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God has decreed – and this is His decree —

I have to die and let the young have way,

Bow down my head and, Lord, submit to Thee —

God has decreed – and this is His decree.

Yet all my life I’ve never yielded way!

I stand against my God in stubborn fray:

God has decreed? And this is His decree?!

I have to die?! And let the young have way?!

© Nikita Kardashev, 2025

ISBN 978-5-0067-9302-6

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Preface

In his earlier work, known as the «Treatise on the Philosopher’s Stone», the author explored the mystery of human aging and proposed an original approach to its resolution. In the author’s view, all humankind constitutes a single living organism, within which individual people are but cells. Nature has arranged it so that generations continually replace one another: the old die, yielding the way to the young – much like the natural renewal of the cells of the human body.

The author advanced the hypothesis that human aging is not an inevitability but a particular program planted by nature in the depths of the human mind – its essence summed up in simple words: «Give way to the new generations.» How, then, might one resist this inexorable program? The solution was to bind the personal instinct of survival to a more powerful and ancient instinct – the preservation of all humankind. Rather than meekly carrying out nature’s sentence, a person can reprogram the mind by convincing it of one’s continual necessity to others.

To this end, the author proposed a special formula – an alchemical key capable of opening the gates to longevity: «My body renews itself endlessly for the sake of those who need me.» This formula can replace the stern command «Die; make room for the young» with a wiser program of unending renewal. Yet it is not enough merely to utter the formula – it must be true. For genuine extension of life, one must in fact be useful to others: to care for them, to inspire, and to bear the light of knowledge.

In the present treatise the author intends to go further and deeper, developing and expanding his earlier ideas. Here a new path opens to the reader – not merely the path of a long-lived person, but the path of an immortal maker and shaper of the world. On these pages you will find reflections and practical counsel on how a human being, hitherto mortal and constrained, may become akin to the gods of old – able to create and sustain life not only within himself, but also around himself, filling the world with meaning and light.

May this book serve as a guiding star for those ready to accept great responsibility: to turn their own lives into an alchemical work of creating a new world, and in that work to attain true, mindful longevity.

Treatise on How a Mortal Can Become a God

Chapter 1. The Human Being and His World Are One: How Reality Is Formed

1. The Mystery of Reality

We are used to thinking that we live in a world that exists independently of us. Yet wise thinkers of antiquity and modern scientists alike arrive at the same conclusion: we do not know Reality as it is in itself. Everything we see, hear, and feel is the result of our brain’s work. Our brain constantly receives signals from the senses and weaves them into a special «film» of reality that we take for reality itself. But this is only an illusion. Our eyes have a «blind spot,» an area of the retina that does not perceive an image – yet the brain «fills in» the picture so we do not notice the spot. Perceptual illusions show how easily the brain is misled – consider, for example, the well-known optical illusion with two identical lines, one of which appears longer. The placebo effect confirms the power of consciousness: if a person believes a remedy will help, it really can lead to recovery – even if the pill contains nothing but sugar.