Is self pleasuring(m*sturbation) bad for meditation?

I think I believe we’re here to experience anything and everything we can, in order for our spirits to learn and maybe be prepared for the next level of existence, but I’ve heard all sorts of dubious claims about self pleasure that say its wrong, or bad for you (imo i think it could be propaganda to create sexually frustrated people that are easy to control), but is there any literature or evidence that proves that its harmful or could somehow stunt our spiritual growth, or transcendence? Everything in its extreme can be harmful, but its just hard for me to believe that something as biologically natural, is actually wrong, ugly and sinful, instead of embracing everything good about it. Heck even animals self pleasure and im not sure how I feel about unnatural(manmade) “laws” governing or shaming us just for embracing leisure once in a while.