A virus program on a computer or any other device works roughly…

A virus program on a computer or any other device works roughly on the following algorithm: when you go to some website, especially if it doesn't have an SSL protocol (security certificate) installed, you might start seeing pop-up windows with buttons to go somewhere or download something. These are traps you can step into completely by accident – you got distracted, clicked something automatically that you shouldn't have, and meanwhile the virus sneaks onto your computer. That's what it's counting on – the user's inattention or lack of awareness, as well as the unexpected behavior of the virus program itself. It works similarly when you install a program or game downloaded from an untrusted source onto your computer, and during installation you accidentally clicked some inconspicuous checkbox – the virus thus successfully becomes part of your system, and you allowed it yourself.

The goal of a virus program is to infiltrate your system and establish its own order there, the order it was programmed for by its creator. This happens if your system doesn't have an up-to-date version of an antivirus program installed (though there are exceptions even here).

And here the paths to solving this problem diverge. Someone opens their antivirus and runs a full system scan as quickly as possible to detect and eliminate all sorts of viruses. Sometimes this works – it's known that an antivirus's ability to handle a malicious program depends on its quality and, most importantly, its update version. If it's newer than the virus, then all is well and you're saved.

But sometimes it's all pointless – the virus might be designed in a particularly cunning way, or maybe you don't keep up with antivirus updates, or you use some free one, or you don't use an antivirus at all, because you've managed to go years without one and antiviruses have never really come in handy for you in life.

But then trouble strikes, and the only thing that will save your PC is a full detox with a reinstallation of the operating system, and sometimes even with a complete loss of data, which in essence is akin to reincarnation, where you are the soul, and the operating system with all its apps, files, and folders is your current personality, and upon the computer's rebirth, you might try to recreate everything as it was before, put folders in the same places, download all the same apps, games, movies, or do everything anew if you want. But in essence, you'll continue your virtual existence – you'll use the same browsers, restore all your social media accounts to resume your virtual contacts with other avatars.

And so, that's basically it – you've been reborn and are ready to continue your virtual existence.

Initially, everything depends on the user, their preparation. And it doesn't matter here what that user uses – their computer, smartphone, or their own body, which they need for interacting with other bodies as well – the same thing, essentially, that your computer or smartphone provides you, allowing you to communicate with the external virtual environment – without these avatars, communication with the outside world is impossible. You can install antivirus programs on your devices, but viruses have one interesting feature – they constantly evolve. They do it so fast you can't keep up.

I, for example, use a free antivirus on my computer, not so much because I need its protection, but out of a habit from childhood. Everyone installed and still installs antiviruses – my programmer, for instance, who periodically came over to fix issues on my computer when I'd messed it up good, always installed Kaspersky or DrWeb.

But over time, I just got tired of having to constantly keep an eye on all that, giving it my attention once a year or even every six months. And I just gave up – installed the 360 antivirus and have been using it for several years now. In all that time, thankfully, I haven't had any viruses on my computer; occasionally I check my system with the latest portable version of DrWeb, and it finds no viruses. And I browse all sorts of sites quite a lot, using my personal PC mostly for work purposes.

In the case of virtual reality, the user's intelligence and intuition are, in my opinion, the main defense against all types of viruses. It's built up over years, you accumulate experience and become able to intuitively sense where you can go, where you can but carefully, and where you definitely shouldn't go.

Over time, you start to foresee certain things – in a sense, this is your virtual immunity, and no antivirus program can give you that; it can only lull you into a false sense of security regarding all sorts of predators in the external environment, which will make your brain dull and remove the need to understand how this virtual world is arranged and by what principles it functions.

But what happens when a predator climbs over your fence that your defense system wasn't prepared for? After all, it – the antivirus – is the same kind of program as that virus, it's unconscious, and it's simply physically incapable of knowing what isn't yet in its database. So viruses will always be a little ahead of antiviruses – that's how it all works in this undeniably wild nature.

A radical solution is necessary, without hoping that if everyone has the 2021 version of an antivirus installed on their computer, you can feel safe from predators from 2022. Why would you? Over long years of a lullaby, carefree life surrounded by loyal guardian programs against all sorts of external attacks, immunity atrophies completely, and the user will be no more conscious than the machine they think they're controlling. No, friends, other measures are needed here.

I partly agree with the idea of collective immunity, at least in that it helps strengthen one's own immunity. We are all indeed connected to each other in a single network and, like ants, are capable of hearing each other, feeling each other without words, and even more than that – at a distance, telepathically. If even one person managed to deal with a virus on their own – repel it or overcome it – then it becomes a little easier for another person to do it, because subconsciously we are all plugged into one single source and can use the silent knowledge accumulated by the efforts of all humanity whenever we wish, and also contribute something of our own, something new, that will help other people make themselves cleaner, more perfect, and healthier.

And in this case, it matters whose victory it was – that of some individual PC user or of the program installed on their device, meant to protect and serve them. In the second scenario, the person's personal power wasn't engaged – the machines handled everything for them, the user was just a silent observer, instead of being an observing player.

To avoid being an irresponsible and passive observer, to whom events in life just randomly happen, the main thing is necessary – accepting that I am responsible for myself, that no one will come and save me, that I have personal power and however much of it there is, it's enough to repel any attack with dignity. The main thing is faith in your personal power, however much of it there is. By getting used to relying and depending first and foremost on yourself, personal power finally begins to engage in its full measure, whereas before it was in sleep mode due to being unneeded.

There's no hope for a policeman in a dark corner, Batman won't fly to your aid, Spider-Man won't save you when you're one-on-one with danger in the form of a rapist, robber, or murderer. There's no hope for a doctor either, when you're in some troubled country in Africa or in remote territories of our country (I've been there, I know what I'm talking about) – either there's no doctor at all, or they won't make it in time to give you first aid.

I'm not a doctor or a scientist – I'm a person working at an IT company, and within my own range, I understand the nature of virtual reality, which people created in the image and likeness of their own psycho-physiological makeup. The same goes for cars, by the way. Man is a practical and lazy creature, and he won't try to invent something out of the ordinary when there are already ready-made principles and mechanisms right under his nose, on whose skeleton he can just take and craft newer and newer developments.

Developing immunity is no easy task – it's actions for the long term, but it's what will stay with you when all temporary solutions become invalid. And I recommend starting to work on it right now, so that in the future you'll be ready for any adversity.

I feel my involvement in this universal problem for humanity, and my plan now is to start holding online circles, gradually, as much as possible, where we'll engage in various strengthening and healing practices.

On average, I think it'll be from 30 to 50 minutes of productive work (aiming for 30, the remaining 20 for answering questions). I don't want to stretch it to 2 or 3 hours yet (though with mutual desire, that's also possible) – we all have our own personal affairs, and it's better to do circles more often than longer.

Participation is free, but if anyone wants to thank me, you can do so by transferring to a Tinkoff or Sberbank card at +7 933 337 22 40.

The circles will take place on my Instagram channel in a live stream, so subscribe if you haven't already. Maybe sometimes they'll be in some interesting place – I am traveling, after all. :)

I'm thinking of starting with Reiki practice, at least the first session, and then we'll see.

Write in the comments under this post whether you plan to participate in such circles at least occasionally, and what time would be convenient for you, or you can message me privately – that way I'll know the topic is truly relevant and makes sense.

Health to you and your loved ones!
Arthur O'Harra.