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[Alexander’s introduction] Today marks seven years of my Energy of

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Crystal project. I would like to share people’s accounts so others can

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learn about it. Tell us how we met and how my work affected your life.

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We first met at a festival you held near Kyiv. I was there with my wife,

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son and, I think, someone from the company. It was a rich, striking

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event with Slavic traditions and rituals. That was where I first saw

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Bukvitsa, a chart like the one behind me.

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The first thing I noticed was the number of letters. That impressed me.

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From then on, something began changing inside: insights, feelings,

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questions and answers. That is how I came to be here today.

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[Question] Tell us briefly about yourself, your life and values. I was

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born in Smila in the Cherkasy region. I have a wonderful wife and two

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children. I own and run my company, PIM.

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The company is 27 years old; on 27 May it will be exactly 27 years since

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it was established. I see myself on a path of fulfilment and success. I

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do what I love and want to do, and enjoy it.

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[Question] Tell us more about the company, its goals, values and

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outlook. Initially, the company was created to make money and provide

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for myself and my family.

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Later, the choice became more deliberate: what activities and products

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to focus on. We chose light industry, wholesaling premium sewing

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accessories. Today I regard the company as a leader in that segment in

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our country.

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Over roughly the past seven years, other areas have appeared. PIM

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Branding serves clients’ product branding and labelling needs. There is

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also furniture hardware: components for upholstered furniture

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production.

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Another area [name unclear] serves the premium segment, boutiques and

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private homes: wooden clothes hangers made to our own specifications.

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[Question] Tell us about the corporate culture behind this. Above all,

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we try to be useful to our clients.

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We select the best products and aim to make them available to local

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manufacturers. Our main mission is to enable them to use advanced

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technologies and the best materials people have developed.

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[Question] How did you come to introduce Bukvitsa and help the team

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explore it? How did it affect the company and its culture?

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I would distinguish two meanings of Bukvitsa. One is the chart people

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know from the internet and YouTube. The other is the Bukvitsa game you

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introduced to us.

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Bukvitsa as an alphabet of 49 letters is about imagery. Exploring it

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takes you into another world of symbols and images. I feel that concepts

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such as spirituality and the soul are missing from today’s vocabulary,

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and connect that with what is happening in society.

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As for the game you developed and improved, we participate regularly as

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a company. We try to invite you twice, I think [period not specified].

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Through this knowledge, each person explores themselves and finds

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answers to inner questions. That is how I distinguish the two meanings.

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[Question] What changes do you notice in employees as a manager? It

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means something different to each person; they would be better placed to

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describe it themselves. But I do notice changes as their manager.

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People become more aware and less fearful. They focus more on their

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goals and on perceiving the world through the heart and spirituality,

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beyond basic needs.

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That inner substance gives people confidence in what they do and why.

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They receive appreciation, including financially, through feedback from

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their clients. That would be my answer.

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[Question] Viewers will surely ask whether the company’s financial

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figures increased. My approximate answer is that I am not particularly

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devoted to figures or accounting. Intuitively, as a manager, I feel that

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the figures are growing.

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My company’s turnover increases by up to 30 per cent annually. Even in

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the past year, when things seemed difficult everywhere, our figures have

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grown. We work every day; there has not been a day when staff did not

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come to work for some reason.

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Demand for our products keeps growing. To me, that suggests that

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problems are within us. If we overcome ourselves, then [phrase about

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problems unclear]. There is the world around us.

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Overall, the figures are growing. I would say 20–30 per cent annual

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growth is the minimum; that is what I intuitively feel. We have not yet

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compiled or analysed 2020. But looking at 2019 and 2020, our figures

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increased by around 40 per cent.

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[Question] We have also worked together in healing and energy practices.

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Could you describe that experience?

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Two striking stories from my personal life concern my son and wife. My

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son had a closed forearm fracture; I do not remember which arm. After

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surgery, the bones healed, but his fingers did not work.

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My employee Roman, who has studied these subjects longer than I have,

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suggested asking you for help. Roman introduced us then and suggested

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calling Sasha to see whether he could help.

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My son was distressed because his hand did not work. According to him,

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neurosurgeons spoke of damage to nerves controlling the fingers. I

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called a surgeon I knew, who said it needed another examination. We did

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not want to go through it again and sent my son to you; he was 26 then.

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An hour later, he came to my office and said his hand was working. When

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I asked what Sasha had done, he said Sasha had asked about our

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relationship. They talked for 10–15 minutes, and his hand began working.

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As far as I can observe, it still works without problems.

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The second story concerns my wife. About three years earlier, we were

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skiing in Bukovel. She took an awkward step, landed badly and fell. It

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hurt her to stand up. I did not understand the pain; I thought a fall on

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flat ground could not cause serious injury.

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After examinations, scans and X-rays, doctors reportedly identified

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tears in the collateral and anterior cruciate ligaments of her left

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knee. We were told about months of immobilisation followed by surgery,

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and that the anterior cruciate ligament would not heal because it was in

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fluid.

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I felt there had to be a solution. We contacted you, and you said it

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would recover in 40 days. My wife believed you because we already knew

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each other, and began doing what you told her over the phone.

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After 40 days, we had repeat X-rays and scans. Everything had scarred

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over and healed. We showed the results to another doctor, who asked what

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was troubling her, saying that everything looked normal.

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We did not explain these extraordinary capacities of the body and your

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abilities to the doctors. I believe conventional medicine rejects them.

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My wife would be better placed to describe her own experience. As a

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witness, I believe it works.

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[Question] What recommendation would you give in closing? For leaders of

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companies or families, husbands or wives, I would recommend trying the

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Bukvitsa game for self-exploration at least once a year.

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I feel it helps bring the team together and find answers to personal

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questions. Even if you think you have no questions, you can discover one

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you want answered. Seeing yourself from outside and seeing people find

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answers can bring a eureka moment.

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When people cross those barriers and explore themselves, their nature

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and soul, life feels easier. Some cry; others face difficult

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relationship questions involving parents, grandparents or siblings.

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Self-awareness comes first.

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I recommend trying it and then drawing your own conclusions. When we

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participate as a company or I attend your events personally, I find

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answers to my questions. I see you as a guide who helps people

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understand themselves.

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Thank you for your time. Thank you, Alexander, for what you do for our

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company, for me personally and for the world. Thank you, and best wishes

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to you and your company.