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Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2025 8:49 am
It’s interesting, one question came up, I thought it wasn’t necessary to focus on it. Then a second one appeared, with the same question. I thought, well, alright. Now everyone is asking about it, but I really wrote about it in the second volume, so
I guess I should pay attention to it. Although I had intended to skip this topic. A person writes:
In the book, you mention that it is necessary to work harder, to have discipline, to take control of oneself, and do more, and then the Spirit will come. Discipline is generally understandable, it must always be present in life and can never harm a person. But how can one avoid overdoing it with work? So that the body doesn’t break down, get sick, and so on. I don’t mean lazy work, like doing something and then resting for a week, but rather situations where a person goes to extremes. How can one feel the boundaries of their abilities so as not to lose themselves in the search for the Spirit?
There is no definitive answer to this question, because all people are different. And some, you know, at this stage, really need to fight their laziness, and they are just looking for any phrase of mine to latch onto, just to justify their laziness and say, “Oh, Alexander just said that sometimes it’s okay to rest.” And there are such people. So, you shouldn’t expect a simple, obvious phrase from me that everyone will latch onto. You are all different, and each person is different. Let’s put it this way: to be the Spirit, I clearly remember writing in the book that a person should have both their heart and mind developed 100%. It’s as if they have honed their emotions and virtues, but also their mind, with clear discipline and order. And at the same time, animal instincts, that is, sins, are completely tamed, and then the Spirit enters into him constantly, if we imagine according to the old analogy, that something enters us. That is, you become this permanently. There are times when, yes, a person may have a poorly developed mind and a poorly developed heart, but already both are at such a stage that the Spirit sometimes manifests in them. But this is also a kind of psychological preparation, and it happens temporarily. Big Alexander often also said that one cannot stay in a state of Spirit for too long, or else you will burn out. And recently, he mentioned this to me again. He said that you will physically burn out, and it should be gradual: sometimes this, sometimes that, sometimes another. But this is already the dynamic of the worlds moving towards eventually transitioning completely into that world. And this is normal, and everything is still controlled
I guess I should pay attention to it. Although I had intended to skip this topic. A person writes:
In the book, you mention that it is necessary to work harder, to have discipline, to take control of oneself, and do more, and then the Spirit will come. Discipline is generally understandable, it must always be present in life and can never harm a person. But how can one avoid overdoing it with work? So that the body doesn’t break down, get sick, and so on. I don’t mean lazy work, like doing something and then resting for a week, but rather situations where a person goes to extremes. How can one feel the boundaries of their abilities so as not to lose themselves in the search for the Spirit?
There is no definitive answer to this question, because all people are different. And some, you know, at this stage, really need to fight their laziness, and they are just looking for any phrase of mine to latch onto, just to justify their laziness and say, “Oh, Alexander just said that sometimes it’s okay to rest.” And there are such people. So, you shouldn’t expect a simple, obvious phrase from me that everyone will latch onto. You are all different, and each person is different. Let’s put it this way: to be the Spirit, I clearly remember writing in the book that a person should have both their heart and mind developed 100%. It’s as if they have honed their emotions and virtues, but also their mind, with clear discipline and order. And at the same time, animal instincts, that is, sins, are completely tamed, and then the Spirit enters into him constantly, if we imagine according to the old analogy, that something enters us. That is, you become this permanently. There are times when, yes, a person may have a poorly developed mind and a poorly developed heart, but already both are at such a stage that the Spirit sometimes manifests in them. But this is also a kind of psychological preparation, and it happens temporarily. Big Alexander often also said that one cannot stay in a state of Spirit for too long, or else you will burn out. And recently, he mentioned this to me again. He said that you will physically burn out, and it should be gradual: sometimes this, sometimes that, sometimes another. But this is already the dynamic of the worlds moving towards eventually transitioning completely into that world. And this is normal, and everything is still controlled