"Conserve your powers. Be like the capacious ocean, absorbing quietly all the tributary rivers of the senses. Daily renewed sense yearnings sap your inner peace; they are like openings in a reservoir that permit vital waters to be wasted in the desert soil of materialism. The forceful, activating impulse of wrong desire is the greatest enemy to the happiness of man. Roam in the world as a lion of self-control; don't let the frogs of sense weakness kick you around." Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri
another helpful resource:
http://yoganandaharmony.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Sex-Force-Transmutation.pdfBrock thanks for the article. I have seen similar exercises in the SRF lessons. I wonder what this organization is? Anyhow the kriyas are also a helpful exercise for control since they bring the vital energies upward. I want to express one more time though I believe that balance is a more productive path rather than abstinence, until all our passions are under control. Yet everyone has their own unique path that is why Paramahansa Yogananda offered various methods and approaches to spiritual advancement. I appreciate your contributions. When I was speaking with a Brother in California he recommended a certain book to me since I was living a monastic type of life at that time and at various periods of my life i have been celibate. There are also various factors and events in our lives that promote different views of sexual or non sexual stances and physical expression. If you are interested I will find out the name of the book again.
Jitendra
