How does one reach purity?

[kikiki32]

Hi. I’m sick of falling into sins against purity. I’m not a kid, but I still struggle with impurity back from my teen days. It’s quite a humbling experience. I know God is calling me towards Him, and I want to respond. But I oscillate between days in which I devote myself to prayer, meditation and self-recollection and other days in which I just don’t do/can’t do any of those things and end up sinning in such a shameful way.

Many days I fall when I’m tired or when a migraine is coming up. Unfortunately, under those circumstances, my body desires pleasure and I have a very difficult time concentrating on anything, let alone prayer, which requires good attention.

I suspect God is allowing me to fall there so that I can become humble and so that I can learn to trust Him. But I’m not sure I’m making much progress.

My soul wants God, but my body wants pleasure and completely blinds my intellect. How can I reach purity of body, heart and mind?

 

[Vico]

Hi. I’m sick of falling into sins against purity. I’m not a kid, but I still struggle with impurity back from my teen days. It’s quite a humbling experience. I know God is calling me towards Him, and I want to respond. But I oscillate between days in which I devote myself to prayer, meditation and self-recollection and other days in which I just don’t do/can’t do any of those things and end up sinning in such a shameful way.

Many days I fall when I’m tired or when a migraine is coming up. Unfortunately, under those circumstances, my body desires pleasure and I have a very difficult time concentrating on anything, let alone prayer, which requires good attention.

I suspect God is allowing me to fall there so that I can become humble and so that I can learn to trust Him. But I’m not sure I’m making much progress.

My soul wants God, but my body wants pleasure and completely blinds my intellect. How can I reach purity of body, heart and mind?

Sin is voluntary so they key is to always resist with the will and avoid the near and voluntary occasions of sin.

Catechism

1734 Freedom makes man responsible for his acts to the extent that they are voluntary. Progress in virtue, knowledge of the good, and ascesis enhance the mastery of the will over its acts.

 

[Autumnfa]

I’ve been addicted to porn since I was 10 I think and I stopped watching it. I did once but hadn’t since. The thing about this is hard… one day I fought the urge to not do it and it clicked I didn’t do it after that I fell a few times but had not watched porn in years now. Same with self pleasure. You will always be tempted this is awsome you want to move closer it gets harder and harder because the devil is trying to keep you but keep fighting bc eventually You will over come this. I call this the spiritual detoxing mental starts to become dark you become in a season of dryness but you’re not alone call on God and he will make a stream in your desert.
Prayers and blessings
Autumn