Things worth noticing: vinyl dust, photos, bike rides, shavasana, bhajans, tea.
Wat Tutei
“Arise! Awake! Approach the great and learn.
For the path is like the sharp edge of a razor—
difficult to tread and hard to cross, say the wise.”
~ Katha Upanishad: Verse 1.3.14
1990s Vinnytsia, Ukraine
Where it all began
Inspired by Italia ‘90, the 36th Chamber of Shaolin, NBA, MTV, Andre Agassi, Orienteering, and Schwarzenegger cinema
Books as Guides
• «Основы миропонимания Новой Эпохи» — А. Клизовский
• «Диагностика кармы» — С. Н. Лазарев
• «Третье открытие Силы» — Андрей Сидерский
• «Кэмпо: традиции воинских искусств»
• «Боги. Гробницы. Учёные» — К. Керам
• «Уринотерапия: Методы лечения» — Геннадий Малахов
Vinnitsya-Kyiv
- Евангелие эпохи Водолея - Леви
- Библия - Новый Завет
- Бхагават-Гита
- Судзукі Наука Дзен - Ум Дзен
- Michel de Montaigne, Опыты
- Чайка по имени Джонатан Ливингстон
- The Razor's Edge by William Somerset Maugham
“The truth of Zen, just a little bit of it, is what turns one's humdrum life, a life of monotonous, uninspiring commonplaceness, into one of art, full of genuine inner creativity.”
― D.T. Suzuki
Music on vinyl, radio, TV and cassettes
My musical taste comes from vinyl and cassettes: The Beatles, Deep Purple, Elton John, Creedence, Vysotsky, Tsoi/Kino, Joe Dassin, Toto Cutugno, Paul Mauriat, Francis Goya, Luciano Pavarotti, Traviata/Verdi, Shevchuk/DDT, Nirvana, Queen, Kiss, The Crenberries, AC/DC, Michael Jackson, "Година меломана" (Олексій Коган | Радіо Промінь)— and the MTV Unplugged era of the early 90s.
Lineage of Influence
• Shaolin Monks
• Bruce Lee
• Hongildon
• Lord Shiva
• Lord Krishna
• Jesus Christ
• Buddha
• Sai Baba
• Om Chanting
• Shri Chinmoy
Roots & Mentors
• Viktor Tsoi
• Freddie Mercury
• Gurdjieff
• Porfiriy Ivanov
• John Lennon
• Kurt Cobain
• Søren Kierkegaard
• Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
• Thor Heyerdahl
• Nansen and Amundsen
• Gichin Funakoshi
Forest Chamber
For years the forest was my playground and my dojo.
Running, walking, breathing, nunchaku, works with the elements.
A grab forest — rare, clean, ancient.
Two hidden lakes, always still.
In the chaos of the 90s, that forest was my shelter.
We skied there, we ran there — Spartak, Дьячук, Petrik, and me.
Trees instead of walls.
Air instead of teachers.
Quiet instead of noise.
There was another chamber — the chamber of learning.
We worked with information. We studied history, the history of Ukraine, world history, astronomy, mythology, things larger than ourselves.I filled thick notebooks (тетрaди) with facts, dates, diagrams, ideas.
Reading became training.
Grammar lessons, the first English textbooks, accuracy, curiosity — a different kind of discipline.It was mind practice: collecting knowledge, building attention, sharpening memory, opening the world.
Thank you for spending time here.
Where the sacred begins, they stand in calm, unwavering watch.
The guardians of Guards of Chedi Luang & Wat Phan Tao stand watch, as monks chant Jayamangala Gatha — the blessing of victory and protection.May the quiet strength of these guardians travel with you.
