As we drove further north from Sendai to Iwate prefecture, the mountains and the trees had a different flavor. I always feel with my body that my life is healed and recovered when I come to the land of the north, and my heart is warmed and I feel nothing but gratefulness for being alive. The sound of the piano at Tohoku Center touched my life and it made me think deeply what a human is. I have always wanted to know the truth since childhood, and I have lived wishing to understand what it is. I feel grateful for having been able to encounter Master Idaki Shin who has searched and found the answer to it, and to be able to appreciate it with my life. There is no richer time than learning what a human being is, which is the most important thing in life, and it is the time when I could truly feel that I am “alive.” The moment I am awakened to the truth in a quiet space, I am filled with joy and gratitude for being born. The meaning of life is deepened and I feel thankful, experiencing the very moment when I could realize that I am alive. Today at Tohoku center, we heard about the network of life that is important for us in order to live in the era from now on. My heart was aching, hearing about the damage caused by the torrential rain and I am seriously contemplating even more living in the new era, being protected, and protecting everyone’s lives. When our lives are connected, our lives will be saved and protected. Owing to Master Idaki Shin’s concert, I have experienced that human lives are together as one, and I found hope that if people all around the world could experience this, human beings could live as humans and world peace would be realized. For now is the time when such disasters could occur at any moment, the direction of living from now on is to live with our lives connected and united as one, and to spread the network of life. At the end of the lecture, Master Idaki Shin laughed and said that today’s lecture at Tohoku center is indeed a great treat. I deeply nodded and bowed my head. I feel truly blessed for being awakened while I am alive and experience a new way to live. Thank you very much.