☀️ Arselia and Akonia

Giving visitors the opportunity to relax with soothing music and delicious tea, Kalina Mellis began her sermon. "Have you ever wondered where the soul's torment in a person's life comes from? There is a universal answer to this question: it stems from the mismatch between our desires and reality. We want more money to afford this and that – a larger house, more food, more luxurious clothes, but we don't have them. Therefore, lacking the ability to obtain them, we have no choice but to suffer. We want to be healthy, to run and jump like other people, but we can't. A loved one has died, but we want them to be alive. There are countless examples, and each will be confirmed by this simple axiom. What is the solution? Many will immediately think of the idea of giving up their desires, thereby, if not eliminating, at least minimizing mental suffering. But this is a dead end – firstly, few people are capable of it, and secondly, without fulfilling desires, there will be no joy in life. Imagine: you work for pennies, sacrificing your health and the time allotted to you in life for meaningless work for you. You have no friends, no family, but your neighbor, on the contrary, has all this and lives without stress. To maintain composure in such conditions, you need to have a very specific mindset. Therefore, the answer lies not only within us but also outside – systematic changes are needed that change the paradigm of our society's existence. Crideria is a good example of a mentally healthy society, where people are not obsessed with the vicious cycle of endless consumerism and insatiable greed. The inhabitants of this region took from nature only as much as was necessary for their existence, and despite this modesty, they lived happier than the inhabitants of Margel, who were always in a hurry. If you don't believe that you are unhappy, just look in the mirror – will you see the face of a joyful person in its reflection? You are annoyed by relatives because of some trivial, insignificant misunderstandings. You are annoyed by the seller in the store because he does not serve you quickly enough, and because of the need to work every day, you are worried about every second of your time. You are annoyed by the emperor because he does not allow you to kill children and be children yourselves. You are annoyed by Anuzish because life is not going as you want it to. And it will only get worse. The difference between Crideria and Margel lies in the so-called "development" of civilization, science, and magic. A loved one has died? No problem – we will resurrect him as an undead or by sacrificing a crowd of innocents. We want more power and money – we will invent hypnosis, whether magical or medical, it doesn't matter. We don't want to die – we will live forever as the same undead or some kind of demon with a third eye on our forehead. Hence, there are wars and all the other problems of modern society – we do not live in harmony with nature. Is it surprising that, given this state of affairs, there are so many suicides among those who like to philosophize? Having realized the futility of such existence, they cannot bear this hopeless darkness and leave life, while the philosophers of Crideria do not have such a problem – their philosophers quite calmly contemplate high matters without the risk of falling into such deep despair. Is this a coincidence? I don't think so. However, although I said that systematic changes are needed to solve the problem at the root, it is still worth starting with oneself, gradually giving up the "benefits" or, more precisely, the evils of civilization, spending more time in nature, and building strong relationships with like-minded people, because it is very difficult to preserve the light of our souls alone, especially in such dark times. Truly important things are not found in material possessions; remember this."