“It is not hunger that causes revolutions, but the appetite that comes to the people while eating” (F. Nietzsche). Nowadays there is a lot of talk about self-sufficiency; and what is it? Can we now be content with satisfying only vital needs? Yes, we are not going to the barricades. Although, who knows if they called? Our anger, unable to spill out, circulates inside us, destroying our soul. The reason for this is our appetite for material values ​​and narcissistic satisfaction of our Ego. Even when we manage to throw out our anger on someone, nothing changes - the “greedy” Ego immediately makes up for it. I'm not advocating being content with bread and water, although it wouldn't hurt as a practice. I propose, during times of anger, to think: do I really need to get something, the absence of which is so unbearable for me? Again, a quote from Nietzsche: “He who today would say: “I don’t want to be a soldier,” “I don’t care about the courts.” “,” “I do not use the services of the police,” “I do not want to do anything that will disturb the peace and tranquility within me - and if I have to suffer because of it, nothing will keep my peace and tranquility better than my suffering - he would be a Christian...” Modern man has ceased to accept suffering as a necessary reason for the development of personality. We are trying with all our might to get rid of suffering. And if it doesn’t work out, we get angry at “the whole world.” Why, so? Because we have no other support other than the Ego. And, Ego, will always stand guard over desires. And, the most important desire is the desire for power. A person who loses power begins to cling to justice. I asked a client lamenting injustice: “who is the guarantor of justice?” “the law,” he answered; and, further: “the law is what the pole is”; the only thing I could answer to this was: “as is the law, so is justice!” If we recognize the law of “higher” justice, which is inaccessible to us, then we cannot judge it. And claiming benefits is the same. All we can do is: make a choice, make a decision and take risks, taking responsibility for any outcome; to oppose our will to a will beyond our control. How can I react without hostility to something that is not my will? Admit that she is stronger? Find it in yourself to respect a strong opponent? Accept your limitations? I think both are “doors” to the same room, called peace: “It’s time, my friend, it’s time!” the heart asks for peace - Day after day flies, and every hour takes away a piece of existence, and you and I together We propose to live, and lo and behold, we are just about to die. There is no happiness in the world, but there is peace and will. I have long dreamed of an enviable share - Long ago, a tired slave, I planned to escape To the distant abode of labor and pure bliss” (A.S. Pushkin).