# Masturbation or Meditation? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 8, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbation-or-meditation/591973 "2011-08-08T18:32:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbation-or-meditation/591973/1 "2011-08-08T18:32:15Z")
Which do you prefer? PTF ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbation-or-meditation/591973/2 "2011-08-08T18:41:09Z")
I’ll have to give it some thought… …in my bunk! ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbation-or-meditation/591973/3 "2011-08-08T18:45:01Z")
I don’t understand why they are being framed as mutually exclusive activities. I meditate much more calmly after I’ve masturbated. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbation-or-meditation/591973/4 "2011-08-08T18:47:37Z")
I meditate every day. I couldn’t care less about masturbation. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbation-or-meditation/591973/5 "2011-08-08T18:48:05Z")
What about those people who meditate while masturbating? “Om! Om! Om! Om! Ooooommmmm!” ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbation-or-meditation/591973/6 "2011-08-08T18:55:21Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > What about those people who meditate while masturbating? > “Om! Om! Om! Om! Ooooommmmm!” Mantrabation. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbation-or-meditation/591973/7 "2011-08-08T18:58:20Z")
As I take my Third Eye in hand, I envision a perfect balance between the two, which I call the _yin-yank._ ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbation-or-meditation/591973/8 "2011-08-08T19:56:42Z")
What, 8 posts and no ‘like a motherfuck’ references? ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbation-or-meditation/591973/9 "2011-08-08T21:11:38Z")
I know which one gets me to sleep faster…and which one is harder to do in church. So…they each have their place. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbation-or-meditation/591973/10 "2011-08-08T21:25:17Z")
Why can’t I do both, like the late Earl Warren? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbation-or-meditation/591973/11 "2011-08-08T21:28:31Z")
Poll needs “they are equal” options. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbation-or-meditation/591973/12 "2011-08-08T21:33:58Z")
On the one hand, there’s meditation-with the other hand… ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbation-or-meditation/591973/13 "2011-08-08T21:48:58Z")
Perhaps we need a definition of meditation. If we are using the wikipedia definition, then I’ve never meditated in my 49 years. > [@](#): > > Meditation refers to any of a family of practices in which the practitioner trains his or her mind or self-induces a mode of consciousness in order to realize some benefit We also learn that 9.4% of Americans practiced meditation in a 12 month period. I’m guessing the masturbation rate is a bit higher. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbation-or-meditation/591973/14 "2011-08-08T21:52:39Z")
Just move the decimal point over to the right, and we’d be in the ballpark for the masturbation rate. ---
**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbation-or-meditation/591973/15 "2011-08-08T22:28:53Z")
I don’t agree with any of the poll options. I prefer to masturbate while thinking of young, sexually mature women, but underaged women, preferably related to me or you, while meditating simultaneously while occasionally thinking of old people, like Teresa of Avila or Hui Neng. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbation-or-meditation/591973/16 "2011-08-08T23:58:09Z")
Whip that weasel!!! ---
**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbation-or-meditation/591973/17 "2011-08-09T00:03:40Z")
Just finished. Boy, it’s like Uncle’s day at a whorehouse, watching out the window at the pool. And also being mindful and attentive to my third…eye.