So I guess there is four main questions in this post. (sorry for asking multiple questions in a single post)
Hi. I'm really frustrated with the fact that I had a wet dream last night, especially considering that my chastity has been very well-embedded in my subconscious. And so the only thing that I can point to as being the culprit of the wet dream is my dietary habits. I ate a pasta that was a little saltier than usual and I added some pepper jack cheese to it. And I know that these food qualities can provoke wet dreams because I have a copy of the "Practice of Brahmacharya" book by Swami Sivananda which goes over which foods to avoid. But the wet dream might have also been cased by going to sleep on a full stomach.
The fact that I don't know what exactly is causing my wet dreams is really frustrating. And it's confusing because I often eat spicy or salty food, or go to sleep on a full stomach, without any negative consequences. And because I've been being chaste in thought, word, and deed, I feel that I don't deserve this. It makes me feel like just cursing at God or the Universe, and asking "What did I do to deserve this?"
I remember in the past, when I was younger, that I would eat all kinds of things and I would never have wet dreams. But now I have them for what appear to be the most insignificant reasons. My first question is: Could it be that wet dreams make it easier for my body to keep having more of them? Almost as if they lubricate the passage way, or make it larger? Is it more difficult for people who have gone a long time without wet dreams for their body to have them? Is there a sort of inertia at play here?
I never want to have a wet dream ever again. So I suppose the smartest approach would be to play it safe and eat a bland diet regardless of how long I've been without a wet dream. My second question is: Is it normal for a Gnostic to be very meticulous about his/her diet? And to treat it like a life or death scenario? Because that's the way I'm thinking of treating it from now on.
My third question is about staying conscious through the night as a method of avoiding wet dreams. I have been meditating in a very effortless way. I have just been sitting or lying in bed doing nothing in particular. They say that the best way to control the mind is to give it free range. While doing this effortless meditation, I also make sure not to indulge any sexual fantasies. This effortless method has been really helpful towards making me more conscious. But as a way to avoid wet dreams (third question:) would it be better to remain conscious of myself throughout sleep? I have tried this method but I have not been very successful with it. It usually either just keeps me awake and creates more tension in my body, or I drift off into sleep but am not able to remain fully conscious during my sleep. Usually, I start to become conscious like in the fourth quarter of my sleep. But not the first few dreams. Should I keeping persisting with this method? I really, really don't ever want to have a wet dream again.
My last question: I notice that sometimes my breathing comes to a pause. Especially when I'm on the verge of transitioning from wakefulness to sleep. And I know that it's not obstructive sleep apnea because it's not my throat that obstructs my air flow, but perhaps it might be central sleep apnea. When my breath comes to a pause it doesn't feel like I'm short of air, instead it feels relaxing. But when it resumes, it (my breath) starts to breathe somewhat shallow, fast, and uncontrolled. (My breathing is often shallow, fast, and uncontrolled during wakefulness. And I think it might be due to repressed emotion or stress.) And I was wondering if this might be causing some of my wet dreams. So my last question is: Is it normal (healthy) for the breath to pause on its own while lying in bed?
Sorry for being such a pain in the butt. I really appreciate what you guys do.
Hi. I'm really frustrated with the fact that I had a wet dream last night, especially considering that my chastity has been very well-embedded in my subconscious. And so the only thing that I can point to as being the culprit of the wet dream is my dietary habits. I ate a pasta that was a little saltier than usual and I added some pepper jack cheese to it. And I know that these food qualities can provoke wet dreams because I have a copy of the "Practice of Brahmacharya" book by Swami Sivananda which goes over which foods to avoid. But the wet dream might have also been cased by going to sleep on a full stomach.
The fact that I don't know what exactly is causing my wet dreams is really frustrating. And it's confusing because I often eat spicy or salty food, or go to sleep on a full stomach, without any negative consequences. And because I've been being chaste in thought, word, and deed, I feel that I don't deserve this. It makes me feel like just cursing at God or the Universe, and asking "What did I do to deserve this?"
I remember in the past, when I was younger, that I would eat all kinds of things and I would never have wet dreams. But now I have them for what appear to be the most insignificant reasons. My first question is: Could it be that wet dreams make it easier for my body to keep having more of them? Almost as if they lubricate the passage way, or make it larger? Is it more difficult for people who have gone a long time without wet dreams for their body to have them? Is there a sort of inertia at play here?
I never want to have a wet dream ever again. So I suppose the smartest approach would be to play it safe and eat a bland diet regardless of how long I've been without a wet dream. My second question is: Is it normal for a Gnostic to be very meticulous about his/her diet? And to treat it like a life or death scenario? Because that's the way I'm thinking of treating it from now on.
My third question is about staying conscious through the night as a method of avoiding wet dreams. I have been meditating in a very effortless way. I have just been sitting or lying in bed doing nothing in particular. They say that the best way to control the mind is to give it free range. While doing this effortless meditation, I also make sure not to indulge any sexual fantasies. This effortless method has been really helpful towards making me more conscious. But as a way to avoid wet dreams (third question:) would it be better to remain conscious of myself throughout sleep? I have tried this method but I have not been very successful with it. It usually either just keeps me awake and creates more tension in my body, or I drift off into sleep but am not able to remain fully conscious during my sleep. Usually, I start to become conscious like in the fourth quarter of my sleep. But not the first few dreams. Should I keeping persisting with this method? I really, really don't ever want to have a wet dream again.
My last question: I notice that sometimes my breathing comes to a pause. Especially when I'm on the verge of transitioning from wakefulness to sleep. And I know that it's not obstructive sleep apnea because it's not my throat that obstructs my air flow, but perhaps it might be central sleep apnea. When my breath comes to a pause it doesn't feel like I'm short of air, instead it feels relaxing. But when it resumes, it (my breath) starts to breathe somewhat shallow, fast, and uncontrolled. (My breathing is often shallow, fast, and uncontrolled during wakefulness. And I think it might be due to repressed emotion or stress.) And I was wondering if this might be causing some of my wet dreams. So my last question is: Is it normal (healthy) for the breath to pause on its own while lying in bed?
Sorry for being such a pain in the butt. I really appreciate what you guys do.