For a start just reading there will be lecture on masturbation didn’t knew what to expect, just coming from Indian culture puts a no no to talking with elders about masturbation, but this lecture I guess gave me a reason to fond out what my religion says about masturbation. Attitude of Sikhism towards masturbation sinful as it comes under the 5 commandments of evil, explained as the five vicious thieves in the Guru Granth Sahib (Holy Book). Masturbation, also referred to as Self-Sex, involves lustful thoughts that inspires or encourages more sexual thoughts and acts, and is therefore not appropriate for a Sikh to engage in. This is mostly seen in adolescence period as they want to satisfy their sexual needs. It is for self pleasure (sexual pleasure using with own or others hands or objects). In the Sikh way of life masturbation is not considered an acceptable option for quenching physical desire. The Sikh of the Guru has the best option to search for and find the TRUE source of satisfaction and fulfilment in life. You are expected master your mind at this age and you are told this will master the world while quite young.
Following the Sikh way of life you are taught how to control such sexual feelings and you are expected not to engage with the opposite gender or even the same sex (as it’s appropriate nowadays). The ways they teach to control by telling a person no matter what your age or situation, a good way to control your sexual energy is by doing a lot of physical exercise. You need to sweat, sweat, sweat. Run, play soccer, basketball, cricket - what ever sport you like. Long cold showers are also good for transmitting sexual energy, and they are great for the nervous system. Do something creative, like painting, writing, or cycling - what ever you like! The important thing is to use some discipline. Do the above things on a regular basis and if you are spontaneously hit with sexual desires, instead of reaching for the computer, go do something I mentioned above. If you are serious about wanting to control this energy, then you will have to discipline yourself into helping yourself. Normally youngsters or even elders are too embarrassed to ask about masturbation.
Now I wonder what the medical world says, are there any side effects to it: According to science, practicing masturbation makes one weak and can lead to both psychological and physiological imbalances. Frequent masturbation and ejaculation stimulate acetylcholine/ parasympathetic nervous functions excessively, resulting in the over production of sex hormones and neurotransmitters such as acetylcholine, dopamine and serotonin. Abundant and unusually amount of these hormones and neurotransmitters can cause the brain and adrenal glands to perform excessive dopamine-norepinephrine-epinephrine conversion and turn the brain and body functions to be extremely sympathetic. In other words, there is a big change of body chemistry when one excessively practices masturbation. So is it really important for people to masturbate if such problems can occur, is it even important to masturbate but why do people actually masturbate excessively in the first place. Really hmm!
Psychology behind excessive masturbation
Although not really known to anyone properly looking at my Google results unless I look at the psychology (it’s an internet based activity). So from me found loneliness is a prime mover in case of masturbation leading the individual into isolation, fantasy. When real world is harsh and forbidding, one turns to fantasy and when one spends much time in a fantasy world, he becomes enslaved with sexual objects (for that is the way he sees other persons, as objects).
Thereafter he will flee to the unreal but pleasant world of his imagination. This is the beginning of sexual addiction, so well described by Patrick Carnes. So often the habit of masturbation becomes compulsive, that is to say, the person is not able to control masturbatory activity in spite of great efforts to do so. Usually such a person is lacking in insight and needs therapy in conjunction with spiritual direction.
http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Lust_Control
http://www.projectnaad.com/wp-content/uploads/leaflets/sikhism_and_sexuality.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation
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