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(Acts 17:19–28; John 12:19–36) “Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains alone, but if it dies, it bears much fruit” (John 12:24). So, if you want to be fruitful, die; die in a real way so that you can carry in your heart the feeling that you have already died. Just as a dead person does not respond to anything around him, so do you: if they praise - be silent, and if they scold - be silent, and if you get a profit - be silent; if you are full, be silent, and if you are hungry, be silent. Be like this towards everything external, but internally keep yourself where everyone who has died is - in another life, before the face of the all-righteous God, preparing to hear the final verdict. What, you say, will be the fruit of this when everything here freezes? No, it won’t freeze, but energy will appear, and what kind of energy it will be. One minute left, you tell yourself, now is the verdict; Let me hurry up and do something, and you will do it. So it is every minute. You might be interested in: