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Hatha Yoga: The Yogi Philosophy of Physical Well-Being1952
lustful indulgences. The reproductive energy is creative energy, and may
be taken up by the system and transmuted into strength and vitality, thus
serving the purpose of regeneration instead of generation. If the young
men of the Western world understood these underlying principles, they
would be saved much misery and unhappiness in after years, and would be
stronger mentally, morally and physically.
This transmutation of the reproductive energy gives great vitality to those
practicing it. It fills them with great vital force, which will radiate from them
and cause them to be known as “magnetic” personalities. The energy thus
transmuted may be turned into new channels and used to great advantage.
Nature has condensed one of its most powerful manifestations of prana into
reproductive energy, as its purpose is to create. The greatest amount of vital
force is concentrated into the smallest space. The reproductive organism
is the most powerful storage battery in animal life, and its force maybe
drawn upward and used, as well as expended in the ordinary functions of
reproduction, or wasted in riotous lust.
The Yogi exercise for transmuting reproductive energy is simple. It
is coupled with rhythmic breathing and is easily performed. It may be
practiced at any time, but is strongly recommended when one feels the
instinct most strongly, at which time the reproductive energy is manifesting
and may be easily transmuted for regenerative purposes. We give it in the
next paragraph. The men or women doing mental creative work, or bodily
creative work, will be able to use this creative energy in their vocations, by
following the exercise, drawing up the energy with each inhalation and
sending it forth with the exhalation. The student will understand, of course,
that it is not the actual reproductive fluids that are drawn up and used,
but the etheric pranic energy which animates the latter—the soul of the
reproductive organism, as it were.