does losing semen lose your talent?

Hello Matthew,

Good to see your have started the practice of Brahmacharya. Coming to the answers,

'Rethas' or semen is the penultimate representation of one's life energy at the gross level. It is the physical representation of the net sum of all life energy or 'Prana' within. All achievements, accomplishments and success that man attains are fueled by his 'Prana' or life energy at the gross level. So it follows that wastage of semen results in loss of Prana and loss of Prana results in one losing a very part of his 'self' or Atman. It is for this reason that man feels lifeless and drained further to loss of semen.

Masturbation is an unnatural act of perversion that causes much degeneration and decay further to the loss of semen through artificial means. While the act of sex for recreation is by itself a deviation from healthy and spiritual living - that takes one to the greatest level of accomplishment in both the materialistic and spiritual domains, by masturbation, man is taking another step forward in the wrong concept of recreational sexuality and putting himself in peril. It is an activity that is to be shunned at all costs and refraining from masturbation will immediately make a man more healthy, successful and energetic by leaps and bounds.

As the saying goes - "Better late than never". Our past is gone and beyond our control. It is the present and future over which we have some say. Worry not about mistakes made in the past and instead focus your energies into a life of honest and sincere Brahmacharya in thought, word and deed and in a few years, you will see the remarkable benefits and improvements a life of true Brahmacharya bestows. It is Brahmacharya and not any other mode of life which can bring out the hidden powers and talents within man, be it in the material or spiritual planes. Practicing honest Brahmacharya with efficient transmutation will beyond doubt help you perform better as a musician of a different caliber altogether.

Coming to the auto immune kidney condition, since you say it started at the age of fourteen, there is little chance of masturbation having been the cause. While masturbation by itself is not frequently associated with renal irregularities, one needs to remember that every deviation from robust health and well being occurs further to the presence of past negative karma accrued from a wrong mode of thought/action carried out by the person that in turn leads to the induction of physical or astral impurities/toxins within the body. Man has to suffer for each and every act of wrong doing no matter how small. Brahmacharya is the best mode of life that man can offer himself if he wants to redeem himself of any kind of an irregularity or deviation from normalcy at the physical, mental, emotional and psychic levels. Depending on the strength of past karma that caused the condition, there is a very high probability that Brahmacharya can slowly but surely undo the condition under the grace of God. Practice an honest and sincere life of Brahmacharya with regular physical activity, constructive work and God-meditation asking God to redeem you of all troubles. A few years of honest efforts will without doubt yield positive results and improve your life on all fronts.

God bless and have a nice day :-)
Dhananjay