“Progress?” grinned Sensei. “What kind of a progress can there be with such motivation? Their institute still can’t explain the phenomenal effects of this biomass that weights a little more than a kilo the cerebrum, just like other world scientists. It has remained, despite all of their efforts, the mystery of mysteries. Space is investigated much more than the human brain.”

“I agree… But you say that the sacred knowledge can be given only to people of high moral standards. Not all the scientists are complete egotists with excessive megalomania. For example, that very Bekhtereva…”

“Absolutely correct. And if you carefully follow the work of academician Bekhtereva as a human and a scientist, you’ll see that after having studied the human brain all her life, she came to the conclusion that she knows very little about it, about its potential. Nevertheless, the deeper she delves into the study of the brain, the more she believes in the idea of its extraterrestrial origin, that is, of its true source of origin, based on the exceptional complexity and superfluity of the brain. I’m pretty sure that soon she will publicly announce it, just as it was announced by the great scientists of the world not just in the sphere of psychic research, but in other natural sciences, for example, by Einstein, Tesla, Vernadsky, Tsiolkovsky, and other great scientists. This list is huge and would take a long time to go through. But all those people came to the conclusion that humans are very unique and mysterious creatures and in no way could have originated on the Earth from some kind of infusorium!”

We stood silent, slightly shocked by what we had heard.

“So, it means that the power of extraordinary, phenomenal people is concealed simply in their thought?” Kostya asked again.

“Absolutely right. Thought is a real power. A lot greater than humans can imagine. Thought is able to move planets, to create and destroy entire galaxies, which initially was proved by God Himself.”

Nikolai Andreevich smiled and said ironically, “It’s a very convincing answer, I can’t even argue with it.”

“Really?!” Andrew expressed our general amazement. “Then why don’t we feel the presence of this gigantic power in ourselves?”

“Because you don’t believe in it.”

“Is that so? The beginning was so complicated, but the end is so simple,” stated Kostya.

“What can I do? So is the nature of knowledge,” answered Sensei with a smile.

“Well, how can it be,” Slava was struggling to understand, “if I felt such a power, why wouldn’t I believe in it?”

“The whole trick is that first you should believe, and then you will feel it.”

“And what if I believe but don’t feel it?” Slava couldn’t calm down. “What then?”

“If you really believe in it, then certainly you will feel it,” answered Sensei and added, “All right, we can discuss it for a long time, but it’s time to begin the meditation.”

“And what is a meditation?” asked Tatyana. “I’ve read that it is psychic training during a trance. But what it actually is, I still don’t understand.”

“In a few words, a simple meditation is the training of thought and a deeper spiritual practice is the training of spirit.”

“Does it mean that thought and spirit are the same?” Kostya broke into the conversation again.

“No.”

The cat sitting close by stirred at its place, as if making itself more comfortable.

“Now we will practice the simplest meditation on the concentration of attention, so that you can learn how to control the Qi energy. But before that, I would like to repeat again for those who came late. In addition to the material body, the human also has an energy body. The energy body consists of an aura, chakras, energy channels, meridians, and special reservoirs for energy accumulation. Each of them has its own name. I will tell you later in detail about all of them, depending on the meditation.”