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[Alexandr Korol]

Chapter 35. Spirit Arrives

Another interesting point: so much is being highlighted to me about the Spirit.
Specifically, the Spirit. Not the way I used to talk about how there are
different spirits, but rather the main Spirit. And generally about the Spirit in
principle — what it is; if it is neither God nor man, then what is its essence.
It’s curious, there is a movie that recently came out on Netflix “Ballad of a
Small Player” with Colin Farrell where he is playing in a casino in Macau. I
was actually in Macau three days ago; I walked those paths and soaked in the
atmosphere of the film. It’s a very interesting movie. I watched it in English,
so I need to rewatch it in Russian, but I hope I understood the essence
correctly. He plays a gambler, they show the casino, he’s playing there and
has a mountain of debt. But there is an interesting story: when he wins
a huge amount of money, the casino owners or security tell him that he can
no longer play in any casino anywhere — he is banned. And they explain the
reason for putting him on this blacklist after he won so much. They explain
that the reason is that the Spirit visited him. The main character was visited
by the Spirit, and that is why he won. I thought, “Whoa, how interesting.”
You see, they show something fascinating — they say that in the casino, they
know that if the Spirit has chosen a player, that player must be driven out,
otherwise, the casino will go bankrupt because the Spirit will win. Now let’s
take another movie, with Jason Statham, Wrath of Man. Of course, it doesn’t
have super-subtle philosophy, but several times they emphasize it, saying that
Jason Statham — the main character — is an evil Spirit. They show this
moment where it’s as if no one can stop him, as if you can’t go against him
because he isn’t a man; you can’t stop a Spirit. You can stop a man, but
you can’t stop a Spirit — especially if it is an evil Spirit, a Spirit of Justice.
The movie is called Wrath of Man, but essentially there is a hint that if —
theoretically speaking — the main character becomes a Spirit or a Spirit
inhabits him, that is the reason why no matter how many times he is
shot, he cannot be killed. That is why he reaches his goal, and no one can
stop him. Consequently, they showed this in action movies — I apologize
for using action movies as examples — but it’s also shown very well in
the movie John Wick, even if it’s made for a younger, Asian audience.