I attended the online Reiki gathering at 1 a.m. There were 49 attendees.
The teacher shared one of the Japanese traditions; Joya no Kane. He explained this to American group, but this time for European group, he added more information that I didn’t know. He mentioned about the Japanese tradition of visiting a shrine or a Buddhism temple during the first 3 days of the New Year. One of his neighbor shrine has three million visitors during three days. I secretly was happy that I don’t need to join this tradition anymore. I just hate going anywhere crowed with a whole bunch of people.
The teacher wanted to know the recent situation in each country. A person in Ukraine said it would be easy for foreigners to enter to her country as they don’t require any tests or vaccines. A person in France and a person in Italy both said it would be difficult to enter their country without vaccinated. They said unvaccinated people are forced to have a miserable life in their countries that they are not allowed to have the same access with the vaccinated people.
The teacher asked me the most recent condition for foreigners to enter U.S.A. I told him what I know. Since November 8th 2021, all the non-citizens and non-visa holders are required to get fully vaccinated upon the entry to US. There are some exemptions, but the detailed information of exemptions are of course not written clearly. I know from my personal experiences, getting a medical exemption is a tough process. I never was able to acquire it from any doctors. I wonder if he can make it to Sedona, AZ in this April as they plan. I feel they will have to reschedule again. I feel sorry for them. They originally planned the retreat in May 2020. They kept on rescheduling to October 2020, April 2021, October 2021, and now their current plan in April 2022.
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