flonology

Practice

• Check your quality of sleep from time to time
• Art of living: The ability to let go of the old and embrace the new at the same time.

Assumptions

• Craving leads to suffering and inadequacy
• Everything changes all the time
  • There is no single core of things and phenomena
  • There is no permanent "I"
• Everything is interdependent

Values & Principles

• No "news"; profound knowledge instead
• No deals with the devil
• Have a vow, in my case: I'll never leave my children
• Avoid
  • lies, insults, gossip
  • lack of conscience (e. g. through substance intake)
  • hate, wrath
  • doing harm to other creatures
• Body
  • Avoid junk
  • Eat only up to 80%
  • Move regularly
  • No alcohol before sleep
• Mind
• Note your inside
  • While experiencing dark emotions, pause before saying something
• Note the outside
  • Try to be present in the moment

Tips

• Better do the right thing while losing reputation than doing the wrong thing gaining reputation
• Avoid self-pity (you change constantly anyway)
• Start with a basic setup; correct later
• Avoid anti-productivity-tools
• Use your foreign minister
• Use your tacit knowledge (Kompetenz)
• Lower your expectations
• Avoid engaging in arms race
• If thinking does not yield any more insights: act
• Avoid having an opinion about everything
• Sturgeon's law: 90% of everything is crap

Everything you own and value can be lost. But your thoughts and mental tools are your invincible fortress.

Derived from Buddhism, Systems Theory, Rolf Dobelli, Sven Voelpel, and more.