Alexandr Korol

It’s also Big Alexander, who met me at the right time. And you see, they’re not even my relatives. In fact, I’ll say that thanks to them, I haven’t made huge mistakes in my life, so I’m very grateful to them. We all have difficult, turning points when something happens, and you feel down, maybe for a day. And you could go to extremes, or, for example, respond with revenge, or something else, or just get depressed and not want to do anything, or want to break everything or quit. My spiritual mentors, if they can be called that, they’ve supported me through all of this. That’s probably why a spiritual mentor is needed. You know, if we were discussing not the moment when the messenger Lyubov advised me, but if someone just asked me who a spiritual mentor is and if they’re needed, I’d say that a spiritual mentor is a close person, maybe even a friend, someone who is simple-hearted, doesn’t want anything from you, doesn’t compete with you, doesn’t pursue any benefit, someone who knows you from all sides – both your weaknesses and strengths, your foolishness and your intelligence. And with this person, you can talk, vent, speak about what happened, express what’s weighing on you. And do you know what’s the most important thing about a spiritual mentor? I’ve often given this example in many of my books. You know, when a boy breaks up with a girl, the girl who is grieving is given a choice. Around her, characters, friends, start dancing, saying: “Let’s cheer you up, let’s go to a nightclub, and you’ll forget everything. You’re still young, look at all these men,” and there’s this “support group.” But there’s also, you see, a friend or girlfriend who tells her, “Pull yourself together, and under no circumstances should you drink alcohol right now, don’t go to nightclubs or bars. And it’s better not to let just anyone close to you in this broken state, don’t scatter yourself. It’s better to direct your attention now in the right direction, like to creativity, study, or sports. Go visit your parents, stay with them, or go to your grandparents’ summer house.” And if you have such a friend who doesn’t push you, you see, into the social hell where the serpents and temptations are, but instead, offers you something humble, something modest – that’s your spiritual mentor. You know, in the cartoon “Tom and Jerry,” they always show the little devil and the angel, whispering in Tom’s ear, telling him what to do. And it’s always those who whisper the bad things who are in the majority, while the one who whispers the good things is always some rare individual, a single case. And naturally, they are less insistent.