Sexual Abstinence

God in Neale Walsch's 'Conversations with God' says that He happens to be in every bedroom at night, so you can forget about the religious notion that sex is sinful. But God also says in the Conversations that by putting selective emphasis on the lower chakra, you may be depleting the higher energy centers. And while this action is not wrong per se, it might just not be useful if your journey is all about reaching your highest energy center.

My personal advice would be not to lose sleep over the sex issue. If your energy system opens up along your spiritual path, you will feel whether sex is a hindrance to your spiritual development or not. If there is one thing that is certain about the Tao, it is that the choices you are facing along the Way are always be made abundantly clear to the earnest truth seeker. In my experience - and that is obviously a male perspective - it is not sex per se that wastes spiritual energy within your body, it is the act of ejaculation. It turns out that you can have the one without the other. If you are interested in that topic you will find ample of reference material in the tantra sex literature.