Wow! Great letter of someone open to a deeper process beyond themselves. Had a degree of this in south Florida after a hurricane with no electricity and all the neighbors sitting in the dark quiet streets visiting by candle light. Something so calm and peaceful and loving.
Peter On Mar 16, 2011, at 11:29 AM, "Rick Archer" <r...@searchsummit.com> wrote: > Letter from Japan > Friends, > I have no idea who wrote this, but received it from another friend.... > > > > ________________________________________ > A letter from Sendai > 3/14/2011 > > > > Things here in Sendai have been rather surreal. But I am very blessed to > have wonderful friends who are helping me a lot. Since my shack is even more > worthy of that name, I am now staying at a friend's home. We share supplies > like water, food and a kerosene heater. We sleep lined up in one room, eat > by candlelight, share stories. It is warm, friendly, and beautiful. > > During the day we help each other clean up the mess in our homes. People > sit in their cars, looking at news on their navigation screens, or line up > to get drinking water when a source is open. If someone has water running in > their home, they put out a sign so people can come to fill up their jugs and > buckets. > > It's utterly amazingly that where I am there has been no looting, no > pushing in lines. People leave their front door open, as it is safer when an > earthquake strikes. People keep saying, "Oh, this is how it used to be in > the old days when everyone helped one another." > > Quakes keep coming. Last night they struck about every 15 minutes. Sirens > are constant and helicopters pass overhead often. > > We got water for a few hours in our homes last night, and now it is for > half a day. Electricity came on this afternoon. Gas has not yet come on. But > all of this is by area. Some people have these things, others do not. No one > has washed for several days. We feel grubby, but there are so much more > important concerns than that for us now. I love this peeling away of > non-essentials. Living fully on the level of instinct, of intuition, of > caring, of what is needed for survival, not just of me, but of the entire > group. > > There are strange parallel universes happening. Houses a mess in some > places, yet then a house with futons or laundry out drying in the sun. > People lining up for water and food, and yet a few people out walking their > dogs. All happening at the same time. > > > Other unexpected touches of beauty are first, the silence at night. No > cars. No one out on the streets. And the heavens at night are scattered with > stars. I usually can see about two, but now the whole sky is filled. The > mountains are Sendai are solid and with the crisp air we can see them > silhouetted against the sky magnificently. > > And the Japanese themselves are so wonderful. I come back to my shack to > check on it each day, now to send this e-mail since the electricity is on, > and I find food and water left in my entranceway. I have no idea from whom, > but it is there. Old men in green hats go from door to door checking to see > if everyone is OK. People talk to complete strangers asking if they need > help. I see no signs of fear. Resignation, yes, but fear or panic, no. > > They tell us we can expect aftershocks, and even other major quakes, for > another month or more. And we are getting constant tremors, rolls, shaking, > rumbling. I am blessed in that I live in a part of Sendai that is a bit > elevated, a bit more solid than other parts. So, so far this area is better > off than others. Last night my friend's husband came in from the country, > bringing food and water. Blessed again. > > Somehow at this time I realize from direct experience that there is indeed > an enormous Cosmic evolutionary step that is occurring all over the world > right at this moment. And somehow as I experience the events happening now > in Japan, I can feel my heart opening very wide. My brother asked me if I > felt so small because of all that is happening. I don't. Rather, I feel as > part of something happening that much larger than myself. This wave of > birthing (worldwide) is hard, and yet magnificent. > > Thank you again for your care and Love of me. > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > To subscribe, send a message to: > fairfieldlife-subscr...@yahoogroups.com > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
