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[Alexandr Korol]

when traveling. And here, there’s a change of scenery, I’m in New York — that had an effect — plus the card. And I start to notice that I was living in the everyday, and suddenly it’s like I’m a ghost, like... like I used to be. It’s as if I’m a vacuum, observing everything from the outside. And I go, “Wow!” And then what happens is that everything material and social I was attached to — that world I seemed to disconnect from — physically it still existed, but psychologically I stepped out of it. And it begins to collapse physically. And the new version of me, this new Alex, starts attracting new elements. Let me give you an example: imagine you have four personalities — A, B, C, and D. And you were personality B for, say, three years. And as B, you built a personal life, certain friends became priorities, you interacted more with some, less with others. Then your appearance, your style, image, haircut, clothing, color choices — they all changed. You didn’t pay attention to it — you just followed your heart. What happens next? Even your music preferences change on their own — you suddenly like one type more than another, same with movies, and other things too. Everything starts shifting. That’s how you lived for three years. That was world B. And then, suddenly, imagine you switch into world D — yes, that letter. Let’s say D stands for Gotham, just to make the association clearer. So you connect to this Gotham, this other world. What happens? It’s like your angle of perception completely changes. As if before, you were seeing everything through a material lens with your heart turned off, and now your mind, thoughts, desires, and needs disappear — and your heart switches on. And suddenly everything feels different. You look around and realize that everything surrounding you doesn’t matter anymore, you don’t even like how you look. You immediately want to change your clothes, take off that strange white t-shirt with a pink print. Even the music feels flat now — you crave something deeper. And you become mysterious, thoughtful. That’s exactly what happened to me. And what happens next? Once again, when a friend from world B writes or calls you, you suddenly don’t even want to reply — it’s like you just can’t. It’s not something you’re doing on purpose, it feels natural, but it’s as if they used to be dear to you, and now they’re not, and instead, completely different people now feel dear. You even start catching yourself realizing that during those three years while you were living materially in world B, you never found time to meet with certain friends who had wanted to see you.