Emission Control and Mental, Spiritual, and Physical Health, Part 8

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From the Journal of the American Medical Association Abstract, the Leitzmann study:

“Prospective study using follow-up data from the Health Professionals Follow-up Study (February 1, 1992, through January 31, 2000) of 29,342 US men aged 46 to 81 years, who provided information on history of ejaculation frequency on a self-administered questionnaire in 1992 and responded to follow-up questionnaires every 2 years to 2000. Ejaculation frequency was assessed by asking participants to report the average number of ejaculations they had per month during the ages of 20 to 29 years, 40 to 49 years, and during the past year (1991).

However, high ejaculation frequency was related to decreased risk of total prostate cancer. The multivariate relative risks for men reporting 21 or more ejaculations per month compared with men reporting 4 to 7 ejaculations per month at ages 20 to 29 years were 0.89 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.73-1.10); ages 40 to 49 years, 0.68 (95% CI, 0.53-0.86); previous year, 0.49 (95% CI, 0.27-0.88); and averaged across a lifetime, 0.67 (95% CI, 0.51-0.89).” *

Leitzmann says that until this study, conducted as a post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard University, sexual activity had been hypothesized to be associated with prostate cancer due to elevated levels of testosterone. Testosterone increases the growth rate of prostate cancer cells as well as male libido. It was thought that sexually active men had a higher incidence of prostate cancer as they had higher levels of testosterone.

What this means is that, although sexual activity can result in a net increase in testosterone levels, ejaculation may protect the prostate through a variety of biological mechanisms e.g., cleansing, relaxing, and revitalizing the gland and the man:

– Frequent ejaculation may rid the prostate of concentrated chemical carcinogens.

– Reducing anxiety. The stress release inherent in sexual discharge may slow or prevent pathogenesis. Yes, learning to relax deeply will help prevent dis-ease.

– Revitalize proper circulation within the gland. It is postulated that regular ejaculation will prevent the development of microcrystals (intraluminal prostatic crystalloids) that can result in congestion and blockages within the prostate.

Commenting on this hypothesis,  Martin Resnick, MD, chairman of the department of urology at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, says it’s reasonable to believe that a “use it or lose it” principle may apply to overall prostate health. **

Next: Emission Control and Mental, Spiritual, and Physical Health Part 9: Is it really all good?

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This now famous research project led by Michael Leitzmann, a cancer researcher at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, was an epidemiological study of 30,000 American men. The study involved men who participated in a health professionals follow-up study during the years 1992 to 2000. The subjects were predominantly white and 46 years of age or older, and were surveyed about their ejaculation frequency at the time that they were 20-to-29 years of age, 40-to-49 years, and during the year of the study. Ejaculations included sexual intercourse, nocturnal emissions, and masturbation. The volunteers provided comprehensive health and lifestyle data every two years until the study concluded in 2000.

Leitzmann’s findings were that in comparison to the study’s baseline ejaculatory frequency of between 4 and 7 times a month for most of their adult life:

–Men who ejaculate between 13 and 20 times a month had a 14% lower risk of prostate cancer
–Men who ejaculated upwards of 21 times a month had a 33% lower lifetime risk of prostate cancer than the baseline group.

The results seemed to survive rigorous statistical evaluation even after other lifestyle factors were taken into account. Is this a case of more is better? © 2009 Keith Hall & inner-tranquility.com. All rights reserved.

Next:  Ejaculation control Part 8, From the JAMA Abstract, the Leitzmann study results.

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In Western Neo-Tantra, orgasm extension (or tantric orgasm, extended orgasm, expanded orgasm, or multiple orgasms) is represented mainly as a tool for increasing and prolonging pleasure, preventing premature ejaculation, etc. This obviously has benefit individually and on a social level, especially if your society has deep puritanical roots and ambivalence toward receiving pleasure. While this negative judgment of the value of pleasure may not seem so apparent to those immersed in it, it is a very strong societal and religious judgment, both culturally and in the individual’s subconscious.

A Cultural Rorschach Test:
Which do you find more objectionable?
1. The glorification of violence on the gridiron
2. Janet Jackson’s nipple

To a culture that represses sexual life force (Shakti Kundalini, Jing) and the creative expression and reception of pleasure, while focusing on denial, judgment, and violence, anything which promotes one’s hedonic surrender to pleasure and acceptance is desirable and healthy.

Ego, Karma, and Freedom
In authentic Tantra, the agenda goes far beyond the Pleasure Principle towards that of Awakening and Enlightenment. What keeps us asleep in the spiritual sense, is our stubborn resistance and defensiveness. As a function of ego and experience (Karma), these forces keep our perception of ourselves and our personal freedom small and limited, thus reducing our ability to perceive and encompass that which we identify as the larger external world. In fact, this barrier (Duality) between the egoistic self and the universe is artificial and perceptual. But we do insist on it.

A certain amount of ego is necessary for self-preservation, but to anyone who has had a deep experience of the mystical, it is obvious that we overuse the ego’s defensive nature and therefore limit what we can perceive, what and who we can Be. It is the function of any type of Kundalini work, whether Taoist, Tibetan, or Tantric, to increase energy and consciousness, burn karma, and set ourselves free. This goes beyond the mere extension of pleasure or the prevention of the leakage of semen.

To achieve freedom and this larger experience of Self, karma must be burnt. In a way, karmic patterns are just crappy emotional, mental and physical habits that block life force and consciousness.

But we have grown very attached to these habits.

They have become so ingratiated into our thoughts, perceptions, feelings, actions, and our very subconscious definition of Self (ego), that it seems that that these patterns are truly part of us, instead of the operational software that they really are. To alter or let go of these habits is very threatening to the ego’s sense of self survival and is resisted and defended against as if spiritual growth were a life threatening condition. That is why authentic personal growth is so unlikely, or so glacially slow.

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Through enrolling the Shakti Kundalini, the sexual energy (Jing, Ching)), in ascending physically within the body, Tantra adds a powerful ally to the process of personal growth and evolution. If not spent through ejaculation and uncontrolled apana, this energy can rise and begin to erase karmic habits and self-limitations. This can happen in a general way through the application of delay techniques with a pure (spiritual) Intention, but can be made much more powerful by applying certain secret techniques, and directing the Shakti Kundalini through specific channels and centers.

Raising Shakti Kundalini with Yab Yum can result in Higher Consciousness and Enlightenment

Not all orgasm delay techniques are valuable for these purposes. For instance, the commonly cited technique for men, squeezing the glans as ejaculation is imminent, does little to redirect Shakti Kundalini. Neither does mentally making a shopping list, reciting sports statistics, or reviewing stock market averages.

Tantric Kundalini Techniques for Spiritual Awakening
Basic Tantric Kundalini techniques for redirecting orgasmic energy for spiritual evolution and Enlightenment include:

The Perineal Press and the Testicle Stretch in the Tantric Transformation series, part 6
Root Lock: and Prana Mudra: Tantric Transformation part 1
Transmuting to the Heart: Tantric Transformation Part 2
Belly / Chest Breath: Tantric Transformation Part 3
Sexual Hong Sau: Tantric Transformation Part 4
Sexual Surrender: Tantric Transformation Part 5

Of course, some of these techniques for raising, directing, and transmuting Kundalini energy can be done without the sexual component. In fact, for most people it will be easier and safer to learn and master these Tantric Kundalini techniques non-sexually through individual practice. © 2006 Keith E. Hall. All rights reserved.

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Mind / Body Unity
Like “ordinary” orgasm, these full body or energy orgasms unite mind, body and spirit. The difference is one of intensity and duration. In ordinary orgasm, the peak intensity is relatively short, perhaps only a moment, followed by a short “afterglow.” The Tantric energy orgasm tends to be longer and more intense. It may or may not have an identifiable genital aspect. It may not feel sexual in the usual sense at all, but tends to be immensely satisfying leaving one “…feeling completely sated unlike anything ever experienced before…”

In ordinary sex, the life force overwhelms the mind and emotions temporarily. In Tantra, we prepare the mind, body, and emotions through techniques that still the mind, transmute negative emotional karma, and energize the body. Like any Yogic or Taoist practice, this starts with discipline, and ends with letting go. In other words, the practice ultimately “requires a complete surrender of both mind and body” and results in feeling “completely at peace in every way possible.” The energy streaming will be “more whole and encompassing…”

So, a fairly healthy balance of life force, trust, and self-responsibility creates a state of pleasurable surrender, high levels of sexual and spiritual energy, reunification of disparate aspects of self, satiation, and peace. And this is just the beginning…. © 2006 Keith E. Hall, All rights reserved.

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Relaxing, Surrender, and Trust
This is an essential part of Tantric practices, or of any authentic spiritual practice. Will and power are important to start and remain on the spiritual path, however this needs to be balanced by letting go. Will alone will not take you to self-realization. One needs to know when to let go, to surrender the ego’s agenda.

This can be crucial when applying Kundalini techniques to your practice. Shakti prana or Kundalini will seek to purify you. If you are not willing to let go, then the energy gets enrolled in a war with competing, fragmented aspects of yourself. This is never fun and can be annoying, even detrimental to authentic progress. So, when you say “for the most part it runs the show all by itself…it seems to assume a total control all by itself if I let it”, you are obviously trusting, letting go of your resistance, and surrendering to the experience.

Trust
Part of what makes this a pleasurable event for you is a level of self-responsibility, and the absence of fear. Fear changes to anger, manipulation, and stubbornness, resulting in a more unpleasant feeling. Disharmonious, irritating, distracting, perhaps scary. The energy runs around in a circle recreating fear. When one’s resistance is much higher than the available free life force, no kriyas, no streaming occurs. If one is resistant, stubborn, unable to let go, AND running higher levels of life force through one’s body and psyche, the kriyas that occur will be perceived as unpleasant, annoying, embarrassing, or scary. If you have enough trust in your Higher Self, in the Divine, then your surrender will bring anything from a mildly pleasant sensation of streaming or release, to an exquisite energy “orgasm.” This may or may not be interpreted by the psyche as sexual in nature, but tends to be characterized physically by, as you say, being “completely undulating…smooth, rhythmic and steady”. © 2006 keith E. Hall. All rights reserved.

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A woman’s Orgasmic Rush, Kriyas, & Arousal

Q. Elizabeth: Just wanted to let you know that I found this exchange ( Orgasmic Kundalini Rush, Tantric Taoist Awakening ) incredibly interesting and enlightening. I occasionally have similar experiences, always either directly upon awakening or when in a completely relaxed state…I have always simply attributed it to some of the best orgasms I have ever had – an incredible gift! Never really spent much time trying to analyze the experiences, just appreciate when it happens and hope like hell I will be blessed with another one again soon! What has always struck me as strange about the whole thing is that I am not aware of sexual dreams/thoughts or feelings prior to or while it happens.

I have learned over time how to lengthen the experience once it starts, but for the most part it runs the show all by itself. It has always been clear to me that while some part of it may indeed be rooted in sexuality, it seems to be generated completely in and/or through the mind…I have learned that sometimes I can “help” to lengthen the experience…the description given by this gentleman described my experiences very closely…

Rev. Hall: So, is this experience associated with or related to any sexual activity, directly or indirectly? Prior to or after?

Elizabeth: Perhaps indirectly, who knows? … But not directly in any way that I am aware of…I do know that there is absolutely no comparison to these occurrences and any orgasm I have ever experienced previously. These are so much more whole and encompassing and involve so much more of my complete self.

Rev. Hall: So, would you say there is no sexual arousal at this time?

Elizabeth: Most definitely incredible sexual arousal, completely different than anything I have ever experienced before. AND – it never begins with sexual arousal; rather, always leads to it as one of the end results. The other end results are feeling completely sated unlike anything ever experienced before, and at the same time completely at peace in every way possible – all is right and harmonic in my little piece of the world, if only for a brief time.

Rev. Hall: Would you say that relaxing into, or surrendering to the experience is a component of how you “help” lengthen it?

Elizabeth: Absolutely – I have learned that it requires a complete surrender of both mind and body – as I said earlier, it seems to assume a total control all by itself if I let it. Just takes me away for a brief time – kind of like a mini-vacation to some unknown destination. There is no sense of time. It has never scared me or seemed negative in any way, as powerful as it may be.

Rev. Hall: Once the experience begins, would you characterize it as sexual in the genital sense, sexual in a more diffuse “all over the body” sense, or non sexually pleasurable energy “flows”?

Elizabeth: Most definitely the entire body…both sexual energy AND energy flows throughout every part of my body and, just as importantly, in my mind. The end result obviously consists of genital pleasure, but that is almost a “side-effect” of the whole body experience. I never have to touch myself in any way, although I always end up completely undulating in some strange fashion – sometimes it’s hard to remember afterward exactly how my body did respond, I just remember smooth, rhythmic and steady movement – which is definitely one of the things that increases the length of the experience. That is one of the aspects of it that has always amazed me – the fact that I do NOT have to touch myself in anyway, but simply surrender to the movements of my body. All I know is that I will be eternally grateful if I continue to occasionally receive what I have come to know is an amazing gift.

Rev. Hall: The parts of your experience that I would like to comment on are your being present with surrender, relaxing, trust, and a sense of harmony and unification of mind and body.

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Scott: Can I have your thoughts on this (unnamed website’s) grounding section?

Rev. Hall: I do not recommend trying anything of this sort via the Internet or books. It is hubris to think that one can safely and efficiently teach people one has never met these potentially life changing Kundalini meditations via a webpage. There is a value to websites that teach very simple techniques for relaxation and basic beginner’s meditation, but Kundalini work needs to be done personally with a guide who has “gone before.” No authentic and ethical teacher would hand out powerful techniques via the Internet or books in general circulation.

Let me make an analogy here. Let’s say you wanted to learn about brain surgery. You could go online and search for information, maybe even buy a medical text on this topic. If you were very attentive, you might be able to memorize the various techniques, and the order in which they might be done.

At this point we might begin to realize some difficulties. We need the tools, supplies and some experience to safely apply the technique. Where are you going to get the surgical tools, blood, drugs, and experienced guidance?

Now to make this metaphor even more ludicrous, remember we are trying to do the brain surgery on ourselves! Of course, no one in their right mind would attempt this. It would be stupid, arrogant, and unlikely to have a good outcome. We understand that this is silly because any modern adult has some basic understanding of what brain surgery is, who should be performing it (board certified surgeon), what kind of school should teach it (medical college), and what kind of environment it should occur in (hospital operating room).

My point is that, in contrast to our general familiarity with the concept of brain surgery, very few people in the West have an accurate perception of what Kundalini Awakening is, what it’s purpose is, and how to support it efficiently and safely. Within those cultures that have been familiar with this sort of Awakening for millennia, no one would try to do this on their own, anymore than any westerner would attempt brain surgery on themselves.

Anyone who thinks they can teach grounding or Kundalini activation solely through visualization is mistaken. Mental visualization is the least important aspect, and is generally not used at all in many schools of Taoist training. Though I use some visualization in training of students, this is a small part, and generally not the most efficient; though it can make the mind feel occupied and “safe.”

Other more efficient and dynamic aspects to this training include:

– Proper internal muscle control.
– Bioenergetic alignment and your “agreement” with gravity.
– Removal of muscular armoring.
– Emotional release / transmutation.
– Coordination of intent, visualization, muscular and energetic movement, and breath.

Ask any teacher who is competent and deeply experienced, and they will tell you that one cannot skip these steps, serious imbalance can result. It can be like trying to push too much voltage through too high a resistance, a short circuit and meltdown can occur. Conversely, it the resistance is vastly higher than one’s level of free life force, maybe nothing, or hardly anything, of an authentic energetic and evolutionary nature may occur.

If you master these rather simple aspects listed above, you can expect to experience:
– Increased awareness and intelligence.
– A noticeable improvement in your ability to open deeply to pleasure.
– Self responsibility and empowerment.
– Higher emotional “intelligence” and understanding.
– A gradual unifying of your disparate physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual selves.
and much, much more….

You need to be in the physical presence of an authentic teacher in my opinion. Cyber fantasy just won’t cut it…. © 2006 Keith E. Hall, All rights reserved.

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With proper training, The various Tantric and Taoist forms of energy awakening will:
– Promote better sex and relationships.
– Heal and rejuvenate the body.
– Improve creativity and productivity.
– Banish fear through personal empowerment.
– Facilitate inner and outer harmony.
– Unite Mind, Body, and Spirit for a Joyful Life!

I would suggest:

1. Seek out some Tantric Taoist Kundalini training. Though your experience is not Kundalini, strictly speaking, it could intensify and lead to an abrupt Kundalini Awakening. This can be spiritually auspicious, but very, very tricky.
2. Other systems that are familiar with these energies are Tantric Qigong, T’ai Chi, and Bioenergetic Analysis. The first two are ancient Taoist disciplines, Bioenergetic Analysis is a body oriented psychotherapy derived from the work of Dr. Wilhelm Reich and his student Alexander Lowen. These systems have a powerful, truly grounding aspect not present in a balanced way in other systems.

3. I am very familiar with this expression of life force that you are experiencing. If you cannot find a teacher in your area, I would be happy to work with you. Balance is what is needed to allow this expression of psyche and soma to continue to blossom easily, safely, and joyfully. © 2006 Keith E. Hall. All rights Reserved.

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Shakti Prana, Resistance, & Freedom

Shakti Prana is an expression of earthly chi and is often one of the first signs that one’s life force and spirit is seeking actualization, or liberation. It is characterized by uncontrolled, spontaneous movements of a mildly convulsive, undulating, or vibrating quality. It may happen in a sexual or nonsexual context, awake or asleep. It is called streaming, kriyas, and body orgasm by many. Those who call it Kundalini are ill informed as true Kundalini, though sharing some of these qualities, is different, and very powerful, potentially dangerous.

Shakti Prana becomes more apparent when this energy overcomes our resident resistance. Ordinarily we have enough energy to run our minds, bodies, emotions at a certain level. Either by increasing our life force, or decreasing our resistance, there will then be a surplus of energy available. You are experiencing this surplus as an energized pleasure and enhanced creativity. This is a very normal experience in this state.

Resistance tends to keep our energy “locked down,” allowing just enough life force so we may participate in the dream of the herd, our social consensual reality. Resistance is mostly fear. It can have a touch of sadness or anger or many subtle variants, but the main force that keeps our energy low is simply fear. Anxiety. Stress. Being ill at ease. Call it whatever you want, fear is the glue that holds us to our illusions.

Freedom involves giving up our “death wish,” our dream of fear and suffering. Few people authentically do this, though we may pretend to. We are supremely resistant to accepting the power, joy, and pleasure that is our birthright, preferring the mild amusements, silent desperation, and secret yearnings of our materially obsessed world. This resistance is not only of the mind, it is very present and deeply stored within the body. We may fool ourselves and others, but our bodies are always telling us the truth, if we could but listen.

When these sort of energy events begin to occur, whether spontaneously, or because of diligent training and practice, it is always an important signpost on the evolutionary highway. The expression or form that the energy takes may vary greatly and depends on the ego fixation and the ratio of energy to resistance of the individual in this present time. Some people experience great pleasure or bliss, others may experience some confusion or other expression of the shadow side at first.

Energy free and strong enough to move the physical body spontaneously can heal and set you free! © 2006 Keith E. Hall. All rights reserved.

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Scott asks: I have been told by some people I have chatted with that I am experiencing a Kundalini Rush…I get hit with a wave of orgasmic energy, it starts in the stomach area and spreads quickly…It gets tingling. But it hits you like BAM. First you feel like you are going forward then it engulfs you and you go backwards and fall into it…It can happen twice in a row or just once. When I wake up I feel different, slightly energized, slightly creative. How and why is this occurring? Any thoughts?
Thanks
Scott

Rev. Hall: By stomach, do you mean abdominal area?

Scott: Yes and lower back

Rev. Hall: Does it spread through narrow channels (perhaps in the spine or back?) or more diffusely and generally throughout the torso?
Scott: It starts like pins and needles and grows in intensity and pleasure, it could be
through channels, but it happens fast.

Rev. Hall: By “it hits you like BAM”, do you mean that it is abrupt, or is it painful?
Scott: I am asleep or half asleep when it happens 4:30 to 6:00 AM…it is…pleasurable, I have tried to move my arm to share it with my wife, but generally can’t move my arm…I am awake at this point, trying to enjoy and understand it, not fighting it like I did at first. Yes, abrupt because It comes out of nowhere…

Rev. Hall: “First you feel like you are going forward then it engulfs you and you go backwards and fall into it “–So you are lying down when this happens? if so, on your back? or some other posture?

Scott: Yes, lying on back asleep, so it feels like a powerful force hit me (as if) I go forward and then lean back…It is very intense when it happens, it feels like an orgasm but different.

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