Has anyone here genuinely committed themselves to a life of asceticism and self-imposed detachment from life (as far as is possible without dying from starvation etc)?
Which books deal with characters of this sort?
>>7602169
Siddhartha deals with pure asceticism, but it doesn't endorse it.
I've definitely been planning for it. I'd like to save up enough for some land out in the woods and one of those ten by ten prefabricated cabins, or even a storage shed. I'd use a wood stove and cook beans and rice. I'd scrub my own damn clothes. I'd grow veggies in my garden. Prayerful meditation every day, write every morning and evening.
I've been thinking very often about hermitage, and it's a rather attractive looking lifestyle desu. Renouncing the world for a life of simplicity, humility, and possibly service depending on the type of hermitage I follow. The Russians have it right with theirs, a minimal life and constant availability to help others through listening and work. Share what they have, seeking wisdom, etc.
>>7602947
Anyway, regarding books.
My Side of the Mountain, kind of along the lines if Hatchet, but way comfier.
I am doing it right now, 1 year before going to college. I write in the morning for 6 hours every day, then go to the gym and read for the rest of the day. Maybe watch a movie or tv show if I get lonely. No going out, no girls, no substances.
>>7602169
fedora neet gamers are the modern ascetic
Where do you start with asceticism? I'm interested in this since I've become a big Tolstoy reader.
>>7603040
Try the pessimists. They're all ascetics.
>>7602976
How long have you been doing that?
