Is they’re a reason you don’t want to just use tailscale for this? it’s incredibly easy to set up and does exactly what you’re trying to do.

Ground.news does a good job of presenting both sides, and even has a blind spot feature

Stoicism. The two major figures that I use to discuss stoicism are Viktor Frankl and Epictetus. Epictetus was born a slave and was crippled by his owner, but eventually was freed and found a happy life teaching Stoicism. Viktor Frankl wrote about finding meaning in life even living in the concentration camps. While not explicitly Stoic, his Logotherapy lines up very well with Stoic principles.

As for the spiritual component: https://stoickai.com/2019/09/19/the-stoic-god-a-call-to-science-or-faith/

https://traditionalstoicism.com/a-conscious-cosmos/