{"id":444,"date":"2011-03-22T09:57:05","date_gmt":"2011-03-22T15:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/50.87.217.193\/blog\/a-letter-from-sendai"},"modified":"2021-04-04T00:39:46","modified_gmt":"2021-04-04T06:39:46","slug":"a-letter-from-sendai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/a-letter-from-sendai\/","title":{"rendered":"A Letter from Sendai"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks to our customer Carole, who passed on this inspiring letter from a woman named Anne in Sendai.<\/p>\n

*****<\/p>\n

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A letter from Sendai , Japan – from Anne<\/p>\n

                        Anne
                        writes:<\/p>\n

                        "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.<\/p>\n

                        During the
                        day we help each other clean up the mess in our homes.<\/p>\n

                        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.<\/p>\n

                        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."<\/p>\n

                        Quakes keep coming. Last night
                        they struck about every 15 minutes. Sirens are constant
                        and helicopters pass overhead
                        often.<\/p>\n

                        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.<\/p>\n

                        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.<\/p>\n

                        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.<\/p>\n

                        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.<\/p>\n

                        And the
                        Japanese themselves are so wonderful. I come back to my
                        shack to check on it each day, now to send this email
                        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.<\/p>\n

                        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.<\/p>\n

                        Somehow at this time I realize
                        from direct experience that there is indeed an enormous
                        Cosmic evolutionary step that is occurring all over the<\/p>\n

                        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.<\/p>\n

                        Thank you again for your care
                        and Love of me,<\/p>\n

                        With Love in return, to you all,
                       <\/div>\n

                        Anne<\/div>\nShare Post:<\/strong>
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