Damn.
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Yeah, honestly, never knew this was really a thing. I feel like it’s rooted mostly in belief systems/ conditioning. It’s like completely disowning a part of your inherit nature.
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Pornography and etc. can be a transgression of the higher self. That’s why it’s so destructive in nature for some.
Also, I’m checking out of this subject for good.
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Not true. Just because we have Ojas doesn’t stop the way masturbation/lust literally traps free consciousness and creates all the psychological aggregates we all have (to use Buddhist terminology). It’s why it’s the original sin. It breeds impurity of thought, unethical conduct, cold heart, chaotic mind,selfishness, pride, anger, avarice, etc. The “I” of lust is very clever and loves to use those kinds of justifications. It destroys the endocrine system, and the nervous system as well. Ojas helps but absolutely not a substitution for noFap. Masturbation is spiritual suicide.
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I’m saying can because I’m tired of this eternal debate, lol. Checking out. Urge everyone to take a good hard look at themselves and ask theirselves the question: “Would my Higher Self sit in front of a screen and masturbate till orgasm to videos of other people having sexual intercourse?”.
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Exactly. That bottom lines it
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I don’t think your higher self would enjoy eating ice cream or playing video games either so I’m not sure if this is a good analogy lol
Also don’t forget. The higher self IS you.
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I doubt you can compare those two things from a moral standpoint. And yes, we are our higher selves, but also we aren’t. Or else you wouldn’t have to go around and seek for knowledge.
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Here is an additional “helicopter perspective” on the topic:
What if your Higher Self knew, that as a young testosterone filled irrational boy, masturbation would actually save your further incarnation, by making sure that you don’t inseminate the next best women that you’ve have otherwise met and married?
So many folks f*ck up their incarnations by getting locked into family and relationship constellations that totally prevent them from having time for actual spiritual development.
The important difference here is:
Masturbation and sex toys can be a tool for you and your Higher Self to temporarily numb down the body’s animal desires and provide “post nut mental clarity” if you are a young hormone-crazed teenager.
But porn on the other hand, is just an artificial drug that messes up your dopamine reward centers and allows for astral sexual parasites to enter your energy body. Avoid at all cost!
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Of course, it can, as a young boy. We’re not young boys any more. There’s people in their mid 20’s choking their chicken to lewd videos all day long these days.
Nothing wrong with release as a kid. Or when neccesary, if neccesary.
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Why ehteric cord cutter? What will it do?
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Well, I used to watch some bad stuff (BDSM) as well (curiosity sometimes is not a blessing), so porn can definitely mess with your head, one way or another…
I failed after a few months without porn, since I watched it again 
,…, well, somehow I will get rid of it for good (I became more knowledgeable after reading a post from @JAAJ, so now at least I know better).
Well, there is no such thing as a free ride and apparently those porn sites and models are infected/full of energetic parasites, hence why we need to cut those links/cords with the porn industry.
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Okay I should definetly use it then. My list is hella long atm hopefully it won’t clash with anything. Btw should you think about the BDSM while listening to etheric cord cutter or the field recognizes the “bad stuff” by itself?
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I think it’s done automatically, but I’m not an expert, perhaps someone else can enlighten us.
I personally listen with or without thinking about what needs to be cut from my life.
It’s not good to create a morality and ideal around “staying clean”.
Maybe you’re feeling good not only because you quitted porn but also because you’re living in harmony within that morality and ideal that was created for you.
And once you fail to reach that ideal version of yourself, then guilt, anxiety, paranoia and all sorts of things attached to it happen.
I’d say that it’s not only about porn, but also all the ideal images, guilt, morality that exists around that issue, which makes it more serious.
By erasing all the morality, ideal images around the subject, maybe you won’t be even tempted to watch porn in the first place, because there’s no anxiety, fear and guilt that fuels into the addiction.
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Very helpful. I think it comes down to a kind of unconditional love for oneself. That doesn’t mean that you just accept and condone all your actions, but it does mean that all these negative emotions surrounding relapses fade away. And paradoxically, being softer on yourself will probably allow you to release the pornography addiction much easier than being hard on yourself.
I’ve been through phases where if I’m sticking to my goals and ideals I feel great about myself. But if I slip up then I fall into a cycle of self loathing. I thought being tough on myself was actually the most effective way to go about it but now looking back, holding myself in positive emotions even if I’ve done something short of my standards is the way to go.
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Yes, the ego is very tricky, that’s why one needs to stay tuned and pay attention to all the ways in which it feeds.