5.7.3.1 The second step: understanding the retained energy

The second step, in this yoga of sexual energy, is to understand through experience the energy which is retained in your body by the practice of not having physiological orgasm. After sexual activity which does not release the body’s natural energy through physiological orgasm, there remains considerable tension in the male psycho-physiological system. This tension can express itself in a range of symptoms, from simple muscular tension to thoughts whirling endlessly round until you think your head will burst.

The goal of this stage of the meditation is to attain control of the retained sexual energy so as to integrate it into your whole psycho-physiological system, your whole, conditioned, being. You gain nothing by attempting to rush this process or by blaming yourself for failure. What you are trying to develop, above all else, is the unwavering determination to succeed in this meditation.

Your position at the beginning of the second step in this meditation is simple. You have engaged in sexual activity on one or more occasions, alone or accompanied, and through the habit of your body, or effort and practised determination, the male has refrained from the release of physiological orgasm. Sooner or later, the male will need or desire the release of orgasm to free him from the tensions sweeping his body and his mind.

It is this need or desire for the release of orgasm which he will now learn to transcend. Be patient and meditate long and hard. As you develop mastery, over a sustained period of committed practice, you will learn to experience pleasure in entirely new and satisfying ways.