can also be an attempt to fill a spiritual void or lack of love or

satisfaction. So sometimes in can be more effective to think about creating

a positive flow of energy where there is lack (through meditation, devotion,

service, positive relationships, etc.), rather than focusing on eliminating

the current strategy of masturbation.

 

Hope this is helpful.

 

In Service,

 

Jacob Griscom, CAS

Teaching Faculty: California College of Ayurveda

 

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"ordinary_007in" <ordinary_007in

want help

 

I want to quit masturbation. Please tell me how to quit.

On the web there is a dearth of information on quitting.

I cant believe all this bologna about it being "healthy." My years of

personal experience testify otherwise.

[Guest guest]

Hello,

I don't know much about ayurveda or yoga. But I used to read writings

from Gandhiji and he practised this subject of Celibacy in real life,

leading the life of regular man. You may want to read this writings

for motivation behind celibacy.

Various suggestions given in the replies are very good, but you may

want to find out some short term solution for getting back your health

, given the problem/habbit you have. Eating ojas improving foods such

as milk (with Ginger/cardmom + cinnamon) and/or Almonds+Dates (with

fennel and cardmom) or any other Ojas improving foods (including Ghee)

would start helping you to recover from the loss of Ojas. And you may

want to stop things like Onion, Garlic. These directly stimulate the

sexual desire. Of course, I am assuming your digestion and elimination

are not affected so far. If they are affected you may have to see some

ayurvedic doctor before taking up these foods. You probably want to

take multi-pronged approach to improve your Ojas right now and a long

term approach to get rid of the habbit. Of course, the long term goal

should be to transcend the mind through the guidance of Sadguru by

taking up the right spirtual discipline.

I've read something about thoughts, which may be useful.

Any habbit originates in the thought, which is basically fed by

sensory inputs. There is this principle called "Watch the Thinker",

where in a passive mode, you keep on watching the thoughts coming to

you, like you watch the waves in a ocean, sitting on a beach. The

moment you start watching (without thinking a thought is good or bad),

you would notice that the thoughts subside. Watch like you are

witness, not affected by. It takes a while for this to kick in, but

this will help in getting more attentive, where the thought that arose

in your mind will die before it shows up its affect on the body. You

can read a book "The power of Now" by Eckhart Tolle where he explains

how the mind controls people and habbits. Also, the teachings of

Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi are very helpful, in the same perspective.

As I said, I am not much into Yoga or anything. So read these things

at your discretion.

 

Thank you,

venkat

 

ayurveda, "Jacob Griscom, CAS"

<jacob@p...> wrote:

> 1) Ama, or digestive toxins, can irritate the sex nerves and create

> excessive desire. Management of digestive agni and elimination with

healthy

> eating habits and routines is important.

>

> 2) An excess of rajasic and tamasic foods and sensory input can create

> excessive desire. Foods include very spicy foods, fermented foods,

processed

> foods, etc. Here is a link to a sattvic diet program:

> http://www.peacefullivinghhc.com/AyurvedicReferenceForms.htm

> Sensory input would include sex images, movies, violence, etc.

>

> 2) Sex can also be an attempt to fill a spiritual void or lack of

love or

> satisfaction. So sometimes in can be more effective to think about

creating

> a positive flow of energy where there is lack (through meditation,

devotion,

> service, positive relationships, etc.), rather than focusing on

eliminating

> the current strategy of masturbation.

>

> Hope this is helpful.

>

> In Service,

>

> Jacob Griscom, CAS

> Teaching Faculty: California College of Ayurveda

>

> Peaceful Living Holistic Healthcare Center

> 200 Providence Mine Rd. Ste 210

> Nevada City, CA 95959

> Direct: (530) 478-0729

> Scheduling: (530) 265-9464

> Fax: (530) 852-0880

> www.peacefullivinghhc.com

>

> Sign up for the monthly Peaceful Living E-newsletter and get relevant

> Ayurvedic health information you need to know!

> http://www.mymailout.com/MyMailout/Subscribe.aspx?m=987

>

>

> "ordinary_007in" <ordinary_007in>

> want help

>

> I want to quit masturbation. Please tell me how to quit.

> On the web there is a dearth of information on quitting.

> I cant believe all this bologna about it being "healthy." My years of

> personal experience testify otherwise.

>

[Guest guest]

Both the posts by Venkatji and Mr Jacob are highly appreciated. Thank

you Sirs.

 

Regards,

Jagannath.

 

ayurveda, "vr_sana2" <vr_sana2> wrote:

>

> Hello,

> I don't know much about ayurveda or yoga. But I used to read writings

> from Gandhiji