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[Alexandr Korol]

“I’m going to die right now. I’m going to die right now.” And she says: “What’s
wrong with him?” I say: “I say — he can’t. He’s frightened by what he’s feeling.”
It was very funny.

But — yesterday was similar. That I’m meeting with a friend, we’re sitting in a
restaurant, it’s kind of, well, bright, nice, people, everything’s normal. We’re
not discussing anything mystical at all, not even any gods. We’re simply talking
about feelings. And he says, again with bulging eyes, that everything has stopped.
Not that time has slowed down — time has stopped entirely. He says: “I don’t
understand where we are. It’s so clear, and it’s as if only you exist, me and this
table, and nothing else at all. What’s happening?” And so, I see that with him it’s
already going right into panic, into this kind of: “As if I’m going to die right now,
or have died.” And everyone has this association, as if they’re about to die. That’s
what everyone says for some reason. Unusual.

Information from the internet about stars:

In the sacred books
Here the star almost always carries a spiritual, divine meaning — a sign of the Creator,
guidance, prophecy, or part of the created world.

• The Bible (Christianity and Judaism): The stars are a creation of God, a symbol
of His might and His promises. In the Book of Genesis, God tells Abraham that
his descendants will be as numerous as “the stars of the heaven.” The most
famous is the Star of Bethlehem (the Star of the Magi) in the Gospel of Matthew:
it points the way to the birth of Jesus, symbolizes divine guidance and hope.
In the Apocalypse (Revelation), the seven stars in the hand of Christ are interpreted
as the angels of the churches or as symbols of the heavenly powers. The Star of
David (the six-pointed hexagram) is not directly mentioned in the Bible itself
as a symbol, although it later became an emblem of Judaism (the Shield of
David). It is associated with protection, the harmony of heaven and earth,
and the six days of creation.
• The Quran (Islam): The stars are signs (ayat) of Allah, proof of His wisdom
and power. They are “subjected” to God, serving for orientation in the darkness