9. Consider adopting a form of temporary self-discipline

As human beings, per our innate nature, we have and often follow physical desires that bring us pleasure. Such examples include alcohol, drugs, obsessive visual entertainment, and, yes, sexual fulfillment. I do not advice that people should strive to completely abandon these physical sensations from their lives, in part because doing so would be a denial of the state of one’s humanity. However, maybe we should consider abstaining from indulging in one or more behaviors of physical gratification, largely so that practitioners can learn to find other ways that can bring them meaning (as per Tenet#2 and #3). For example, true to the heart of the Barbie movie, for example, we may find that taking a pause from sexual activity may liberate themselves from a life that chains them to our need for sexual attention. Self-control does not need to follow a set time period, and we should encourage people to dedicate themselves to self-discipline within time frames that are suitable and meaningful for them. This can be for one month, three months, six months, one-year, multiple years, etc. Importantly, self-discipline be deliberately voluntary. Acts of self-discipline derived from situations where other people refuse to help indulge your desires does not count. For example, members of the involuntary celibate (“incel”) online subculture are not committing themselves to temporary self-discipline, as they are not making the necessary self-sacrifice on their own part. Rather, they are generally being denied their desires by women. A valid example of voluntary self-discipline would be someone who takes a mental health break from dating life and active romance. Once people believe that they have properly fulfilled and concluded the meaningful necessity for self-discipline - and hopefully attained the inner-peace that they originally sought - then we should encourage people to re-indulge with whatever they were limiting beforehand (to the extent that it is, of course, legal, healthy, and not harmful to others).

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