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[Alexandr Korol]

with them, but they are, in a way, already dead? It feels as though I myself might be half like that. It’s as if there’s this otherworldly dimension, the fourth dimension, and when I enter it, time stops, everything freezes, and I become immortal. But as soon as I interact with people, I become mortal again, pulled into their rhythm. And I feel like some of my readers might be the same. So who are we? Could it be that we’re not actually dead but rather immortal in potential, just waiting for that to become reality?
Mystic-Old-Man: Alex, in essence, the dead are a manifestation of the law of conservation of energy. And that’s exactly what you’re describing now – this law. The question is how this energy transitions, how it follows the law... Energy doesn’t emerge from nothing and doesn’t disappear into nothing; it simply transforms from one form into another. That’s the story here.
Alexandr: Well, okay, let’s put it another way. Look... Do I understand correctly that I’ve had moments in my life when I was in the same state as immortal people? That it really felt like you don’t age, and if you stay in that state, everything just freezes? Have I been in that state?
Mystic-Old-Man: Well, look, it’s the law of conservation of energy. The question is where you can perceive this energy, capture it, fixate on it, tune into it, or track it. It doesn’t matter what we call it, but that’s what it is.
Alexandr: Okay, then let me put it another way. If I completely fix myself in that state, will everything freeze, and could I physically sit at my dacha for a thousand years without aging?
Mystic-Old-Man: Well, look, I’m saying – this is about catching the energy and fixing it.
Alexandr: Okay, if I do it, will that be the result?
Mystic-Old-Man: If you manage to do it, I wouldn’t rule out the possibility.
Alexandr: Alright, then let’s put it differently. I clearly see that there are people who won’t transition into the fourth dimension. But there are also people who, throughout their lives in the 21st century, by living correctly with themselves, are already coming into contact with it and seem like they will transition. Is that the case?
Mystic-Old-Man: It is.
Alexandr: And how many people are we talking about?
Mystic-Old-Man: In percentage terms?