Hey Rebels 🙂 Today I want to share a topic that was pushed strongly into my awareness last night. One of the greatest problems human beings have is that they cannot truly believe that there is such a thing as the counterforce of God in this world. They do not understand how powerful this intelligence is, nor by what methods it is able to influence and steer the human mind. From a spiritual perspective, God created this force so that only purified souls may enter the Kingdom of Heaven. This also means: when a person does not move spiritually, they may not even feel the attention of this force. But when a person develops, when they move closer to God, they become interesting to the system — and it begins to distract them with trivialities, to pull them off the path. This force has been called by many names: consciousness, ego (as its individual form), system, animal nature, devil — just to name a few. In recent days, a book came into my hands inspired by a saint who lived more than a thousand years ago. Her name was Petkana, and her life was extraordinary. From early childhood she felt a deep longing for God. After caring humbly for her sick mother until her death, she traveled to Constantinople. A few years later, she felt the call to go to Palestine, to follow in the footsteps of Jesus. Once there, she heard the call of her soul and went into the desert for forty years, trusting fully in God — to resist Satan. From that moment on, he tried to seduce her in every possible way: through pride, sexual desire, fear, and finally through black magic — when a beautiful flower grew in front of her cave. It was said that this flower came from God for those who follow Him. She said: “If you are from God, you may remain. If not, depart, Satan.” And the flower vanished into nothingness. Yesterday, I read the chapter written from the perspective of the devil himself. For me, it gave a much deeper understanding of what this force is — and how one resists it. Here is the translation of that chapter: