OBEs, Celibacy, Masturbation and the Sex Drive
by Bob Peterson
The topic of sexuality came up on one of the Facebook groups not long ago, I decided to post this short chapter from my new (unpublished) OBE book, Hacking the Out of Body Experience: Leveraging Science to Induce OBEs. Enjoy.
Bob Peterson
25 September 2018
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Chapter 68
OBEs,
Celibacy, Masturbation and the Sex Drive
Some
people, especially those rooted in Taoist traditions, claim that
men’s OBE abilities are enhanced by celibacy and abstaining from
all forms of ejaculation (sex, masturbation, etc.). They say that
releasing semen depletes “chi,” "qi," or “life-force,” (non-physical
energy), an excess of which is essential for OBE work.1
Even Carlos Castaneda wrote that sex depletes non-physical energy. First of all, I
don’t believe OBEs require a lot of non-physical energy, and I don't believe sex depletes chi. I tend to think that’s just superstition
passed down for generations. (However, psycho-physical exercises like T'ai Chi, Qi Gong and similar "chi-building" exercises can help you induce OBEs, but for other reasons) What do the OBE experts say?
Robert
Bruce calls out sexual arousal as a potential problem. He wrote that
some people “worry that sex may drain the energy body and make
projection more difficult until it has replenished itself. In my
opinion, sex before a projection attempt has more positive than
negative aspects to it. Sexual fulfillment greatly eases physical and
mental tension by promoting energetic balance and deeper physical and
mental relaxation.”2
The myth, he says, is most likely because people often have more sex
at night before bed, which makes you fall asleep more quickly.
William Buhlman found that “a normal sex life does not interfere with OBEs. However, if you believe it will, then you have created your reality.”3
Akhena wrote that a healthy sex life can be a positive factor for OBEs. She wrote, “Abstention is not useful and may even be a problem.”4
Salvatore Caesar Scordato suggested using masturbation as a way to achieve a deeper level of relaxation just prior to making an OBE attempt.5
Michael Raduga takes it a bit further and even includes a “Sex Technique” for achieving OBEs in which the practitioner “tries to feel the intimate sensations of the copulative act in as much detail as possible.”6 To me that seems counter-intuitive; it would be too much of a distraction. On the other hand (no pun intended!), most men can probably imagine sexual scenarios more vividly than normal OBE visualization techniques, due to countless years of practice!
Curiously, even though Sylvan Muldoon stressed the need for subconscious desire in general, he also wrote that sexual desire is a negative factor for inducing OBEs.7 He insisted that sexual desire keeps you too focused on the physical body, making it harder to move away from it.
Among other things, orgasm releases endorphins, the body’s natural pain killing hormone. Although non-addictive, endorphins act on the opiate receptors in the brain, and they have been known to induce hallucinations.
The
bottom line is to not let your OBE attempts be wasted
because you’re too distracted by unfulfilled sexual desire. It’s
better to see it as a necessary function of the physical body,
satisfy the
body’s need, and get on with your OBE attempt, undistracted.
1 Behind
the Veil, Daniel
Kelley, 2018.
2 Astral
Dynamics, Robert Bruce, Hampton Roads Publishing, 1999, pg. 293
– 294.
3 Buhlman
posted this in response to a question in the “TMI Out of Body
Experience Group” on Facebook, 13 Aug 2018.
4 Out
of Body Experiences, Akhena, Channel Soleil Publications, 2013,
pg. 49.
5 You
Can Fly, Salvatore Caesar Scordato, Kaleidoscope Books, 2015, pg
77.
6 The
Phase, Michael Raduga, obe4u.com, 2015, version 3.0, pg. 246.
7 The
Projection of the Astral Body, Sylvan Muldoon and Hereward
Carrington, Weiser, 1929, Chapter 9, “Sexual Desire is a negative
factor” pg. 181.
