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will agitate your sense of peace by keeping you continually striving for the satisfaction of consuming something you don't need.

Watching consumption in an economic sense promotes inner peace because you won't have to worry about a buildup of bills. Expensive gasoline gives us all an opportunity to bike to work a couple days a week. Remembering to recycle and compost improves personal satisfaction.

7) Avoid unnecessary debt.

Keep only one credit card, and use it only when absolutely necessary. "Pay later" is a tempting ploy used by credit companies to appeal to our procrastination and avoidance, and get us all to spend frivolously. Remember that although you don't have to pay "now," you will have to pay later, and the more you build up for later, the more likely you are to end up chained to a load of debt.

While it takes a great deal of self-control and patience to keep debt low, the freedom from worry is worth it. Save up your money, then spend it, but never all of it: try to keep yourself a cushion of a few months' rent or a few mortgage payments, just in case you happen to fall upon hard financial times.

8) Care for those close to you: give!

Inner peace is promoted by generosity. Point #2 stressed the importance of letting go of attachment to the sense of self. A great way to aid this process of letting go lies in caring for others - as soon as you think of someone else positively, your fear for yourself, and your desire to protect yourself (when you don't need to) will fade. Plainly stated, it feels good to care for others.

Don't turn down requests for small favors when you're in the middle of something, and don't resent anyone you do favors for - after all, you agreed to help, and now you're responsible for that. Transform your envy into empathy and feel good about the good fortune of others - it's a great way to share a part of it with them.

Give your time and caring, too. A genuine, compassionate wish for the happiness of another promotes a lot of peace. Even when you can't immediately put your wishes into positive action, the wishes themselves are treasures in your heart.

In dealing with the hostility of others, remember that the only reason they're being hostile toward you is a temporary sickness in their own heart, for which they do not deserve blame. They don't really know what they're doing, or else, they wouldn't do it.

9) Accept your lack of control.

We don't need to imagine a supernatural deity in order to accept that we don't control most aspects of our

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