Sometimes I wonder what is the most essential ingredient that makes me, me. Over the years I had many ideas of who I was, but it turned out that I…
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An Orthodox Examination Of My Foolish Psychedelic Experience
In the spring of 2019, approximately two weeks after I started a daily prayer rule upon taking my first steps as a Christian, I took psychedelic mushrooms, something that I…
13 Tips To Improve How You Read Books
You may think it’s absurd to read an article for tips on how to read books, since it is obvious you already know how to read, but consider that private…
Should You Receive A Mandatory Vaccine To Get An Office Job?
I encounter many college students in my church parish who, for a variety of reasons, refuse to get the coronavirus vaccine. If they can only hang on for one or…
7 Steps To Stop Heart Palpitations (And Improve Digestion)
I’ve suffered heart palpitations since my early twenties. I had a complete heart checkup done twice, once in my mid-20s by an American cardiologist and once in my mid-30s by…
The Psychology Of Complaining
Nothing damages a relationship more than complaining. It is a poison that causes the recipient of the complaint to become frustrated and distant, eliciting further complaints from the complainer. In…
Satan Helped Me Write
I’ve been writing since 1999, when I created a blog before it was known as a blog on the free web space that my university offered me. For the two…
The Pain Of Limbo
Experiencing pain may be difficult but the anticipation of pain, of not knowing the exact nature of an upcoming tribulation, is even worse. For many people, being stuck in such…
Experience Is A Lie
When I was a teenager, the idea of “experience” was aggressively pushed onto me. The only way I could grow up and enjoy life, I was taught, was to get…
Poland Won’t Let Go Of Me
Scenes from Poland flash into my mind. The gray street I lived on for two years, with the hipster cafe right across my kitchen window. My favorite pub where I’d…
15 Signs You’re A Dopamine Slave
Dopamine is released inside your brain upon receiving pleasure. It’s useful for experiencing joy when serving your family and loved ones while in communion with God, but it can become…
Do Not Seek Out Pleasure
Most secular people structure their days to maximize pleasure while minimizing pain or discomfort. The problem with this strategy is that they will run out of ways to achieve pleasure…
The World Of Newton vs. The World Of God
If you don’t have God in your life, everything that happens to you is seemingly random and mathematical, based on statistical probabilities, which will regularly evoke the same questions: Why…
Lifestyle Is The Disease
Many people are unhappy with how their lives are going. They’re depressed, they desire more pleasure, they’re lonely, they lack purpose, and so on. While life contains many inherent hardships,…
Moderation Is A Myth
I used to believe that it was easy to moderate my vices using willpower alone, whether it comes to sex or something as basic as coffee, but I realized that…
