3 Doubts

QUESTION: Sir

I am practicing celibacy 5 months ago and till this date, My mind become pure one and I can enjoy the spiritual joy as in the childhood days I have, Still I have 3 doubts, If these doubts are foolish questions please accept my apologies

1. If Semen mixed with blood in the body by using injunction and any other equipments what will be the results?

2. I heard that semen retention will cause fat reduction in the body by its heat, and will become thin. But I saw several yogis have fat and bulk bodies ( like Yogi Nityananda swami, Paramahamsa Yogananda, Trilanka swami etc) How is this?

3.by brahmacharya we can overcome fear?

I am very thankful for your valuable help to keep brahmacharya. God will bless for your great effort to move the bachelors towrads God

ANSWER: Hello Vijith,

Nice to hear of your efforts at Brahmacharya. Coming to the answers,

A1: The act of trying to physically and directly inject ejaculated semen back into the bloodstream could lead to death.

A2: By the conservation and transmutation of semen, a Yogi becomes capable of maintaining his strength and energy with lesser quantity of food as compared to the non-Brahmachari. The sublimation of semen, regular physical activity through Âsana or exercise and consuming lesser quantity of food result in reduction of excess fat.

The great Yogi's you have mentioned above were complete Urdhvarethas. After attaining to the stage of a complete Urdhvaretha, the Yogi develops the power to control the very production of his semen at the astral level. He can make use of his Prâna to control or fully stop the production of physical semen and instead divert that energy for advanced spiritual activities such as staying in Samâdhi for long periods, negating the karma of a disciple etc.. Being in a very advanced state or having attained to self-realization and thus having realized themselves not to be the body (unlike the normal man who thinks the body to be himself and is affected by physical health or disease), such Yogis have gone past the stage where there is a need to maintain the body in form and shape through physical exercise. Such Yogis are past the stage where regular physical activity is required to transmute semen into Ojas. Complete mastery at stopping the very production of semen at the astral level is within their reach.

The body in reality is only a tool to help the soul attain self-realization. Hence there is a need for the common man to maintain health and strength in this body. Of what use is the body to one who has attained the final state? Of what use is the body to one who has completed the very purpose of human birth and has no more births or deaths?...

...A boat is necessary for a man wishing to cross a river and reach the other bank safely. Till then, it is very important that he maintains the boat in perfect working condition, lest he drowns. But of what use is the boat after he has reached the other side? Especially, when there is no return for ever to the side of the river he started from ? Such a man who has reached the destination shore permanently does not worry about the condition of the boat. To him, the boat is no longer a matter of concern. His mind is focused on more important things on the new shore. Self-realization is like the destination bank and the human body is like a boat. To the one who has attained to self-realization or is very close to it, there is no further use from this bag of flesh and bones called the body. The body has worked out all the karmas it had to go through. It does not matter whether the body is thin or stout, wiry or bulky. It has already served its purpose. It's physical state, state of health or appearance does not matter. Hence such advanced souls do not feel the need to maintain it with exercise or Âsanas. They focus themselves on the reality, bliss and substance of the state they have attained and abandon the efforts that the common man needs to apply to maintain his body. Based on the natural and default constitution of the body, those Yogis whose bodies have a tendency to put on weight become bulky and those Yogis whose bodies have a wiry tendency remain thin. These things are of no concern or value to such advanced beings and they generally don't interfere as regards to matters concerning the physical state.

A3: Yes, one overcomes fear through the practice of Brahmacharya. The correct practice of Brahmacharya with God-meditation and devotion helps one develop affinity to reality and helps one overcome the influence of falsity. Fear is faith in the negative. The true Brahmachari becomes positively oriented and gradually starts to see everything as a scene in this drama called life. A scene which is unreal and only a make believe illusion. The only things prone to injury or harm are this body, mind and ego. And even these get subjected to pain further to past negative karma and not by fluke. No one suffers or enjoys without past karma. Brahmacharya helps a person to accept life as the dream-drama of God and helps accept each and every occurance as a part of this divine drama without question. The true Brahmachari starts moving towards the state where he starts to recognize himself as not the body, mind, intellect, consciousness or ego but only as the soul. To the soul which is formless, colorless, shapeless and beyond matter what is there that can cause injury or pain? Who can harm, kill or cause the destruction of such an entity? This realization will slowly start to dawn with progress in Brahmacharya to each and every sincere Brahmachari in course of time. Fear reduces and finally vacates with this advancement.

The great sage and founder of Ashtânga Yoga, Maharishi Pathanjali, the scriptor of 'Yoga suthras' who lived more than 4000 years back, sums up the effect of Brahmacharya with these words:-

"Brahmacharya Pratistâyâm, Veerya Labhâha"

- "Through establishment in Brahmacharya comes gain in Veerya"

The term 'Veerya' in the Sanskrit language, among many meanings denotes semen, bravery, courage, valor, strength, determination, confidence, persistence and grit. The Brahmachari is eventually assured of all these gains if his practice is unbroken, consistent and correct.

         ॐ तत् सत्
(That Supreme being is the absolute truth)

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QUESTION: What happens to the preserved semen after 12 years brahmacharya? After the turning of semen in to the blood what happens to such blood what is its character(blood)? Semen prodution of the body is a continuos process in the period of brahmacharya? what is the power of semen?

God bless you, thanks for the sudden reply