A strong wind blew, telling us that a new era had come. I resolved to start afresh, striving to live in the present without being held back by the past, and to look towards the future.
Today, the former Syrian Ambassador to Japan, his wife and their daughter visited Komaya. They gave me flowers for my birthday, and I was deeply moved by the way they always remain true to their hearts. Recently I have had more encounters, including the people I have been meeting these days, that bring me back to what it means to be human, and I feel hope even in this difficult world. I have long experienced that one's internality becomes one's outer environment, so if I live my life expressing the purest, most beautiful feelings within me, my encounters and the course of my life will change. Therefore, with a renewed heart, I have decided that now is the time to express my true feelings, and I have made a fresh start today. In the evening, there was a live stream talk by Master Idaki Shin, and I felt great hope to live. The message was, “Do not leave the body behind.” He has been expressing this through his improvised piano performances. This has been the theme of his recent concerts. I felt great hope when he spoke about how he thinks and works every day on this, wondering whether “not leaving the body behind” can be expressed in words. I saw that a path was opening before me, and that the future would open as well. Within me, a feeling was born to express the words of life correctly each day, and I felt a new spark of excitement awaken in my heart. Today, I once again experienced that creating a path to live brings joy to life and makes my heart come alive with excitement. He is always thinking of creating and continuing to create a path for humans to live, and he resolves the obstacles that stand in the way through his lectures and concerts. I feel deeply grateful, knowing that there could be no more blessed circumstance than this. I will start moving forward with a renewed heart, determined to live in a right and honest way as a human being and realize my true demand of life, which is to create a society where children can live.
Tomorrow I will hold “Traveling in the Land of Koguryo” at Tokyo Komaya. It is an opportunity for one’s true existence to appear. I sincerely wish to live vigorously and make the most of this opportunity for my existence to be manifested, as I move toward tomorrow. Thank you very much.