Japan Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Reactors
This is a series of mini articles on the recent Earthquake in Japan, and tsunami effects elsewhere.
NEW INFORMATION!
Another Rep
Japan Meditation (updated march 16)
How to Send Positive Energy to Japan (March 17)
More reports from Japan (March 22)
Going to Japan
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Sending Reiki to the Japan Earthquake, 2011 & 1923
Kyoto/Kurama: Not Affected by the Quake
Google People Search, Red Cross.. other Disaster Support Links (link) (added March 15)
Japan Reiki Meditation:
I made this as an aid for meditating on the earthquake and nuclear issues in Japan, with Mikao Usui's picture in the background.
All we see are images of death and destruction.. having something positive to send to I think is very important.
I have had many positive comments for this picture.. and requests to forward to it. Link to the picture Copy the URL
for the picture into emails.. and feel free to post it wherever you wish, or use it as your computer background.
How to Best Send Positive Energy to Japan
When you are praying for or sending positive energy using a method such as Reiki focus on the following:
1) Calm the earth.. Earthquakes are still continuing..Many of which are large enough that if it wasnt for the mammoth 9.0 quake , these 'smaller' quakes would make the news. If you want to see the pattern of earthquakes over time click this link
2) Calm the Nuclear Reactor situation. This has been a constant war, trying to keep the situation from truly becoming nightmarish. It seems every time I check the news, there is either new progress or new disaster.
3) Sending healing to the coastal areas devastated by the tsunami. This is a huge effort of cleanup, and figuring out who is lost, helping the family members recover.
4) Sending energy to aid workers. There are many heros working very hard, and in some cases risking their lives.. Send them healing and divine inspiration and aid.
5) Calm the people. People who are stressed make terrible decisions, and dont know if they should be worried or not. The stress from this quake is likely to affect people more adversely in many ways than even the radiation. The Japanese government is downplaying the disaster, foreign media is playing it up. Japanese are caught in the middle, not knowing if they should panic or not.
7) Take Real World Action if everyone who reads this could donate even $10-$20 we could make a big difference Link
8) Don't overload on news.. This is a long term effort.. Don't burn out.. Do other things in life that are fun, focus on positive things, even learn something fun about Japan.
Going to Japan Oct 2011
Want to go to Japan? I will be leading a group to Kurama mountain for a vigil of prayer and meditation in Early October. We will also be meeting local Reiki Masters, and seeing the ancient captial of Kyoto. Trip will be 8 nights, 7 days in Kyoto. I am waiting to hear from a couple people about events for the fall, so havent set the exact dates, but will be somewhere in the window of October 2- October 13. Cost will be about $2000 plus airfare and include hotel and breakfasts, entry fees.
We might also include an optional extra trip to Tokyo to see the Usui Memorial, or even to eastern coast of Japan depending on your interest or even places I have always wanted to see of Koyasan or Okinawa.
Sending Reiki to the Japan Earthquake, 2011 & 1923
Later in Mikao Usui's life he lived in Tokyo, where he taught Reiki, died and was buried.
Mikao Usui first achieve fame by helping victims of the 1923 Kanto earthquake, which was an 8.3 quake, that killed more than 140,000 people, destroyed houses and was also hit by tsunami and firestorm.
From the Mikao Usui memorial stone (translated by Hyakuten Inamoto):
"In September of (1923), there was a great earthquake and a conflagration broke out. Everywhere there were groans of pain from the wounded. Sensei (teacher), feeling pity for them, went out every morning to go around the town, and he cured and saved an innumerable number of people. This is just a broad outline of his relief activities during such an emergency."
Now the area north east of Tokyo is once again hit by a severe quake, this one 8.9, and thus 6x stronger than the 1923 quake. [the scale is logarithmic]. Building standards are far stronger than they were in 1923, but there is only so much that can be done against something this massive.
It is time for Reiki once again to be sent to this region of Japan. Please as a thankyou to Mikao Usui, and for Reiki, and for the plight of all those there, please take a few minutes to send Reiki.
There is a map below showing where in Japan the quake hit, please use it to send a few minutes of Reiki.
Tsunami Waters in California and Hawaii
The greatest time of disaster is not the actual disaster, but the aftermath. We are experiencing that now.. Send energy to all the parts of
the world being effected by this enormous quake... I am personally too far inland to experience this, but california shores are being hit.
Kyoto: Reiki's Birthplace not affected by the quake
Reiki started in Kyoto, when Mikao Usui meditated for 21 days on Kurama mountain in the northern most part of the city. I just got an email from one of my friends in that city.
Hi friends- just to let you know we were not affected by earthquake and tsunami here in Kyoto. More soon
Tokyo: Minorly Affected
The following is a slighted edited version of an email i received from Kyoto resident Linda Crawford, who was visiting Tokyo and was on her way back when the earthquake hit. Tokyo was hit with a 5.5 level of earthquake.. tiny compared to what happened further north. To read more about it start with the latimes.
Thanks for asking and for your concern.
I am sending this to people who may be interested... about the earthquake today in Japan, and that we are OK. It was in the North, close enough to my family that they felt it very strongly and scarily.
I felt it, fairly near Tokyo on my way back from visiting my family. I left about an hour and a half before it, at 12'54. Tokyo's earthquake level was 5.5, about the same as we got in Kyoto during the Kobe earthquake. We rode the waves and shook for 15 seconds. Tokyo was apparently the same, so not damaged much but scared white. People gathered in parks. The TV is showing fires in the Miyagi area, and tsunamis all around Japan - automobiles rolling around in whirlpools in the streets. Roads cracked and split. Houses crushed or tilting drunkenly. The TV announcer 'live' is wearing a helmet.
It was the biggest earthquake in Japan's history - 8.8. Kobe was 7.? and way over 6,000 died. Miyagi Ken's Sendai probably has not so many as are in Kobe, but up to now the news has gone from 48 to 98 to 104 people dead in the last ten minutes. It's 11:25 PM as I write; the earthquake was some time before 3 PM.
I was on a highway on the way to Kyoto from Tokyo, and emergency vehicles (fire engines? ambulances?) passed in groups of 3 or 5, sirens wailing, passed us going toward the earthquake area over and over - probably 50 passed us (us on the Highway Bus).
Sorry this is so mixed up. I want to send it our without editing - forgive me.
Love to you all,
Linda
More reports from Japan- March 22
(Jess) Im writing up my newsletter.. would love any words of wisdom or reflections on japan you got.
(Linda)Well, earthquake news you have, I assume, even though Libya has superceded Japan. Blake and Jenise are still in Kyoto with the baby, Theo, and this minute debating going back to Tokyo because the the water is now not fit for babies to drink. That means bad for everyone, even though they don't say so.
1st part: The Great Sadness of the northern coast, in the Tohoku area, is just beginning to build in everyone's hearts (kokoro - means heart and mind both). It will be as the Hiroshima (and WWII) sadness, a living part of everyone's history here, from now on.
2nd part: Now the water in Tokyo is not safe for anyone to drink for long. This is the worst news for this world of nuclear power stations. The fallout from the explosions has entered the Tokyo water supply. Bottled water has disappeared from the shelves in Tokyo, and now in Kyoto, where the factory-effluent-tainted water from Lake Biwa has not been announced as fallout tainted. Turns out that a really good water filter is a necessity, not a luxury.
(Jess) How did the fallout get to tokyo.. it isnt exactly close.
Linda Crawford 9:18 PM
Good question. Correct information about the power station problems and fallout seems very hard to find / choose. I've heard many complaints about the Japanese government information.
9:20 PM
The wind direction is a big factor. Usually NW (coming from the NW) which would carry the fallout over the Pacific, but the wind directions have been shown, and it goes in all directions. As in the west coast fears that the fallout is on its way there.
9:21 PM
To get water ourselves, we plan to go to Hirano Jinja, which has a well that taps the Kyoto aquifer (not an official term - I don't know its extent. or if it is one or several).
Jessica Miller 9:22 PM sounds perfect.. i remember that water up past kurama mountain too.
Linda Crawford 9:22 PM
Blake and Jenise have decided to stay another week because of the water problem.
9:23 PM
Right - the mountain runoff water around here is great, but probably hard to get except at 4 am right now. Cars line up for it.
Linda
Dear Friends and Family,
The disaster struck just after we returned from a family trip to California.
Thank you to all of you who have been so concerned about us, and about Japan
in general. It appears there is no immediate danger to Western Japan, but we
felt sufficiently worried (considering that children are especially
succeptible to radiation, including in food) that we wanted to be at a safe
distance from the Fukushima reactors at least until it is clear that Western
Japan is safe. We were extremely loath to leave Japan and our friends at
this uncertain time, but we felt it was important for our children.
Fortunately, neither of us has work obligations right now (I am still on
maternity leave) and family supported us. So with the support of close
family, we have set up camp in the Philippines, on the small Island of
Boracay. We've offered our house to friends who feel unsafe in Tokyo while
we're away.
When we left last weekend, everything in Kyoto was unbelievably normal, at
least on the surface. In contrast to Tokyo: No panic buys (least of all of
iodine tablets), no cancelled graduation ceremonies, no traffic
inconveniences, no power blackouts. One would think we were living in a
different country. However, people had a haggard look about them, and talked
a lot more than usual. Also, while Kyoto is usually buzzing with tourists at
the beginning of cherry-blossom season, it was very quiet (and snowing
besides!) and instead of tourists, one would run into people from East Japan
staying with relatives in Kyoto.
For all of you who have been wondering how to help:
Official agencies are good in terms of coordinating efforts, so consider
donating to the red cross or similar organization.
However, I recommend a small efficient NPO based in Kyoto, a foodbank
(organization that collects unneeded foodstuffs, mostly from companies and
distributes them to those in need) called Kozmoz International. They don't
spend any money on overhead or fancy website (unlike the big organizations).
Every cent you donate goes to those who need it. I have worked with them
before on the Buy Nothing Day campaign.
They accept donations online on their website: http://kozmoz.org/ , click
the donation button on the right.
Their first truck for the affected areas is set to depart on 3/28, with more
to come, if the funds come in. Please also consider spreading the word about
them.
If all goes well, this will be just a short holiday.
We will keep you posted.
G - and family
March 17th
Osaka - Fear and not trusting the information
Japanese are caught between a government downplaying the size of the accident, and a world media elsewhere emphasizing it.. What are people to believe?
This is creating a climate of uncertainty, where people do not know what to do, if they are in danger or not. My friend Ayumi is in Osaka, which is over 350 miles away, Kyoto and Kurama mountain are over 325 miles from the nuclear reactor.
Eyewitness Report from Sendai
This was forwarded to me by one of my students, A friend of hers forwarded this from a friend of hers in Japan
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Hello My Lovely Family and Friends,
First I want to thank you so very much for your concern for me. I am very touched. I also wish to apologize for a generic message to you all. But it seems the best way at the moment to get my message to you.
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.
During the day we help each other clean up the mess in our homes. 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 sign so people can come to fill up their jugs
and buckets.
Utterly amazingly 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."
Quakes keep coming. Last night they struck about every 15 minutes. Sirens
are constant and helicopters pass overhead often.
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.
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.
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.
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.
And the Japanese themselves are so wonderful. I come back to my shack to
check on it each day, now to send this e-mail 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.
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.
Somehow at this time I realize from direct experience that there is indeed
an enormous Cosmic evolutionary step that is occurring all over the 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.
Thank you again for your care and Love of me,
With Love in return, to you all,