I don’t remember when I first tried practicing Brahmacharya. And yes, I don’t want to use the word “No Fap”; rather, I want to use the word “Brahmacharya” because that is where it originated. It is mostly part of Hindu scriptures and the discoveries of Hindu people rather than anyone else. By renaming it, one should not try to take credit from the people of Eastern civilization. There are numerous references in various ancient Hindu textbooks that I can quote related to Brahmacharya, and I will in subsequent articles. But first, I want to tell you about my experiences.
First, there is no scientific evidence regarding it; in fact, science demotivates the entire theory and tells you that pleasuring yourself is good. How can it be? That is my first question. My second question is: how did they come to that inference? The inference they have arrived at is mostly based on chemicals rather than observations. I believe that science, even though advanced today, hasn’t touched the tip of the iceberg when it comes to understanding the universe. There is so much to know, but at this time, with the flurry of books in the market on various subjects—most of them, in my view, mere opinions—we have been convinced that we know it all.
I believe that the human mind is highly capable of figuring out the truth, but we don’t do that because we believe only what we see and not what we feel. “Feeling is the secret,” said Neville Goddard, and how naïve I was not to understand that simple line years earlier when I first read his thoughts. It is not science alone. Science is made to solve certain problems that exist in the physical world, but our feeling is what tells us the right things. There are instances where science has proved to be wrong, but our feelings feel right to us. From the day I started giving importance to my feelings, my life started to change. If I want to sleep and feel like sleeping, I sleep. If I want to masturbate, I do that—I mean, I used to. I have not controlled my body; my body has controlled me.
How many brains does a person have? Who is it telling me to do something, and at the same time there is a feeling telling me not to do it? There seem to be two kinds of minds, and both have different feelings. Call them whatever you want. The first mind is what you learn from outside, and it is dominant because it runs on survival mode and wants to protect you from outside threats and keep you secure. But there is another mind that holds the secret to your life. It has all the information one needs to move ahead. It is called feeling. Feeling is nothing but inherent thoughts that are based on our primal nature. Our primal nature knows everything about us, and yet we keep defying it.
There are times when I feel I know the meaning of a word and know how to use it but can’t put its exact meaning into words. That is your feeling—you know something is right. There is often a problem that we know something is right but are unable to express it verbally. The same applies to Brahmacharya. We all masturbate—most of us do—but many feel guilt about it. What is masturbation anyway? Isn’t it merely an act of having sex without a partner, since there is no commitment to another person, and considering that relationships can sometimes be difficult, some men choose to go solo? There are only a few women who can accommodate men well. Many people are living with the wrong life partners, and that is okay because otherwise society might not function smoothly.
Thinking about Brahmacharya, I feel it is the right thing to do. There is nothing more important than knowing what is right and what is wrong. It is also important to understand that Brahmacharya is not merely about not ejaculating or avoiding sexual thoughts; it is more than that. Your semen is not just a bodily fluid; it is often described as one of the most potent substances produced by the body. It is as if, metaphorically speaking, you compressed something immensely until it became highly concentrated—that would be semen. It is an extremely concentrated biological fluid. Anything more concentrated would become solid.
It doesn’t just contain chemicals, as most Western scientists claim. They describe what they observe under microscopes and in chemical reactions, and these chemicals contain certain formulas and programs, much like XML code contains information about a website. These codes are a form of primal intelligence that every human body possesses. You don’t have to think too much to understand it—you just have to observe. What scientists have researched for decades is the simple truth that these codes are transferred to offspring when they are born. They may call it DNA because they observe protein bonds under microscopes, but the phenomenon exists regardless of terminology. Every child born, male or female, is born with certain characteristics, and even if after birth the child is taken away from the parents, he or she may still develop traits similar to them.
Don’t take Brahmacharya lightly. It is, to me, one of the most important topics in the world, yet rarely discussed openly. Some believe that excessive indulgence weakens mental discipline, making people more susceptible to persuasion and temptation. A weak mind, they argue, is easier to influence. People lacking confidence may struggle to resist even small temptations.