© Vyacheslav I. Yatsenko, 2017

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Dedicated to Father Athanasius

Optina Pustyn, 2016

Considering the foundations of spiritual science “octanalysis,” which, according to the Bible, helps an ascetic to understand features of the system of his psyche and apply this knowledge for spiritual perfecting.

1. Variability of states, IDI cycle

According to the question “What is the first-driver in the Universe?” octanalysis responds simply. The IDI cycle (identification-1 → disidentification → identification-2) is the source of life, the property of a living one. Identification with one state of psyche is replaced by disidentification with this state. Then, identification with a different state than the previous one occurs. Constant change of states or variability of states is the fundamental property of the living one, it is the property of life. The variability of states occurs by itself independently of any phenomena. To implement the variability of states, space and time are not required. With the help of states variability, one can generate different images and create the illusion of space and time.

In the physical world, the IDI cycle manifests itself in the form of vibration. Vibrations at low frequencies are the sound, at high frequencies – light.

2. The illusion of space and time

God is the continuous variability of states. As a result of this variability, different images are generated. The change of one image to another creates the illusion of space and time. However, changing the frames of cartoon does not mean that the characters of the animated film live in time yet. Cartoon can create the illusion of time, but not the category “time.”

Variability of images means only that there is variability of images, but this does not mean that there is the category “time”. The notion of time invented by man is convenient to use to describe the degree of variability of images. But where there are no images, there is no notion of time and there is no notion of space, there are only the notion of the variability of states and the notion of light, sound. As time is illusory, so the notion of eternity is illusory. Thus also there is no problem of travelling through time. On the basis of the principle of impeccability, one can create an impeccable illusion of space and time, and then a person, as a rule, does not notice the illusory nature of space and time.

3. The divine state before the creation of the divine image

Some people misunderstand the phrase: “God created man in His own image, according to His likeness.” They naively believe that God exists in the form of an image, and on the basis of this image, in which He Himself is, He created man. In fact, God is in a divine state before the creation of the divine image. God is in the state that causes the generation of images. The expression “in His own image” means that God is the author of the image generated according to His will. But God does not exist in the form of this image.

Studying the properties of hot water, we will never be able to understand the construction of gas or electric stove on that this water is heated and brought to a boil. To understand the construction of a gas cooker, it is necessary to disassemble it and study it from the inside.

Similarly, by studying the images that God generates, we will not be able to understand essence of the divine states. To approach the understanding of God, one must be in different states, feel subtly these states and feel the transitions from one state to another. And the development