KEIKO KOMA net

2 Feb. 2012

Shining hope

As I opened the window of my room snow that had fallen during the night was brilliantly shining and so was the surface of a river that I saw among trees. I exclaimed my joy at the beautiful sight and became wordless. Life in nature was full of dynamic energy and was creating a brilliantly shining world. I was filled with this light of hope and energy to live on forwards. Moreover I was in a land that had the same forty degree latitude in the north as the homeland of Koguryo, so just staying here made me feel at home and my heart became lively. I indeed loved the landscape by a river. When I had visited a land of Koguryo in May in the year 1998, for the first time in my life, I shed tears as I was moved by trees by a river that were stretching directly towards Heaven and waving to the wind. Two years ago I visited Azerbaijan and went to the Caucasus mountains and I was greatly attracted by beautiful mountains on the way and at one spot I came across a brilliantly shining surface of a river and leaves of trees waving to the wind under sunset beams. I was extremely moved at heart, my soul trembled and I shed tears without a stop. I felt a great nostalgia at a special aroma. I called this “an aroma of my dearest person”. Then I realized that I was guided to be here, an authentic home of my soul. There was a historic museum converted from a traditional village house and on its wall I saw a drawing of the symbol of a couple of deer, so I asked our guide its meaning. The answer was that it expressed the supreme beauty on Earth. I showed my business card with my name and explained that my name “KOMA” also signified the supreme beauty on Earth, and I had seen the same symbol in mosaic at the birthplace of Alexander the Great. I came to understand the reason why I was so greatly moved at the light-vision I had encountered by a riverside at the village. Landscapes of my homeland of my soul always made me shed tears out of great nostalgia. Today I envisioned that our future was brilliantly shining. My heart trembled here as I was heading for a glorious future from the homeland of my soul. A completely new era was waiting ahead of us. My heart was greatly moved anticipating this. Wherever I would be I would remain pure and beautiful at heart and open my mind. The core of my life was firmly established.