The Portal Within / by Alexander Lyadov

Isn’t it a miracle that you’re still alive?

Doesn’t matter where you are—Austin, Seoul, Kyiv. Even in the safest conditions, disaster can strike out of nowhere:

  • A driver makes an illegal U-turn.

  • A nurse gives the wrong medication.

  • A bad gene wakes up in your body.

Security and stability? Just an illusion. Deep down, we know this. That’s why we cling so desperately to control.

I remember my first bungee jump. As I fell, my fingers instinctively grasped at the air, as if that could save me.

It didn’t. My mind froze. The ground rushed toward me.

But such support wasn’t needed. The moment I was truly gone, the elastic cord caught me softly, smoothly, effortlessly. The rush was incredible.

This happens all the time. Say you're at an intersection, and for no reason at all, you notice one particular car. Later, you realize the driver wasn’t watching the road—he was staring at his phone.

Your life is a chain of forks in the road. Every choice led you here. You're alive. Reading this.

But no expert—including you—could have predicted this future. Even with all the mistakes, you still made the right moves overall. The only real mystery is how?

Clearly, there’s something inside you—some kind of portal to another dimension. A place where almost any answer can be found. Almost, because you don’t control it.

The portal opens on its own. Not when you demand it, but when you’ve exhausted all options and whisper in surrender: I’m lost. Help.

More often, though, help just arrives out of nowhere. A stranger lends a hand. Inspiration hits. A dream delivers an insight.

You can shrug it off and call it luck. A coincidence.

Or you can say thank you for the gift—a doorway to another world.

Yours sincerely,

-Alexander


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