Alexandr Korol

they should forget about work, forget about family, and be present — truly on the fishing trip. And this dynamic — that ability to shift states — has started to break down in people. It used to be that people naturally switched between roles, and because of that, life felt rich and interesting. People experienced things deeply and vividly because they were always new in each role. This brought awareness and clarity, because in every world, you were a different version of yourself: one on a fishing trip, another in the family, a third at work. But then everything started drifting toward a single rhythm. For example, a person has certain bad habits — why do they do it? Because when they smoke cigarettes or take pills they’re dependent on, or drink coffee all the time — they’re sustaining a constant rhythm, say, rhythm 666. And so they’re in rhythm 666 at home, at work, and even while fishing. There’s no switching. They’re stuck in one fixed state. And when you stay in a single rhythm, everything runs on autopilot, everything becomes dull, foggy — leading to things like dementia, selfishness, and more of the same. And the same goes for social media. Social media creates a single rhythm, and when a person spends too much time there — especially while also drinking coffee — they stay locked in that same rhythm, 666. And what happens then? When they’re at work, they’re only there physically. Their attention, their soul, is not at work. When they’re with their family — it’s the same. They may seem present, but in truth, they’re not there at all. Even if someone like that meets me — whether for business or just to hang out — I feel that they’re not really here with me. They’re somewhere else. And that’s the problem — everyone is “somewhere else.” That’s the real issue of our time. Returning to the question: when I sat at home, kept my journal, wrote books, did creative work — everything creative — when I immersed myself in that world, listened to that kind of music, watched those kinds of deep films, didn’t call anyone, didn’t message anyone, kept away from all social-material noise, when my mind wasn’t tense but my feelings were heightened — then I entered a completely different world. Time felt different, rhythm was different, the whole sensation was different. It was like being in another reality. And in that reality, I could feel energy, I could meditate, I could hear a voice, I could see the world from the outside. It’s like becoming a ghost — watching everything from a distance. That’s what was happening to me. But when you’re in that world — it’s like a whole separate multiverse, which I later explore in my other books