A Moving note from a friend in Sendai

Date: March 14, 2011 7:23:04 AM

HST



From my cousin in Sendai, Japan where she has lived for the

past decade teaching English. Very moving!!



Hello My Lovely Family and Friends,



First I want to thank you so very much for your concern

for me. I am very touched. I also wish to apologize for a

generic message to you all. But it seems the best way at the

moment to get my message to you.



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 sign so people can come to fill up their

jugs



and buckets.



Utterly amazingly 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,



With Love in return, to you all,



Anne