Alexandr Korol

there are many simply because we are being shown the same planet in different stages. Just like we can now see plants, or we can see what looks like compost, or we can see oil. I mean, I’m not a professional or a scientist in this, I don’t know exactly how oil forms, but the first thing that comes to mind for me is that oil is the decay of all living matter. Over time, it went underground, decayed, formed, and became oil. But essentially, it was once something living — maybe algae, maybe plants, maybe trees. And the point is that we have so many different types of things, like minerals, for example, but in essence, it might be the same mineral simply appearing differently at different times. It has a different function, is perceived differently by us, just because, at that moment — like you said with the apple — it’s unripe or ripe. Back then, I referred to the idea that we can encounter people the same way we see students in school — if I’m in fifth grade, I can see those in first, second, or third grade — I’ve been in their place. I can also see the older students and understand that I’ll be in their place someday. The same with family and relatives: we can see our children, and we ourselves are the children of our parents. We have parents, grandparents, and then we ourselves will become grandparents. And yes, if we speak in terms of individual identities, clearly my grandparents and my children are not exactly me. On the other hand, I was once a child, and I will be an old man. And for someone, I was already a child, and I will also be an old man — for them and for myself too. It’s the same for me. There are also these stages in cities, in countries, as levels of development. Right now there are states that are really at stage 2, some countries at stage 3, some at stage 10. So there are many people and countries who, for me, are living in the past, and there are those who are already living in the future. And once you start seeing that, you begin to understand where you’re heading and what came before — how everything takes shape. But of course, this isn’t meant literally. I never thought that Mars or Venus, if you fly to them, are somehow still Earth. No, I literally and clearly understand that they are separate — just like continents are separate bodies. But we were and will be those planets. In other words, Earth is in its current state, and then it might, for example, become Mars — let’s say it decays. But by that time, Venus might turn into Earth. That’s how I perceived it. And that all these stages exist simultaneously, all around and everywhere. That time itself physically exists — right here. But yes, there are people who interpret things very literally,