viktor silo,

Glad you’re not going to completely unplug from the matrix. But I understand the desire to take the “red pill.”

A blog on spiritual matters would be great, especially coming as it will from the great white north. One of the downsides of living a modern urban existence is the noise, which easily drowns out the soft whisper of God’s voice. I expect you’ll be able to hear it better on one of those still, quiet mornings.

But don’t despair of today’s environment. The toxicity you describe is real, but it is a necessary part of our healing process – a sort of social chemotherapy. We have decades of cancerous decadence to purge from the system. And while it will be painful, folks like you can play a valuable role by providing the salve of peaceful reflection on the meaning of man’s true nature, and nature’s true meaning to man.

And while your path would not work for many of us – if my wife and I were to live in a remote subarctic cabin with 5 kids and 2 dogs, it would be like the 7th circle of hell to us – God has given us a wide variety of saints, from hermits to kings. And each of us is called to sainthood, each in our own way.

I raise a glass to toast you on your path to sainthood. Godspeed, and stay warm.

Cheers.

L3