Alexandr Korol

Okay, let’s assume we are all sinful, but in that moment, a person’s ego must be so deflated, their hands kind of lowered, as if they’ve surrendered their body, their soul, their life to the will of God, and then God begins to enter and act through them. That’s how it must happen. As if you believed in God more than in yourself or in people. And then God begins to manifest through you — it’s like a psychological setting. So if you’re thinking about yourself all the time — how sweet you are, how much you want comfort — then the Spirit will never be in you. The Spirit comes only when you dedicate your life not to yourself, but to people and to God, when you are, in a sense, already dead. As if your values and your psyche are at such a level that not only are you not in first place — you no longer belong to yourself at all. And then the Spirit enters you. It’s like there must be no selfish “I,” no ego-driven “from yourself.” Figuratively speaking, if the Spirit shows me that I should wear a red sweater, round glasses, and write books about bears — that’s exactly what I will do. But a person full of ego and self-love wouldn’t do that, even if the Spirit entered them. Because that person would say, “But I don’t want to. I don’t like that sweater.” You see, a person still has their own mind. And as long as they have that mind, that ego — that sense of what they want, what they like, their little whims — as long as someone is capricious, the Spirit cannot enter them. Well, it’s just technically impossible. That’s probably the most important principle to keep in mind: if you’re using your mind to plan films that you personally like — about people in cars — then why would the Spirit help you with those films if the Spirit wants you to make films about war and history? He’s highlighting that to you, and you keep ignoring it, and your ego keeps dictating that you want to shoot sports cars. Well, then the Spirit won’t come to you — because that has no relevance for the future. Why would He need your sports car? And why would He invest all His energy and power in you, lead you, give you the strength of the gods, if those sports cars and films about them aren’t needed? But if it happens — either by chance or because you’re hearing God, the Spirit — that what you want to do is relevant for the future, then God gives you support, the Spirit enters you and leads you. But again, at any moment you can become arrogant, and that’s also a big no-no. So it’s very important that you must be... So, for the Spirit to be within you, first and foremost, you don’t think about your own needs. You don’t have any of those typical human needs or plans. Of course, you live, you eat,