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[Alexandr Korol]

And when I tell all this to Big Alexander — how I’ve become this way and
how I now react to people, how I simply adore everyone, how everyone is so
likable, so good, and so strong within... Yes, there is a certain weakness;
yes, they are a bit downtrodden and intimidated, but I have not seen
stronger people in the world than the Russians. Seriously, I haven’t seen
anyone stronger. Yes, perhaps the social climate and what is happening
in the world truly takes its toll on people. There is a lot of filth, a lot of
provocation, and a lot of temptation, and it confuses everyone. But despite
all this confusion, I see in every Russian person such powerful potential —
such awareness, vigilance, responsibility, and spiritual strength — that it’s
simply mind-blowing. Simply mind-blowing. And when I tell all this to Big
Alexander — how I’ve started reacting differently to people, to the world,
and how I perceive existence in general — he said that this is wisdom. And
right then, I remember that when I fought the beast twice, back at the end of
summer, he kept telling me that I was growing wiser, wiser. He kept saying
that I must forgive, not fire anyone, not argue, but accept and forgive. And
that voice told me that if you want to rise above people, to be deified, to be
spiritual and so on, then you must accept a person exactly as they are, even
if they are a criminal. Back then, I thought: “No, no.” But they kept polishing
me, and polishing me, and polishing me — and as I understand it, the
polishing is now complete. When all of this was happening in the summer,
and now, when I have started to see the results and the consequences of it
all, Big Alexander said it once again: this is wisdom. That I have grown wiser,
that I have become wise. He kept repeating “wisdom, wisdom, wisdom,”
and now he calls me “the wise one.” This is now the key word. And I realize
how strange it is: he has been talking about this for months, at least four
months, yet I never once deigned to Google it, read about it, or ask AI:
“What is wisdom?”