George Asare wrote:
However, I do not want to live in the world anymore. I am trying to practice that art of overcoming the world, not living within it.

Umbra wrote:
And go where exactly?

Don't get me wrong, I find your modus operandi quite admirable. Yet remember, you are still young and full of vigor, and what is felicitous in one age might not be quite so in another.

Umbra wrote:

Quoth Bacon, "Nature to be commanded must be obeyed."

But I sincerely wish you luck with your celibacy. If I were you, I would occupy myself with writing - poetry, short stories, a novel, essays, whatever, just write as much as you can, and you might feel your desires dissipate onto the page. Or else just read Hegel or Kant until you can hardly think straight, much less copulate

George Asare wrote:


The problem is masturbation does nothing for me. It is nothing more than an intoxicating and energy sapping activity that leads to nothing but very temporary satisfaction.

Wosret wrote:
I doubt you'll adhere to such restrictions for years and years, but just so you know, medically the prostate needs action -- celibate priests have 30% higher rates of prostate cancer than the general public. It is a good thing to learn discipline, and self-control, especially while young, but once you have control, and are not under the control of your impulses, is when you allow it. Don't refrain for life, or even years, it isn't healthy.

That said, if you killed your sex drive, it would kill the point in attempting to develop self-mastery, it is supposed to be difficult -- unless it is the masturbation or sex itself that you think is wrong, and for all time -- in which case, I don't think that is correct. It is an unhealthy idea, and practice in the long run.