Semen Retention and Life As Tantric Sex

Redirecting The Creative Life Force, Purposefully

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Long ago, I concluded that life itself could become an act of worship by elevating the consciousness through mindfulness. So too, can sexuality become a vehicle for personal transformation.

It seems a universal pursuit of humanity to desire more power. There is a readily available source that is, for many men, not untapped but far too frequently tapped — to the point of rendering them impotent in a mental and spiritual sense.

Porn addiction, sex addiction, and depression are all severe and widespread issues affecting men’s health. While perhaps we can’t assign causation, I feel like there is definitely a correlation between these. Obviously, depression is a widely varied and multifaceted condition, so determining the causes are unique to each person. Still, sexual health and mental health are closely dovetailed together and overlap on many occasions.

Cards on the table, I am not an expert in this field of study; I am but a student and experimenter on myself as a subject, learning from any source possible but primarily experiential. I aim to treat and heal depression, in myself primarily but ideally for others’ benefit as well, by examining the myriad causes and trying to offer superior alternatives to what may appear to be assumed ways of living and doing things. I believe in the vastness of human potential and the limitless evolution that may be made possible by simply improving the trajectory on which we live.

Redefining “Male” -ness

Toxic masculinity is an exaggerated expression of what males are taught: putting themselves out there, putting their best foot forward, and getting after whatever they want. This can become a pathology of narcissistic entitlement.

The expectation put on men to be “tough” to repress emotion, provide, protect, and procreate by giving our sperm. Fatherhood has been reduced, by many, to “sperm donorship.” Why is the sperm considered so highly, but the role of fatherhood degenerated and emasculated? And on the flip side, the overt sexualization in media inflates the expectations of said narcissistic entitlement and a sense of confusion at the disconnect between this entitlement and…