Greetings Aetolia,

Where do I start?

I am a priest, I deal with the spiritual, perhaps my words will go over
the heads of you "intelectuals" and you will read what assumption you
have of me into my words, and for this I feel pitty for you, for you are
blinded by your mind.

Conflict is the path of the closed minded, Kindness is the path of the
strong. Your notions of the mind and logic are illusions.

There is not enough proof in the world to act completely on logic and to
remove all your actions from emotion. Even holding back and stopping to
think is an action based on your emotional state. To think you are
devoid of emotion, or that you act without emotion is to decieve
yourself and make yourself week.

(A side note here, my writting is horrible, perhaps if your wise you
will learn to see beyond such limiting factors)

The path of Kindness, or peace, or harmony or what ever label you wish
to put on what you know I'm talking about, requires a great inner
strength that none but few of the fighters truley have. A fight with
yourself is the hardest fight anyone ever faces. To be kind, to love,
you must look at yourself and discover when to stand, and when to let
others stand instead of you. Some call these weakness, but its truly the
strong ones who know how and when to do this without hurting one's self.

Love and harmony and kindness, are not simple emotions. They are actions
and deeds based on effort. It is not easy to love another. It is not
easy to find the harmony in your enemy or yourself, nor is it easy to be
kind to those you think lowly of.

Perhaps one day, people will become honest with themselves, and see how
little it takes to cause war, to hurt others. It is easier to destroy
than to build. It is hard to build, it requires strength, and it is even
harder to purge the bad from what you have built.

I ask those who hold thier mind to be so holy to search and ask if you
are capable of sacrificing yourself to build yourself. I ask those who
feel they know the way of love and kindness to see if you love on a
whim, or if you think about the actions you do with your love. The way
of light and goodness is not easy, any who think it is has never tried
it for much time.

You must be honest with yourself and honest with others. Corruption is a
sign of weakness. Strengthen yourselves and remember that to truly help
others and love others you must first and foremost love yourself and
recognize the faith and spirit within every member of our collective
societies.

My your strength grow stronger from your sacrifice, and may the light of
truth burn inside you.

--Alyosha Daganev Karamazov

Penned by my hand on the 8th of Haernos, in the year 84 MA.