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Dhananjay,

Thank you for taking time out to teach many of us the importance of the vital fluid.  A quick question.   I am on my 5th month and feel great, but had a wetdream lastnight.  Do I have to start over in my timeframe of being pure, as if I masturbated/had sex?? Or can I still say to myself, "this is my 5th month" ???

Thank you for your awesome energy,
Mike

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An occasional, involuntary wet dream during sleep is not considered as a break in Brahmacharya. Only voluntary loss of semen in the waking state, carried out under awareness, resets the practice back to start and qualifies to be called a break.

However, it will be very necessary to ensure that one maintains absolute efforts towards Brahmacharya in thought, word and deed while awake, if wet dreams are to reduce and finally disappear. Events in the dreaming state are a pointer of mental thoughts indulged while being awake, either recently or in the past.

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Dhananjay

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I can answer to the extent of my knowledge, questions concerning the practice of 'Brahmacharya', the results that follow and the means required.

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I am into the practice of 'Brahmacharya' along with the study and practice of a life of 'Yoga' aimed at self-realization. My aim at volunteering here is to share with fellow readers, matters concerning self-realization/Brahmacharya to the extent of my knowledge. The term 'Yoga' is a derivative of the Samskruth verb 'Yuj' which means 'to join'. 'Yoga', also called 'Brahma vidyâ' thus signifies a mode of life that leads to the apparent union of the individual Jivâtma (embodied soul) with the Lord of the Universe - Brahman/The Almighty. Mere indulgence in 'Âsana' or physical postures is not Yoga. Âsana is only one limb or 'Anga' of Yoga. True Yoga consists of a lifestyle governed by the eight limbs viz. Yama, Niyama, Âsana, Prânâyâma, Pratyâhâra, Dhârana, Dhyâna and Samâdhi. Brahmacharya or spiritually based continence is one of the important components of 'Yama'. 'Brahmacharya':-"Brahmani charyathey ithi" - "One who has completely surrendered to Brahman, overcome the ego, and has realized himself to be a tool of the Almighty." Perfection in these eight limbs leads to establishment in 'Brahma Vidyâ' (knowledge of the Brahman) followed by merger with the Almighty.

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