shaking feverishly. He took a cigarette, took a drag and coughed.
– Let me go, please,» he whimpered.
– What’s the matter, kid? – The witch sat down beside him and began to stroke his hair. – It hurts me, and you are crying. Well, I’ll let you go. Where will you go? According to all the databases, you’re a dead terrorist. The city’s facial recognition system will identify you instantly. Then they’ll take you to the Coven and torture you. The high witch has a personal demon. He’ll burn you alive. And if he doesn’t, a pagan witch will take you in for testing. With her prophetic whispers, she’ll give you horrible hallucinations. And there is also an old woman who once soaked her hands in the river of hell Kokitos, and now they are constantly forming sores that bubble and burst, releasing into the air the virus of damnation for a particular person – on whom she will point a single finger. And the person turns into a zombie. Kills first his mom, then the rest of his family, and then himself. It’s a terrible fate. But you’re healthy, fed and almost safe with me. Look what we’re gonna do. We will find me an evening dress, you will help me tidy up: comb my hair, choose a hairpin, pick up a manicure, put in a cab and wait. At night I’ll arrive drunk, you’ll undress me and give me a massage. You’ll caress my legs, my back, my shoulders. And in the morning we’ll decide what to do with you. Okay? – Tamura bit down on part of her lower lip, and the tattoo on the witch’s face took the shape of dripping tears again. – Please!
Batu closed his eyes and nodded his head.
Chapter 6
– Eighty years ago, World War III began and ended, in the first eight minutes of which ninety percent of the world’s population was wiped out,“ Andrei Bal, host of one of the most popular evening shows, began his opening speech… „Almost ninety percent of the landmass will never be habitable due to deadly radiation. The water in the oceans is contaminated and the fish are dead. The remaining humans are forced to take radiation blockers for the rest of their lives. Many will no longer be able to have children. What led to the worst war in human history, and what are the consequences of this war – let’s find out today in «Here and Now» on the federal TV channel. We have with us the Vice Chancellor of Central State University, Professor Michael Sulu and the commander of the special unit «Witches Coven» Eira Lauda.
The cameras briefly froze on the faces of the guests and once again took a close-up of Andrei. The host continued.
– Mr. Sulu, let’s start with you. Remind us all about the background to the disaster eighty years ago.
– Hello! – the Vice-Rector began quite confidently. – I propose to start with a small excursion into the basics of physics to understand the causes of this tragedy. In the middle of the last century, scientists made a number of significant discoveries in the field of quantum mechanics. They discovered and studied such phenomena of the microcosm as quantum superposition, when a particle exists simultaneously in several antiphase states, quantum teleportation – instantaneous information transfer, and wave function collapse, when a force energy field collapses into a particle when it is detected. These strange phenomena have been repeatedly recorded, but no convincing explanation for these phenomena has ever been found. There were many theories and interpretations, some of which turned out to be flawed, others unrealistically fantastic. One of such delusional, at that time, interpretations turned out to be flawless from the point of view of logic. This is Everett’s many-worlds theory. In a nutshell: any outcome of events in the microcosm depends directly on the observer of these events. Fields collapse into particles, and particles move from one state to another under the influence of the will of the observer. And quantum teleportation is nothing but the connection of each particle with the entire universe. This theory was proved almost seventy years later, – he paused and looked around the audience. – I see that I have already bored you with physics, so I will tell you in simple words. The consciousness of the observer influences the world around him. We are observers and, at the same time, creators. The process of observing a process directly affects the process itself. Pardon the tautology. The psychological state of the observer is taken into account. Our desires, aspirations, fears, experiences are the only set of factors influencing the world and determining the whole universe. – The professor took a sip of water from the glass. – But at that moment nobody knew how exactly to influence reality with consciousness and change the course of events. A series of experiments on working out the correct model of consciousness behavior to influence a single particle began. But exactly everyone understood that the fundamental factor was true belief and will. And the factor negatively affecting the results of the experiment was doubt. But how do you make the mind believe and the mind not doubt? The brain is not a machine. You can’t write a program for it.
– So, what we want is what we get? – smiled the host. – The main thing is to want it right?
– Approximate wording. «The main thing is to want it right. After all, if everything we want was fulfilled, the world would cease to exist instantly. Can you imagine how many wishes would be realized in the first second of such a model?
– Everyone would want different things, and sooner or later there would be a conflict of desires.
– That’s right! There would be chaos. The laws of physics would go crazy and matter would disintegrate into atoms. That’s why it’s inaccessible and impossible for us.
– Inaccessible by whom? Is it forbidden?
– You are walking on the edge of the duality of perception of the universe, Mr. Host. – The professor smiled broadly. – We believe that the absence of such a model of the world, where the Universe would materialize any desire of a reasonable being, is conditioned by the anthropic principle: «We see the Universe so, because only in such a Universe an observer could arise»
– Otherwise it simply wouldn’t exist.
– Otherwise it simply does not exist here and now,» corrected the professor and continued. – Our consciousness functions continuously even in sleep and interacts with the surrounding world on a very subtle level. But extraneous thoughts, images and emotions prevent us from forming a clear desire. Besides, our desires often change and what was necessary today is not so important tomorrow. And numerous doubts are always present in the mind. It is impossible to get rid of them, no matter how much we want to. There is almost never a state of pure consciousness, without doubts at all. It is like the sky: some people have clouds, some people have enlightenments, and some people are completely covered with clouds. But there is no perfectly clear consciousness.
– So how are wishes meant to come true? And what kind of wishes?
– That’s a very good question! The wish itself does not disturb the physical picture of the world in almost any way. Just a slight ripple on the water. Therefore, the main driving force in the universe is not desire at all!
– Intention!
– That’s right! The magical power of intention. A man is sitting at a table and he has the urge to smoke. What happens?
– Nothing.
– Nothing! But when the desire to smoke grows into intention, the mystery of creation takes place. A man’s hands reach for a cigarette and matches. And, lo and behold! The wish has come true. Intention is the only driving force in the universe! And it’s not limited by anything! But you have to give credit to the fact that without a wish, nothing could have been accomplished.
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