Today Master Idaki Shin's piano and pipe organ concert was played at Vienna Hall in Fuchu no Mori Art Theater. The concert message is always what is most needed here and now. It is a message through which all of life comes to understand and rejoice. Although I myself am not consciously aware of it and cannot express it, when it is expressed through the words of Master Idaki Shin, I become aware that my life itself has been feeling, "This is what I have been yearning for."
He expresses through words what I am seeking the most at this very moment, expresses it through his performance, and enables us to experience the message exactly as it is. The words themselves come alive and shine. We can know words intellectually, but I have always felt that unless they become integrated with my own life and become living beings, they cannot truly be said to be understood.
Recently, we have repeatedly been taught the message, "Do not leave your body behind," and I have heard it expressed that when we do, our bodies contract. I also heard that the opposite of "to contract" is not "to spread," but "to open." Although I could understand the words intellectually, I did not know what such a state was and continued thinking about it. At today's concert, when I came to know existence, my contracted body began to open more and more. Through my own body, I experienced and came to understand that the opposite of "to contract" is indeed "to open."
As always, Master Idaki Shin expresses exactly what the message says, enabling us to experience it with our whole body. We are receiving an immeasurable blessing. We are able to experience life and words becoming united. I am deeply grateful to be able to become someone who can express words that are united with life in my daily life as well. It feels as though my life has been saved.
At today's concert as well, the bodily sensation of placing myself in a world beyond dimensions was so deeply comforting that I wished I could remain there forever. I felt, "Here, I can live." Since I already know that I simply need to live my everyday life in the same way as I live there, I will put this into practice in my daily life. Above all, I am filled with heartfelt gratitude for having had the experience that I can continue to live on. Thank you very much.