Chastity
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Without trying to put words in someone else's mouth... I wonder if there is a semantical issue here with the word "suppress." Certainly it is useful not to entertain sexual thoughts, not to make it hard on yourself unnecessarily. But actual suppression (denying, shoving down, lying to yourself about, etc.) leads to mental and emotional unbalance.
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I think we have only one nice not going into details Jim's approach wich is generaly true.
I put forward more details about it but I won't write a book - I recommend Mantak Chia for all the details you ever need. And if you prefer yoga read about it too.
Definitely, there is nothing to surpress - meditate on the taiji. -
Some Western students of the Nath tradition, almost extinct in India, tried to fuse the old Trantric traditions with Western magick beginning I think in the 70s. These Naths are still around as a very small group with an online presence. Anyway, some of these people came to the conclusion that it was extremely difficult to pursue strict Tantric practises outside of the Indian culture and without a knowledgeable teacher closeby. Many returned to Western magick, others went to India. Dion Fortune felt strongly about not mixing the two, although she did practise yoga.
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@rein said
"I feel like I'm on fire"
As well you should be.
Keep yer head an' sally forth....
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I will say that I have had a problem with this since a teenager and the problem is still persistent. I have decided to do a personal test to see if I could make it 2 months or even longer. I will say that it has been very hard so far, but I have learned that meditating (humming) AUM creates a vibration in my body that creates some type of enjoyment but very little stimulation and helps me pass till the next test of my sanity. I am not sure that I will make 2 months but the results are good so far.
About 3 weeks and still sane
Note: Your results may vary and may or may not be anything like this.
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In my view 'chastity' has more to do with discipline and the cultivation of certain sexual energies than anything else.
Being 'chaste' simply for the sake of being 'chaste' is pointless. It depends where you are on the path, some paths require chastity
while some require increased sexual appetite and indulgence. First step is to find out what path you are on, study it and discipline yourself
well enough so that each path is performed in perfect form. Much like lifting weights, as a beginner you have no idea of form or that
self-awareness that gradually accumulates as you learn your own body. The greater the awareness of the path and the more discipline you
have on the instruction the greater the results (at least this is how I have done it). And I used to live a life where I was the typical bachelor so I
know how bad sexual stimulation can get. But after you discipline yourself just a week or two you begin to realize how easy it starts to come.
It's not about being chaste or unchaste it's about not letting these urges control your will. -
I have found that for a practice of Hatha Yoga, chastity is the best option for me, at least at this juncture.
It may have to do with the infrequency with which I engage in sexual activity
My body feeling very tense the next day
I find it far more useful to channel my sexual energies elsewhere in a more controlled fashion,
in lieu of the huge explosion/release via sexual gratification
