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[Alexandr Korol]

Mystic-old man: Correct.

Alexandr: How does it impact me? What does it do?

Mystic-old man: I can give you an example.

Alexandr: Please.

Mystic-old man: Once, I heard the father of my schoolmate say, “I don’t like yogis and Vladimir Visotsky.” I was like, why? He said, “There are so many interesting things in the world, but yogis only care about their belly buttons, and Visotsky sings about some nonsense.” I was thinking to myself, wow, what the heck. The point is not in songs or a belly button. It is a paradox. The point is in the concentrated attention. By concentrating attention on the belly button, yogis are able to connect with the space inside of them. And Visotsky was able to connect to that space through his original lyrics and poetic forms, which he literally could see and manifest. This is the point.

Alexandr: Okay, another question. I will read it out loud. Are there some secret services that know about me and watch me?

Mystic-old man: Alex, you know, this is not what you think. Does someone know about you? Yes. Are they monitoring you? No.

Alexandr: Okay, but is someone in the know? Maybe they are not special services; I just don’t know what to call them.

Mystic-old man: Well, you know, those who know, they know what they should know. And you don’t overstep boundaries.

Alexandr: Hm, okay. But are they watching a little, just to keep an eye on me, to prevent me from overstepping the boundaries? It is just how I feel.

Mystic-old man: Do you think you are interesting for them as if you might overstep?