After contemplating my semen retention journey and that of other retainers, I noticed that semen retention has four main stages that you must progress through.
These stages of semen retention are;
1. Excitement
The first stage of semen retention is excitement, which occurs within the first 30 days of retaining your seed. After learning about the benefits of semen retention, you start retaining your seed and you become very excited because you are eager to experience the popularized benefits, believing that they will change your life.
The excitement later intensifies as you experience benefits like a good mood and high energy levels that make you realize that semen retention actually works.
In this stage, I experienced an increased desire to surrender to the flow of life, and I became confident with women. This made me very excited.
By the way, you might experience different benefits at this stage depending on how frequently you had sex or masturbated before retaining.
2. Experiencing common benefits
Of the four stages of semen retention, this stage, which starts from day 31 to 180, has the highest number of benefits. In this stage, retainers ascertain that semen retention is truly beneficial, and they experience benefits that make them believe that they will retain their seed forever.
The common benefits experienced include mental calmness, stronger willpower, better discipline, increased productivity, a strong desire to quit unproductive habits, high self-esteem, female attraction, an extraordinary feeling of bravery and courage, stiff erections, a positive attitude toward life, and finding ordinary things, such as the moon, stars, and sunset or sunrise, to be extremely beautiful.
I experienced these benefits and many others, such as child-like curiosity, I had vivid dreams, I felt happy for no reason, and I felt as if I was seeing some places for the first time.
3. Experiencing unpopular benefits
The third stage of semen retention starts from around the 7th month of retaining one’s seed. Here, retainers experience unpopular benefits of semen retention, such as gaining a better understanding of topics that they have read before, understanding things intuitively, an increased desire for solitude, a deep connection with others, social magnetism, improved physical health, great emotional stability, and the feeling that a higher force is guiding one’s life.
Some retainers claim to experience the spiritual impacts of semen retention, which include the opening of the third eye chakra, a feeling of oneness when meditating, and strange dreams.
I experienced lucid dreams, and I had an out-of-body experience after retaining for about 400 days. I had a heightened awareness of my spirit-self, and the need to surrender to the flow of life intensified.
4. The Ultimate Realization
After a year and a half or more of retaining, retainers come to the ultimate realization that semen retention benefits will not be life-changing if they don’t change. In other words, retainers realize that although semen retention is highly beneficial, it is not the ultimate solution. They discover that growth in any field requires persistence, hard work, and grace. They notice that retaining while doing nothing to improve their lives will not bring great changes in their life.
Many retainers relapse when they reach this stage and decide to change their lives using hard work and self-discipline rather than through retaining. The good thing is that even after relapsing, they have control over their sexual urges because their interest in women, masturbation, and porn reduces. This makes it easier for them to focus on their goals.
Of the stages of semen retention, I believe this is the best stage as it enabled me to realize that semen retention is just a booster. I discovered that semen retention benefits must be combined with other factors, such as spiritual exercise, virtue, and hard work, for them to become life-changing.
I relapsed after realizing that I didn’t want to retain my seed for life. But although I relapsed, I don’t think about sex all the time, and the urge to constantly masturbate and watch porn has reduced.
Concluding Remarks
I still go on short semen retention streaks because they help me focus on my goals. Moreover, I limit my sexual activity, and I stopped pursuing sex and women after semen retention made me realize that I can go a long time without sex. I only have sex with girls who like me and who insist that they want to be with me: when such opportunities don’t arise, I retain my seed. The surprising thing is that sex always comes when I don’t really need it. I guess this is the law of detachment at work.