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Hello Danut,

Hope this finds you doing good by the grace of God. Coming to your queries,

Q1: Is consumption of 'Parboiled Rice' conducive for Brahmacharya?
A: Parboiled rice or rice that has been half boiled, when eaten in limited quantities offers the benefit of many nutrients being intact further to a reduction in the cooking time, temperature and pressure. In case of full boiled rice the longer cooking time tends to destroy many more nutrients. Boiled rice should always be eaten fresh and preferably hot on the same day and never carried forward by refrigeration. The same also applies to vegetables. For this reason, a Brahmachari yogi would do well to eat most vegetables in the raw form, thereby deriving maximum nutrition.

Q2: What are my eating habits?
A: So we don't repeat ourselves here, I will kindly request you to go through the post in past answers titled 'Eggs'- Dt: 12/02/2010 where the question has been answered.

Q3: Do I go through nocturnal pollutions?
A: While directly answering this question will amount to self promotion, A true celibate can be rest assured that nocturnal dreams become very, very rare as the first year of unbroken celibacy nears completion and almost disappear into nothing by the second year by when the surface layer of past sexual karma gets diminished to a large extent. The success one has as regards to gaining freedom from wet dreams will depend on the ability of the person in keeping his mind free from lustful thoughts to a very large extent. Entertaining sexually related thoughts during the waking state is one of the chief cause of wet dreams. Sexual currents if let to build up during the course of the day, play havoc during night. For this reason, the panacea to success is to keep the mind occupied with worthwhile constructive activity, yoga/physical exercise and deep meditation.

Brahmacharya is not mere sexual restraint. It also encompasses preventing the birth of negative emotions such as passion, anger, greed, attachment, arrogance, jealousy, contempt etc.. If a man were to practice mere sexual restraint, whilst succumbing to any of the aforesaid negativities, he cannot be called as a true Brahmachari. Veerya (semen) will eventually desert such a man who exhibits an untoward and disagreeable character and his mind will revert to sensuality. These emotions are like close knit members of the same family; the presence of one or more ensures that the others follow suit.

Developing a perspective of compassion, love, affection and a well wishing attitude towards people, animals, plants and trees has an amazing effect in helping one achieve rock steady Brahmacharya. By being unselfish and doing good to the world around us, we are actually doing good to ourselves. By helping a man or an animal in need, we are helping ourselves. By gifting a thing to the needy, we are gifting ourselves. The attitude and energy that we give out comes back to us with equal force. Such a temperament gradually makes Brahmacharya become effortless and natural to a large degree.

Trust this throws light
God bless and have a nice day :-)
Dhananjay