/lit/ - Literature

>>12272990
Yes. Depends on the books, they have their own libraries. Some quite large.

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>>12156516
You were not practicing it correctly. These erections were not occurring "randomly" throughout the day; they arose due to your mental lasciviousness and exposure to sex stimuli. Erections have a cause and effect and if you allow them to happen, sexual abstinence becomes almost a self-defeating battle, leaving you horny and drained. The very language that you used is evidence of your thought process, which of course will eventually incite and excite.
As for the nocturnal erections, they are normal, and unfortunately, the as the years progress, many men have associated the state of waking up with one as arousing due, which should not be the case. This is one of the things that drove me to quit with renewed effort. That stole the serenity of a nice clean morning, and it's ritual of a nice cup of coffee and just sitting in contemplation of the day ahead and replaced it with a frenzy of arousal, where my the peace of the morning was completely thrown out and all that was on my mind was one thing, that one thing, and if acted upon, the morning and motivation for the day ahead was utterly gone. For this reason, if people are waking up aroused, they should consider phenibut or baclofen if they have the problem these agents will prevent nocturnal penile tumescence. This will allow the brain to reboot, and whenever they are discontinued, you can wake up with an erection and it will no longer be associated with arousal.
It is a common misconception that abstinence makes a man more aroused and horny. The opposite is the case. The sexual organs decrease production of their secretions, and in turn, the brain is no longer as reactive to being frivolously aroused. I also can attest to this, and say that after prolonged abstinence, sex isn't even on the mind and should stimuli cross the eyes, it can be more readily dismissed, and arousal averted entirely than were I masturbating daily.
https://www.eusupplements.europeanurology.com/article/S1569-9056(17)31159-4/pdf
Arousal isn't harmless either. It induces a state of hypofrontality so that you are distracted, to further the evolutionary goal of what it thinks is procreation without as much debate. It causes measurable deficits in working memory. This can put an end to creative, productive, lofty, states of mind in less than an instant and must be opposed.

>>12150288
>You are learning a second language, aren't you?
People are too busy indulged in masturbation and sex to have any motivation left over for productive efforts. There minds and motivation have become focused on their next orgasmic hit beyond anything else. Once attained, the prolactin surge that follows is the coup de grâce of their motivation the rest of the day. They can still get things done, it just requires discipline and not motivation, which produces work, out of frustration rather than greatness.

Reminder that the monks of middle ages were some of the greatest polyglots of all time and that chastity is of great benefit to language learning, conferring boundless motivation to study for 8+ hours a day if need be, with a mind that is reinvigorated and focused on intellectual pursuits instead of base pleasures.

>low IQ slave to the flesh
>book to make you an even greater slave to the flesh
No. No thanks.

>>12098052
Joy (constant, ever increasing) > Pleasure (short-term always fleeting).

>>12089427
You've come the realization that these were vanities and know from experience that future pursuits are empty and vain.
What you truly desire most is to abandon goals, concerns, everything--- whilst at the same time not being apathetic and complacent as you are now. You are after a perfect contentment, something that brings satisfaction with every waking moment. You look outward but the solution lies inward, and discovering that is more impressive than any treasure in the entire world. Strict Benedictine or Brunonian monastic life is the quickest possible path. I'm doubtful this is something you have experienced or considered but this will quench your thirst. Even if it's all false, the people who have led the greatest lives on Earth are monastics, who have learned to overcome the innate longing and dissatisfaction of the will, overcoming much of the human condition, in pursuit of absolute perfection.