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Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2025 8:39 am
In fact, He only saves you through punishment, but it’s not really punishment. It’s just that circumstances sober you up. The system sobers you up with circumstances. It’s this regulation, guiding you where to go and where not to go, or helping you stay with yourself for a while. Look, something happens, you have a crisis, your mood is ruined, you have no money, and if you had money, you might have been a fool, partying somewhere. But since you have no money, the temptations can’t take hold of you because you can’t afford anything. So, you sit at home, bored, the internet was cut off for non-payment, you decide to read Dostoevsky, you know? And you think everything is bad, but in reality, it’s good. And here’s the question: what is good, and what is bad? There’s no such thing as strictly good or bad, because it depends on the situation and the person. There are cases where a person always wants to stay home, do nothing, and the system nudges them to get up and go somewhere. Then, on the other hand, there are people who are restless, always rushing somewhere, and the system constantly slows them down, making them sick just so they can sit at home for a while because they’re always running around. And this measure, life teaches us moderation, a kind of golden mean, so that you, in principle, can afford anything within the framework of the law, of course, but without losing your head. That is, you still need to stay vigilant and conscious, not to slip into some foggy autopilot, you know? There should always be a state like you’re a spy from the movie The Bourne Identity, sitting at a table, seemingly on a date or with your friends, but at the same time, you’re constantly alert: how you arrived, where you parked the car, who is sitting next to you, who’s glancing at you, how many people are at the neighboring table? You should always be like that. The system wants you to always be like that. And when you lose this vigilance, you get a knock on the head to sober you up. That’s it. So there’s no punishment here. If a person voluntarily cannot stay in a state of awareness, sobriety, and vigilance, then something will happen to wake them up, like smelling ammonia. It’s like a little slap from the system to get your attention. That’s one thing. But there are also many “buts.” You may be doing something, not realizing whether it will come back to you later, whether it’s good or bad. So, the point is, you need to start earlier. To understand whether what you’ve chosen will have consequences, you need to begin from the very beginning. You need to be confident that you are connected to the light and that you are pure, so when thoughts and desires arise,