Does masturbation interfere with self realization?
It isn’t masturbation itself that interferes with the self realization process. In many ways masturbation is just as neutral in itself as, say, sitting on a clifftop rock to admire the tremendous view – though it is a bit weakening when practised more frequently than is biologically beneficial. As to what is biologically beneficial, it is NOT to do with when you want to ‘do it’ but to do with how frequently you need to do it in order not to get certain physical problems later in life – the widely recognised one being prostate enlargement in men. I don’t know if there are any equivalent considerations for women, but there might well be, whether or not they are medically recognised. The main problem about masturbation (as with all sexual activity) is in the enormous degree of attachment that nearly all of us have to erotic and orgasmic ecstasy feelings, and the way that this is cultivated and ruthlessly exploited by the dark force in order to control us and keep us pointing firmly away f
