Abstinence is not enough. You must transmute your sexual energies daily.
People who squander their semen squander their light (al-Nur). The light, aur, emerges from the nun, the sperm, thus forming the title of Surat al-Nur.
This is the twenty-fourth Surah of the Qur'an (the mysteries of the Weaver in the Tarot or book concealed). Esoterically speaking, 2+4=6. The sixth commandment states: "Thou shalt not fornicate."
If you want more light, happiness, peace, and contement, remain chaste. For light is added unto light. "Light upon light!" -24:35
For thirty years I sought God. But when I looked carefully I found that in reality God was the seeker and I the sought. -Bayazid al-Bastami