Hi, I’m Bogdan Parhomenko! - “Interview with my grandfather” 2

Hi, I’m Bogdan Parhomenko. I was born in Ukraine and raised in Japan, currently living in Kiev. I would like to tell the people in Japan about the current situation and history of Ukraine, our concerns and the latest updates from Ukraine.
My 2nd post on Note is the 2nd half of the interview with my grandfather. The video was released on Mar. 11th 2022 on my YouTube channel “BOGDAN in Ukraine”.

Bogdan:
After the great east Japan earthquake (often also referred as 3.11), the word “Kizuna”, or “Bond” seems to be used more frequently than ever. The great earthquake made us face the reality that we may lose our beloved ones out of the blue.

Grandpa, how do you perceive the word “Kizuna” and how do you spend everyday?

Vladimir:
After the great earthquake in Kobe in 1995 (the Great Hanshin earthquake), our family made many Japanese friends. My wife has been to Japan 7 or 8 times to see them, and there were many who visited us in Ukraine from Japan.

During their visit to Ukraine, some stayed at hotels, but many of them stayed at our apartment. Now that we are at war, they are contacting us, asking us if there is anything they can do for us.

I am grateful everyday, for such bonds, love and supports.

At the time of 3.11, I thought “what can I do for the people in Japan?”, but now it’s the other way around. I am the one to receive the support now. I believe this outrage will soon be over.

I cannot believe what’s happening right now, because, this is in fact a battle within a family. My wife’s family is in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), and my son’s family in Moscow.

As I said earlier, these sort of circumstances may be happening to bring new types of human race into the world. I am not sure if I will be here to witness the new world after the change though.

My grandchildren will be proud of what they are experiencing now, in the world after the transformation.

Because of, or better put if I say influenced by this war, we were able to reach a deeper love. Everyone staying in Kiev right now is volunteering. Sprit of mutual help is here. We are getting by with such support.

I would like to thank Bogdan. Also to Stephan, who was born in Osaka.

They chose to stay in Kiev, helping the people in Kiev, and telling the world what’s happening here in Kiev - this is a very big thing. It’s all because of my grandchildren that I get to talk to the people in Japan now.

I think what’s happening right now is also fostering the bonds beyond generations. For my grandchildren this is the first war, but it’s the second for me. New generation is joining our generation to change the world. I appreciate it.

I see on the news and also actually feel that the people in Japan are supporting us very strongly. I thank you for this.

Me and mother, Natalia, at my exhibision

The change this war inflicts will be so big it will be hard to keep up. I have encountered 4 big turning points during my life of 88 years. Not that I wanted to change, but I had to change to survive. Just like I adapted to changes 4 times in the past, the generation of my grandchildren is learning very fast and adapting to changes. I feel very proud of them seeing this.

Now the world is being controlled by finance. You really have to work hard to get anything. But now things are changing gradually. It’s now about “Intelligence 60 : Labor 40”, I think.

Even in Japan, those companies which accomplished this shift are successful. This is a good example that the whole world is shifting. There are companies that are adapting, taking steps forward and making advancements instead of refusing to change. I feel grateful for them too.

Maybe we as the human race don’t want to make this sort of change, but I think that the universe is at a point to make a shift and pushing us to follow.

I’ve been thinking for a long time even before this war had begun, how we could shift from materialism to spiritualism. I felt we were short of spiritual understanding.

Let me take an example.

For example, “gravity”. An apple falls on the ground. This is because of the law that the bigger attracts the smaller.

It takes a lot of power to launch a rocket from the earth, because the small rocket is being pulled toward the very big earth. It takes a lot of energy for the rocket to pull itself away from the earth and fly.

Scientific research can be done by using materials and studying them. We can prove through observation and experiment. But spiritual matters is different. I am a scientist, so I am good at explaining about materials, but I am not good when it comes to spiritualism. How should we feel about something we cannot touch? It’s quite difficult for human to understand this sort of thing.

I often use tuning forks for my experiments. When a tuning fork is struck, other turning forks nearby resonate. The same goes to people. The good resonates with the good, the bad resonates with the bad.

If you spread positive messages, you attract the people and things of the same energy, triggering positive changes. The same applies to the negative. I think this is also “resonance”.

I often use the proverb “Good seed makes a good crop.” As it says you sow good seeds and you get good crops. If the seed is bad, the crop will be bad. You won’t get wheat by sowing corn seeds. If you are negative, you attract negative.

So it’s very good that Bogdan is focusing on the positive and communicating with everyone. I am sure there are and will be people who resonate with his spirit. Though they may also be very tired…

Stephan and Yorka, ad shooting for pet friendly taxi

Allow me to share another thing.

Set a goal before setting off. Imagine when a lion wants to eat, for example. When it’s hunting, the goal is to “eat”. The order of its motivations would be “I want to eat”, “For that I need to hunt”, “Where would the prey be?”. It decides when to hunt, and then decides what to do an hour before hunting, and 2 hours before. It is the same for us too, we need to set the goal first.

Then we collect information, analyze it and finally put into action or service.

Please know everything starts in your head. It’s important to create image in your brain. If you want to be successful, you need to think what and how you want to be successful. If we want to end the war, we need to think about when the war is over, rather than focusing on what’s happening now.

Bogdan:
What do you think about Ukraine giving up on nuclear weapons?

Vladimir:
Nuclear weapons are dangerous and it’s like playing with fire. Ukraine used to have the third highest number of nuclear weapons in the world. I think we made a right decision giving up them. We abandoned the nuclear weapons when the Budapest Memorandum was signed among Russia, UK and America in 1994.

It was promised that these countries protect Ukraine in case of emergency, but Russia, which is one of the signatories of the Memorandum, invaded Ukraine in breach of the promise. We are facing a very harsh situation. Mariupol is almost reduced to ashes and the buildings are barely left intact.

Due to the constant attack by Russia, the Red Cross is not able to deliver resources. In Mariupol, kids are living in the underground or shelters as they lost their houses to fire from the airstrike, and they are getting sick and dying for lack of food and water.

I didn’t imagine this would happen when Ukraine gave up the nuclear weapons, but it’s no use crying over what’s done. I just appreciate the countries and people supporting Ukraine now.

Before the war, we saw Ukrainian military in peace parades in the main street of the Independence Square in central Kiev. But it all changed completely. We do see them but in a completely different situation. They are in severe fights for the country with their lives at risk.

But I feel we are coming to a victory and ending the war. When it’s all over, I think Ukraine will have won the trust.

So overall, however the situation we are in, I think Ukraine’s decision for nuclear disarmament was right.

We kept the promise but those countries signing the Budapest Memorandum did not. This is wrong. This means that the world organizations are not functioning.

Now Ukraine is on the front line. This is only a beginning, and many different incidents will occur in other areas of the world, and change the global system.

So I would like to caution the people in countries other than Ukraine, that you should be alerted. This will begin to happen to where you are too, because there are causes to be so. Right now the fighter aircrafts can fly the Ukrainian airspace.

I need to thank those countries that are allowing this - I am being sarcastic here of course.

But we will withstand this. We have the strength to get through this. Probably the world will not change until some other country is put in a similar situation as Ukraine. Right now Ukraine is taking this role.

All countries were afraid of Russia, but Ukraine overcame the fear and said “No” to them. Russia is 4 times bigger than Ukraine in terms of the number of the population, and more than 10 times in terms of the land area - they are that big. Ukraine is taking all the attacks from that big country.

But we will win, because we are fighting the war risking everything and helping each other. Soldiers or not, we are doing everything each of us can.

Doctors come home from the hospital once in 2 or 3 days. Many people are queueing for blood donation. There are no families who would not help those in need if they see one around them.

All these things come together and become energy called love. This is a very good thing.

Our president makes appearances almost everyday and makes speech for the nation. At the end of the speech, he reads out the names of our heroes and the name of his/her town. They are risking everything and fighting for Ukraine.

The heroes are no longer with us in most of the cases.

Today he called the names of 13 heroes. They are all soldiers, and a half of them lost their lives in the fight for Ukraine. Each of these heroes has a family. These families deserve respect and support from Ukraine, and I am sure there will be.

Many enlisted soldiers are coming to Ukraine from all over the world. They are not here for money but for restoring peace.

I am very grateful, grateful for all people, grateful for all actions.

One more thing I would like to say.

Everyone is watching this interview, I think those working in media are also watching. I don’t want you to see us as objects for your business, but I want you to think what you can do to change the world.

Please.

Thank you, everyone.

May the kindness and happiness be with you.

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