What are some ways that you would notice that your interior energy is affecting your daily interactions?
I am the primary caregiver for my autistic teen daughter, and have added the sutras Patience and Playfulness to my samyama to assist in this demanding job. If I am irritated, annoyed, or have little patience with her, there is a knowing it is, in some part, due to bordering on overload from my practices.
How bad is it to do the holdback method solo to help increase the staying power? I do semen retention / NoFap and have experienced a stronger sense of being and self. Lots of positive effects to my mind, body, and possibly my soul as well. I just experience not only more energy but a lot of the benefits that are listed under doing NoFap aswell. I don’t know if this forum speaks on NoFap, but I do know that semen retention is spoken of. I’m scared / concerned that if I do implement doing the solo hold back method in order to help increase my staying power, my vitality that I gained from doing semen retention / NoFap will be affected. The life force that you gain from doing semen retention will be affected in some way.
I also believe doing this practice will be good for me as well. It will allow my built up energy in my genital area, or my sexual energy, to be cultivated from practicing and doing the solo holdback method. Instead of having all of that energy stay at my root chakra,I allow that energy to flow throughout my body and allow it to be cultivated, if that’s what cultivating it means.
I am concerned about continuing with the solo hold back method in order to help me build my staying power. All of what I do is pre-orgasmic and I never reach the point of orgasm, not even allowing my semen to be released from my testicles to block it through the perineum or release through ejaculation. When I feel like I am about to reach orgasm I stop, wait, and then continue again after some time each time lasting longer from the time before from doing this, which I think is the correct way of doing it. I just don’t know if continuing this practice is a good thing for me, by allowing my sexual energy that has been stored to be cultivated and increase my staying power as well, or if it will affect my vitality or life force that I gain from practicing semen retention. I am being cautious going forward with this practice and I am only going to be doing it in moderation as well. Any feedback is very much appreciated. Thank you.
Edit: also thank you Dogboy for responding to my question. I will definitely keep that in mind and watch out for these things in the future.