Erections during prayer (not for the faint of heart)

[Sha'irullah]

I suffer from something horrible. I get erections when I worship/pray god

As embarrassing as this is it is even more embarrassing considering the fact that I hate erections! I actually find it bothersome although I hear there is a "cure" for it I would rather die then commit the horrible act of autosexuality. Erections are the most disgusting things on earth next to James Franco. My "lower fellow" just has a bad habit of springing into action and going namaskar at the wrong time.

Now during the process of offering worship unto god my heart rate usually goes up and this results in the most abominable thing on earth. I find this to ruin my state of mind often and I just do not know how to deal with this.
Considering my lack of sexual yearning I always imagine god being the same way subconsciously.

Does anyone here view such a thing as a major deal during prayer? Especially with it being consistent. This predicament has seriously been driving me crazy.

 

[Thief]

It is written.....
Go to your closet and close the door.....and He who knows you in secret will hear you.

Not sure if that helps....but there you go.

 

[lewisnotmiller]

Have you ever thought you might not be asexual, but deitysexual?
Try this test...what happens if you think of spanking God?

 

[Sha'irullah]

Have you ever thought you might not be asexual, but deitysexual?
Try this test...what happens if you think of spanking God?

The thought of pouring acid in my pants occurs along with self mutilation but that's about it

 

[Sha'irullah]

It is written.....
Go to your closet and close the door.....and He who knows you in secret will hear you.

Not sure if that helps....but there you go.

Closet? Why would I go in my closet? It is just filled with clothes and crummy old items

 

[lewisnotmiller]

The thought of pouring acid in my pants occurs along with self mutilation but that's about it

Hmm...that sounds painful, rather than deity-sexual.
Maybe God is sending you a sign? We should create a website called 'Proof of Miracles'. We could post video of you praying...

In fact, we could get people to subscribe. Different payment plans depending on what prayer you have to say, and what you're wearing whilst saying it.
I reckon we could clean UP.

And...erm...donate the money to a worthy cause, of course...

(...like me...ahem...)

 

[crossfire]

Perhaps it might be a (not so) subtle sign to deal with your aversions. (Love your enemies...)

 

[Assad91]

Erections are the most disgusting things on earth next to James Franco.

Erections?! Ewwww nasty!

 

[Sunstone]

I get erections when I worship/pray god

Damn! This was the wrong week for me to become an atheist!

 

[Sha'irullah]

Hmm...that sounds painful, rather than deity-sexual.
Maybe God is sending you a sign? We should create a website called 'Proof of Miracles'. We could post video of you praying...

In fact, we could get people to subscribe. Different payment plans depending on what prayer you have to say, and what you're wearing whilst saying it.
I reckon we could clean UP.

And...erm...donate the money to a worthy cause, of course...

(...like me...ahem...)

I will wear a thawb and a Taqiyah and grow out my hi'yah/beard and look like a true man praying to god.
The thawb helps the love tent to display better also.

Also you are not worthy of receiving the money. Only needy poor people should get it........ like myself

 

[Sha'irullah]

Erections?! Ewwww nasty!

Now you know why I avoid doing salah in a masjid or mosque .
Although I did not mind Salat Isha as it was usually dark by the and nobody noticed :run:

 

[InformedIgnorance]

I would suggest that for some of those who engage in it, prayer may well trigger feelings of euphoria and as a result some of the underlying neuro-chemical characteristics of other behaviors that are hardwired to engender euphoria (and thus have strong neurological correlation) may be stimulated or else mirrored (i forget the correct technical term)... such as sexual pleasure.

 

[Shermana]

Do you happen to be praying for beautiful women to be sent to you?

 

[Me Myself]

Perhaps it might be a (not so) subtle sign to deal with your aversions. (Love your enemies...)

^ this

Deal with your problems dude

As they say... Make "love" not war :biglaugh:

 

[Flankerl]

But getting an erection is pretty much the complete opposite of being asexual.

I think your body knows better whats good for you than you yourself.

 

[MysticSang'ha]

I suffer from something horrible. I get erections when I worship/pray god

As embarrassing as this is it is even more embarrassing considering the fact that I hate erections! I actually find it bothersome although I hear there is a "cure" for it I would rather die then commit the horrible act of autosexuality. Erections are the most disgusting things on earth next to James Franco. My "lower fellow" just has a bad habit of springing into action and going namaskar at the wrong time.

Now during the process of offering worship unto god my heart rate usually goes up and this results in the most abominable thing on earth. I find this to ruin my state of mind often and I just do not know how to deal with this.
Considering my lack of sexual yearning I always imagine god being the same way subconsciously.

Does anyone here view such a thing as a major deal during prayer? Especially with it being consistent. This predicament has seriously been driving me crazy.

My guess is it's the excitement of submission to a force larger and more powerful. I venture that it's why you enjoy spanking women because you see them as weaker and less powerful than you. And I see a connection between that fascination and consistent patterns of erections during prayer.

 

[lewisnotmiller]

My guess is it's the excitement of submission to a force larger and more powerful. I venture that it's why you enjoy spanking women because you see them as weaker and less powerful than you. And I see a connection between that fascination and consistent patterns of erections during prayer.

So I had it backwards. I should have asked SA what his reaction would be to God spanking HIM, not the other way around...

 

[MysticSang'ha]

So I had it backwards. I should have asked SA what his reaction would be to God spanking HIM, not the other way around...

Perhaps. In all seriousness. But I'd suggest that it might be a submission to a force that spanks women better than him.

 

[Vouthon]

I suffer from something horrible. I get erections when I worship/pray god

As embarrassing as this is it is even more embarrassing considering the fact that I hate erections! I actually find it bothersome although I hear there is a "cure" for it I would rather die then commit the horrible act of autosexuality. Erections are the most disgusting things on earth next to James Franco. My "lower fellow" just has a bad habit of springing into action and going namaskar at the wrong time.

Now during the process of offering worship unto god my heart rate usually goes up and this results in the most abominable thing on earth. I find this to ruin my state of mind often and I just do not know how to deal with this.
Considering my lack of sexual yearning I always imagine god being the same way subconsciously.

Does anyone here view such a thing as a major deal during prayer? Especially with it being consistent. This predicament has seriously been driving me crazy.

Dear Sterling

I think that you are Deisexual - God turns you on :bow:

In all seriousness, what you have described is a common, if slightly weird, manifestation of prayer that is recognised in the Catholic tradition. Your experience is simply the body reacting to a spiritual experience. The body does not know how to respond to the spiritual and mental stimulus during this form of prayer. In other forms of prayer and mystical experience, the body becomes absolutely detached from sense-perception. This is a higher state of being when the spirit is so deeply enraptured with God that the body is not even affected. Your experience is a clear sign that you are still in that stage when your body is not yet prepared fully for mystical consciousness and cannot contain the joy in your soul, such that it floods into your senses and gives you sexual arousal.

It was described by St. Teresa of Avila, as noted in Fr. Dubay's book:

"...One of the more surprising and disturbing phenomena that may occur during communion with the Lord is sexual disturbance or arousal. It is "surprising and disturbing" not because the phenomenon is in itself a cause for concern but because most people would never expect that in so holy an occupation there could be sexual repercussions. While they seem not to be so common, they do occur. Lorenzo, Saint Teresa if Avila's married brother who had chosen his sister as spiritual director, had experienced these disturbances, and he asked for her guidance. Her response was typical in its accuracy and decisiveness:

I think the explanation of them must be that the soul's joy is so keen that it makes itself felt in the body...it will calm down if you take no notice of it. Several people have discussed this with me.

Since the human body is not a Cartesian soul dwelling within a body but a single body-soul composite, it is entirely normal than an intense spiritual experience may have bodily repercussions. Blushing from embarrassment and tears of joy or sorrow are other examples of this same basic reality, the profound oneness of the human person. Consequently, to experience sexual stirrings within a completely pure delight in God should be neither a surprise nor a source of worry..."

- Fr. Thomas Dubay, Fire Within

 

[dawny0826]

Perhaps it might be a (not so) subtle sign to deal with your aversions. (Love your enemies...)

Exactly.

Whether your mind craves sexual attention or not, your little guy, might.