Asceticism is self-denial in unnecessary things. Asceticism is self-restraint and thrift. You save energy on the harmful and useless in order to spend it for good.
The goals are austerity and self-restraint. To achieve your goals, you need to cut off excess and avoid the temptation to deviate from the path of truth.
The essence of austerity is the preservation of love and joy. Exhaustion and overabundance kill happiness, love, joy, and all the other pleasures of life.
Soloinc is a hermit and ascetic from music, who creates in solitude and recluse. Soloinc does not publish, does not advertise, and almost does not give concerts... Estranged from people, Soloinc has dedicated his life to achieving excellence and uniqueness in art.
Each Soloinc song is a unique piece, played just once impromptu. Imbued with the spirit of harmony and music, Soloinc has been creating one song every day for many years. Once a week, he listens to seven finished songs and deletes four, leaving the top three...
My children, boys, are engaged in martial arts, foreign languages, swimming and group games, athletics and all-around.
Of martial arts they are personally interested-Boxing, Thai Boxing, hand-to-hand combat (you can still Sambo, Aikido, karate).
From group-football (can be still basketball, American football, hockey and even paintball).
The choice of martial arts and group sports is not fundamental. In sports, a lot depends on the coach. The main thing in this case is the balance of individual and group sports.
The Manichaeans claimed that our world is an arena of struggle between good and evil, and the only way to defeat evil is asceticism... This statement is not far from the truth, asceticism saves the human soul from many sufferings and allows, having conquered their vices, to refrain from falling into hell.
Dialectics teaches us that whatever we desire, we receive in reverse. Here it is necessary to understand what means "we wish". We wish this means you admire and love. Therefore, the rich admire the Holy ascetics and simplicity. The poor are jealous of wealth.
Devotion and love are impossible without asceticism. Love is the joy and the Ministry that takes time. Why do you of joy? Do you want to steal the energy from your love to serve other pleasures?
When you are focused, you are happy and there is no fear in you. But when there is no fear in you, you become weaned from fear, and this makes you sensitive to it. Pain requires humility and asceticism, otherwise every return to reality will be extremely painful for you.
Asceticism is an action that you would rather not do, but you do it because it is insurance against problems that could otherwise become a disaster for you.
Three periods of a person's life: education, household, and work. At the third stage, when the face will go wrinkles, and children will get children, you should find freedom from vices and go to the forest. Austerity is freedom.
Neuroticism is an increased sensitivity against the background of fear of your feelings and dependence on them. For thousands of years, philosophers and warriors have sought this state through asceticism in order to feel the truth and gain power. The problem with the neurotic is that the philosophers and warriors knew what they were doing and why, but the neurotic does not know. The neurotic does not understand what he feels and is afraid of himself.
Especially harmful is too much pleasure and food for an old person. It seems that you need to be happy before you die, but this is not so. All these joys monstrously destroy the health and psyche, causing a person to rot alive. Asceticism and some activities or work will help you live through old age without unnecessary suffering.
The manly one who is dispassionate. Cultivate dispassion in yourself through asceticism, self-restraint, fasting in food, avoiding sharp tastes and sources of pleasure.
Pain should be enjoyed, because it trains the strength of the spirit, and joys should be feared, because they deprive of strength. Asceticism from all sides is useful for the soul and body.