My dream of this morning was very clear, as always. I was at the top of the high mountain. One person whom I knew very well was at the edge of the cliff. I knew when I went to rescue the person, I would put myself in danger. However, I went there and did my best to rescue the person. At a certain point, we reached at the very close point to fall both of us to the cliff, but I somehow made it rescue the person. The person thanked me over and over again. I felt good to be able to rescue the person.

Right before I woke up, I asked my family souls the meaning and the message from this dream. My family souls told me “as simple as it can be.” So, this dream showed I was able to rescue somebody and the person is appreciating me for my encouragement and support.

And in the real life, I received the great news from the person. So, my dream of this morning was like a déjà vu.

According to the dream interpretations, the rescuer who saves somebody’s life in a dream will be rewarded something good in the real life as well. I look forward to receiving my reward.

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I watched the television show about Manzai-shi (Japanese comedian unit, usually consists of two performers). I was impressed at what one elder comedian commented at the ending of the show. His comment was like this.

As a Manzai-unit, the performers want to do their jobs at equal percentage as in 50%/50%. In the reality, however, there is no such well-balanced units. In the most popular Manzai units, one performer seemingly works more than the other at the balance of 80%/ 20%, 90%/10%, or even 100%/0%.

This rate is what others see. One performer always sweats and does his best, by writing the scripts, socializing with television staff members, and motivating the other performer to practice. On the other hand, the other performer seems to be relaxed all the time, without any sweats, by going with the flow. The old comedian mentioned that such seemingly unbalanced units are actually in a good balance.

I thought this theory is interesting. It can be applied to married couples or work partners. The point is that the other performer plays an important role in the units to take a good balance. Because of the relaxed state, the person might be able to see things from different angles and find new findings.

Recently I have been confused about my true wish and others’ wish. I tend to wish about my spouse on how I want him to be successful. I know it is none of my business. I am still in the process to fully master on “leaving him alone”.

The old comedian’s comment made me realize that we cannot do anything to change others as we wish. We can do so only to ourselves. We can pray and wish for our own, but we cannot do so for others, even for our significant others. If we can change others as we like, the unit might not be interesting anymore…

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I am currently taking an online class about Tarot Card Reading from a Japanese man. His interpretation is unique. They are based on Japanese traditional ways and different from the Western way of interpretation. I especially like his interpretation about The Lovers Card.

There are two major Tarot Cards available. The Tarot Card commonly and widely used is Rider-Waite Tarot, while the traditional and old one is The Tarot of Marseilles. The biggest difference between the two decks is the numbers are switched between the Justice Card and the Strength Card.

My Tarot Card teacher uses the original version of Tarot Card, The Tarot of Marseilles, for this explanation and interpretation.

In Lovers Card of Marseilles, two women are standing at both sides of a young man, and the man is seemingly confronting to choose one from the two. One of the common Western interpretations is “to make the right decision”.

My teacher always adds his own interpretation and spiritual point of view, which I love to know. In this part, he mentioned that there is no such right or wrong decision in life.

For example, if you choose one person for your spouse, out of some candidates. In the course of marriage life, you might daydream what-if scenarios. What if had I marry to the other person, what kind of situation our marriage life would be? However, in his interpretation, the one whom you didn’t choose will never disappear. The person just goes to the background of your life and continues influencing on your life somewhat.

Speaking of good decision and bad decision, what criteria are you going to use? Some people take the criteria that the society sets. Such criteria are that happiness equals with the rich in money or the family with two children. But, do these criteria match to everybody? Absolutely No. Some people feel happiness being single all their life, while others feel happiness with having only spouse without children. Others might feel happiness of having their own small garden to grow organic vegetables and fruits. Others might feel happiness of having a whole bunch of dogs and cats. Such lists go on and on.

I agree with my Tarot Card teacher that there is no such right or wrong decision in life. Every decision we take has good sides and bad sides. If you feel to have made the right decision, the decision has bad sides. Same goes to the wrong decision. You might feel you have made the wrong decision, in the course of life, you might find yourself surrounded by many good sides from the decision. You never know.

The important thing is to make a decision based on your own criteria, not following to the society’s criteria. It is your life and you have rights to make decisions. And don’t forget it is our responsibility to make it good sides with our positive thoughts.

From the bigger picture, each decision might be just the method you take. From the position A to the position B, you can take an air plane, a Shinkansen, even a bus. Some person might walk all the way. As long as we get to our goal, I think it is okay.         

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My parents are good at socializing. They are gifted at people skills.

When I thought about my younger aged days, I was good at socializing. I remember I was brave enough to speak up in front of many people. I was good at making people laugh. I often raised my hand during the class and said something funny or mimicked the teacher’s voice tone or habit. The other classmates laughed out loud. I felt comfortable to make them laugh. In those says, I seriously thought about becoming a professional comedian when I grow up. I spent my elementary school days like that. I always had good friends around me and I never felt lonely.

However, the situation was completely changed at the junior high school. Our school district was divided by the area where we lived. All of my good friends lived in the different area from the area I lived, so they went to the different junior high school from me. I never had any trouble to make new friends at the elementary school, but for some reasons, I experienced difficulties to make good friends at the junior high school.

Along with that, when I was a second year at the junior high school, my former friends at the swimming club suddenly decided to pick on me. I had a very tough one year for being ignored or bullied. Gradually, I started trying myself being hidden. That is how I started even hating human beings somewhat.

In such days, I asked my parents the technique on socializing because I knew they had a great people skill.

My dad told me “to take a deep breath before you say something to others.” He explained that “When saying something from anger, the words can be very harsh. But after taking a deep breath, the words only hit the point but omit the harsh parts.”

My mom told me “to forgive and forget.” She said she was very good at forgetting. She told me that “we humans sometimes do or say something horrible to others. It might not come from their true nature, but the environment or some other things might force them to do such a horrible thing.”

My mom knew I had a good memory. Once somebody did something mean to me, I would not forget about it. My mom told me that having a good memory is not always good for me. She said sometimes I should act being stupid by forgetting. Nobody is perfect. Even I might say or do something horrible to others without knowing by myself.

I guess people skill can be acquired by our efforts in a daily life.   

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Today I had an interesting series of dreams. Very clear and vivid dreams. Each one had an ending, and my family souls woke me up so that I could write it down one by one.

Right after I wrote down the key words of each dream, then I could go back to sleep right away.

In one dream, I (my conscious) was an airplane itself. I was flying over the sky. While frying over the woods, I saw a tent. Just thinking of the specific tent, I could be right there inside the tent so that I could see and hear what was going on in the tent. Then, at the next moment, I went back to the airplane mode. I turned back to the airplane again to fly in the sky.

In the other dream, I had a human form. I was enjoying on rock climbing on the sharp cliff. I didn’t have any tools for rock-climbing. I was simply using my bare hands to hold on my body. My body had enough muscle but it was not heavy at all; just the right weight. In the reality (in this lifetime), I scared of height. I even could not enjoy being at the top of a monkey bar or a climbing frame at the kids’ playground. But weird enough, I was totally enjoying the view from the top of the high cliff in the dream state.

In another scene, I also had a human form, but this time, my conscious was in the young male’s body. I was very smart. I could see things far more than ordinal people. I could see things from different angles, perhaps from different dimensions as well. I was very good at solving people’s issues. I was popular for that, and people waited in a long waiting line to ask me for advice, for any kinds of issues.

I don’t know what I should do about these dreams. Maybe I should write a kids’ story inspired of these dreams.

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Today I went to the grocery store. When I was about to pay, the casher showed me a pineapple and a pen with his mischievous smile. I started laughing out loud. To my surprise, I was not the only one who was laughing. The bagger who was helping my shopping items and the other bagger who was helping a customer on the next lane also bursted into laughing.  

While laughing with them, I thought it interesting that at least three foreigners knew about the Japanese comedian and that was why they could laugh with me.

Last year, one Japanese male comedian, Pikotarou, became very popular with his funny dance and song. The song is about a pen, an apple, and a pineapple.

This song is nothing but simple, but once you hear it, the song tone will stay with you for a while and crack you up.

His song makes me reminds me of the basic logic; being simple is the best. When we start thinking about our audience, sometimes it is good idea to stay being simple instead of thinking too hard.

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Recently I frequently receive the message from my family souls to massage the underarms.

Massaging arm pits raises my body temperature. It helps the blood flows.

When I took the lymphatic massage, the instructor emphasizes the importance of arm pits. Armpit lymph nodes (axillary lymph nodes) are one of the biggest exit for lymphatic drain. Massaging this area accelerates the good circulation of lymph. It also helps detoxification.

Before the bed time, I give my daughter a quick massage on the underarms. It seems helpful for her to quickly fall asleep.

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Today I went to my third appointment of the physical rehabilitation therapy. When I mentioned about my sickness yesterday, the female therapist arranged me other needle therapist; different one from the last time.

The therapy that I had on my second visit was a male therapist and gave me the dry needling treatment.  The dry needling is the western therapy. As I mentioned in yesterday’s article, the treatment was painful, and I bled from the needle. The bled area is still being bruised.

Today, I received the acupuncture therapy, which is the eastern therapy. And I received it from a female therapist. Unlike the treatment of last time, I didn’t feel any pain at all. Instead, I felt my energy started flowing. I stated sweating and my body got warmer than before the treatment.

All in all, today’s treatment was a great improvement for me. The pain in my left shoulder got much lesser than before. I guess I should stick with the female therapist with the eastern treatment; acupuncture treatment.

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Today I woke up with sharp pain my left arm and dull headache. After I ate a light breakfast, I puked. After that I slept until evening.

I thought about the cause. It could stem from the dry needling. Yesterday on my second rehabilitation therapy, the male therapist gave me the dry needling therapy. It was painful, and there were two spots that I started bleeding from that. Maybe that’s it. Too much male energy.

In the evening when my husband and daughter came back, they gave me Reiki healing energy. It was amazing. After 30 minutes Reiki healing session, I got totally well. I could walk around and do some house choirs.

Even though I had a tough time in day time, I could receive great love from my husband and daughter in the evening. I should say I had a great day, all in all.

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Today I went to the rehabilitation center. This was my second appointment of the rehabilitation therapy for my left arm.

At the last appointment, since it was my first appointment, the therapist focused on the diagnosis so I didn’t do much exercise. From today, the real rehabilitation therapy has started. I did lots of painful stretches and exercises. My therapist was so uplifting and cheerful person, so I could somewhat survive from all the touch treatment. We laughed a lot together. It was fun.

When I was young, up to age 42 or so, I could move my body parts easily and flexibly. I could clasp my hands behind my back with one hand from the shoulder and the other hand from the waist line. Not anymore. My body has gotten very stiff.

Two months ago, I attended the yoga class. I was definitely the youngest student in the studio. The other students were all elders in their 70s and 80s. When the instructor told us to sit down and spread out feet wide, and have the right hand touch the left toenail. I was so embarrassed. I was the only one who could not touch the toenail. All the other elders could easily touch it.

After the class, I talked to some of them. They told me they have been coming to the yoga class for many years.

I respected them for taking good care of their body. As we go older, we will need to make more time for body maintenance. It is just like applying lubricate oil to a machine for rust prevention.

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