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
