meal with meat no more than once or twice a week. Also, limit the amount of sausage you eat, etc. Instead of meat, eat eggs, cheese, milk, pasta, pancakes or farinaceous food. Food that can be recommended is rice and corn, and also all kinds of nuts and fruit. Fish in the ascetic sense is not meat. You can enjoy it once a week. Coffee and tea are allowed, but only moderately and considerably diluted or watered down. In general, the amount of food you eat should be very moderate. Never eat to the point that you feel satisfied. The satisfaction of your palate IS unnecessary. (2)The spiritual frontal attack upon your weaknesses is waged as follows: Place a chair in front of you. Affix to it a picture of yourself, possibly one from earlier days. If your powers of imagination are already strong enough, then instead of using the picture you can image yourself sitting on that chair. Now stand in front of or opposite your picture and speak to it as if it were a stranger, and address it in this manner: "Now I know you! I despise your inclinations towards (mention all the bad characteristics that you became aware of during the previous month). Between you and me I will build a partition that will separate us. I do not want to have anything to do with you anymore. We are through with each other!" Then turn the picture on the chair around or away from you, or turn your back to it and speak of your new intentions or resolutions in short but conclusive sentences. You must take great care when formulating these sentences; be certain that they are positive and not negative. For example, you should not say: "I will not lie anymore, I will not display any more bad manners, I will not enter into any dubious business dealings!" Instead you should say: "Henceforth, I will speak only the truth!
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