Today my family and I worked on a Year Mandala for 2017. As always we started with a meditation asking for a vision for 2017. The vision I saw was an orange tree and active animals. The words I heard were “more happiness”, “more visions,” and “stay being uplifted.”

My personal year number for 2017 is 22. The number 22 is a master number, dealing with a spiritual leader. Interestingly, I established my business on August 22nd and submitted the book proposal on December 22nd. And now, I know my personal number for the next year is 22. So, I will take a spiritual leadership in next year 2017.

I look forward to receiving more happiness and more visions. And I will stay being uplifted.

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Last year, about the same time around in Dec 2015, I created my Year Mandala for the following year 2016. At that time, I had no idea what kinds of life events that I was going to take in this year.

As one of the methods to know your energy for the year, you can calculate your personal year number. A personal year number can be calculated by adding up your birth month and day to the year.

For example, if you are born on April 3rd, and want to know your personal year number of 2016, your personal year can be calculated like this.

Add up the numbers as, 4 (April) + 3 (your birthday, 3rd) + 2 + 0 + 1 + 6 (year 2016) = 16. Add 1 + 6 = 7. So, your personal year number of 2016 is 7.

My personal year number for 2016 was 3. The number 3 energy deals with creating something new, and prosperous, and growing up.

I started creating my Year Mandala with a meditation. In the meditation, I asked for a guidance in regard to my year of 2016. I heard the voice as Jump, Fun, and Unexpected, and saw the vision of myself laughing and enjoying when I was jumping.

Interestingly enough, turning back of my year 2016, my Year Mandala well predicted of my year 2016.

This year, I established my small business Three Wisdom on August 22nd. And at the end of the year, on December 22nd, I submitted my book proposal to Hay House. I didn’t plan on these events. These events happened to me unexpectedly, and it was a huge jump in my life to start something new. And of course, at the same time, it was fun. So, I went through the tree key words.

So, I would like to recommend you to create your own Year Mandala for next year 2017. It will be fun when you think back your year of 2017 at the end of the year. Be confident in your ability. You know your year of 2017 better than anybody else, in the unconscious level. And you will be surprised that you can predict your year by yourself.

Enjoy knowing yourself! And, have a happy new year in 2017.

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When I was 21 years old, my family and I went to Australia as a family vacation. Those days I loved the adventure. During the trip, I met two Japanese who lived there. They were siblings; a brother and a sister. They were originally from Japan and lived in Australia for their father’s job. We became friends, and they offered me to show me around their neighborhood on the following day. I really wanted to spend time with them. So, I begged my parents to let me go with them for one day. Both of my parents were reluctant, but they knew my adventurous personality, so they approved me at the end.

On the following day, my parents and my brother went for a sightseeing, and I went to see the siblings by taking the local public bus. I was so excited to exploring the new area all by myself. It completely satisfied with my adventurous thirst. After spending several hours with the siblings, I took the public bus again to go back to the hotel where we stayed.  

I promised my parents that I would be back to the hotel by 5 pm. But I could not make it by 5 pm. I took the correct bus, but the bus route was different than that of the morning. I remembered the scenery around the hotel and had a confidence on not to miss the bus stop to get off. But I did not see any of the familiar scenery.

I started feeling uneasy. When the bus arrived its final stop, I asked the bus driver about the hotel that I stayed. Those days my English conversation ability was poor, but somewhat with my writing and gesture, the bus driver understood what I was trying to say, and she gave me a ride back to the hotel with her own car.

When I finally got back to the hotel, it was already past 7 pm. I run to the hotel room where my family stayed. Then I found out my mother was in bed, feeling sick. My mother worried about me too much, and got sick. I really felt sorry for her.

Now I am a mother of my daughter. I hope my daughter will not turn out like me; adventurous personality.

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In this month, I went to a potluck party to celebrate Christmas with my friends twice. Nowadays I am allergic to chicken and pork, so I paid close attention to the food that I ate. However, I got sick every time I came back from the potluck party. I ended up puking a couple of hours in the night. And on the following couple of days, I had suffered from a stomachache.

During I had suffering from these pains, I thought of my friend of my younger days. It was the time when I was headed to Navajoland by myself for the first time. I was not planning to stop by at Sedona, but for some reasons, I ended up to staying one night at the hostel in Sedona. There, I met a girl from Australia, and we became friends. So we decided to go to Navajoland together.

She was a vegetarian. I remember she took good care of her body. Whenever we were invited to a dinner at my Navajo friends’ houses, she would bring her own container and eat her own vegetarian food. Now I remember what she did, and I should do the same as she did.

Recently my body has becoming very sensitive for the food energy. I take it as a blessing. As my body stays in a higher vibration, I can see visions and hear from Spirits clearly.

I need to stay being a best buddy for my body. Maybe it is not a tough thing once I get used to my routine. Whenever I go to a potluck party or go on a trip, I will bring my food in a container and enjoy eating with others. I will listen to my body more closely.

My body and I are like taking a Three-legged race. I need my body to work with me. I still have lots of things to do on this lifetime, and in order to make it happen, I need the cooperation from my body.

I will take good care of body. Thank you to my body.

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Today I was chatting with my friend at the park. We were talking about what kind of a child we were. It was fun topic to talk about.

My friend mentioned she was always the one who was busted and scolded by the school teacher for doing something bad. Even though her other classmates were doing the same, they never got caught. While I was listening her story, I thought maybe she always volunteers to get scolded on behalf of other classmates, in her unconscious level. She is still like that. She is still a kind-hearted person and always volunteers to do something.

As for me, when I was small, I was different than other classmates. I could not fit in well to any groups. In Japanese culture, where we have strongly influenced by the agricultural culture, people try to fit in with others, trying not to stand out from others. Therefore, when I was small, I always felt embarrassed me being different. I didn’t like being unique.

But now as I grow older, I am becoming more comfortable being unique.

Then, an interesting synchronicity occurred. When I was talking about the exact part “now I am fine with being unique,” my friend and I felt some unique energy coming closer to us. Both of us turned toward the direction and saw a very unique looking dog walking toward us. Very, very unique. I never saw such unique looking dog so far in my life, so did my friend.

The dog passed by us. As if the dog telepathically talked to me that “I am very unique and I am loving it.” It was nice to see the dog walking proudly.

So, the bottom line is: being unique is good and we should be loving it.

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Do you have a high-quality sleep every night?  High quality sleep is a must for your body, mind, and soul to be well balanced. With the well-balanced energy, we can think right, talk right, and act right.

When I was working as a translator, my sleeping routine was bad. When the deadline was tight, I could only 4 hours to sleep. Those days I was not aware of the importance of high quality sleep. When I didn’t sleep well, even after the sleep, I still felt tired and my work efficiency was not good at all.

Those days, I tried these tips to sleep well.

·         Use an imaginary broom to sweep off any unnecessary thoughts from my brain. Image the brain area totally empty.

·         Put a notebook next to the pillow. Whenever any thoughts come up, write down in the notebook so that the thoughts or to do things will be taken care of the following day. Once you write down them in the notebook, forget about them for now.

Nowadays I am aware of the importance of high quality sleep. I know now, a high-quality sleep will fix my concerns and issues. So, especially when I get stuck with some worries and concerns, I go to sleep.

My current tip for a high-quality sleep is to have a deep breathing method. If you have children or pets, simply copy their breathing timing while they are asleep. If you don’t have children or pets to copy with, simply have a very slow and deep breathing, and focus on your breathing.

When we sleep, our soul leaves from our physical body and takes a journey back to our spirit home base. We need this journey every night. In order for our soul to have a easy journey back there, we need to keep it light. When we are filled with negative feelings such as concerns, worries, or anger, our soul gets heavy so that prevents us floating easily. So, before you go to bed, let’s shake off all the unnecessary thoughts. We don’t need such things for our journey back to our spirit home base. Have a high quality sleep every night.

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Christmas is coming closer. My daughter brought back the homework paper from school, and one of the paper is to write down a wish list for Christmas presents from Santa.

Before my daughter submitted the homework paper, I took a glance of it. It was written “a baby sister.” It was cute, and made me smile, but t the same time, I felt sorry for my daughter. Sorry… it’s not going to happen… I thought to myself.

I thought of my childhood days. I did exact the same thing to my parents. My parents asked me to write down something else.

When I was small, my family had a family phone book. At the SA area, we had a phone number of Santa. As the Christmas got closer, my mom would ask my brother and me what we wanted to have for the Christmas presents, and called Santa to let him know about our wish list. Now that I think back, the number was the phone number of my dad’s company.

When my mom called Santa, he would ask us if we had been good for the year and if we deserved a good present or not. One time I requested Santa a grand piano. Santa mentioned something about budget. He said it was beyond his budget or something. I was too small to understand those words. On the Christmas morning, I had a small box sitting next my pillow. I instantly knew it was not a grand piano. It was a small toy piano. I don’t know why I still remember this, but it is one of my favorite memories with my parents.

While I raise my daughter, I am always amazed how quickly she is growing. Everything is precious. I would like to enjoy every precious moment in her growing up process. And I think about my parents. They probably thought the same way in raising us.

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I am in the process of preparing the book proposal. When I read other people’s proposals, especially that of the contest winners, I lose confidence in my book proposal. Other people’s proposals are well written.

But every time I am about to lose confidence in my book, I hear a voice from my family souls “pay attention”. And I think of the kind friends around me who have been offering me supports. They constantly encourage me, support me, and help me in finding some typos and grammar mistakes.

One of my family souls has a specialty to send reincarnated angels to me. They are in human forms, but inside, they are angels. They hear requests from my family soul and naturally offer me help. So, my family souls want me to know that they are sending angels to me. I’d better pay attention to it.

Maybe you have experience similar things, right? After you say a prayer for supports, something unexpected naturally come to you.

The deadline of the writer’s workshop is coming soon. It is December 24th, 2016. I am planning to submit it one day early, December 23rd 2016. It is almost ready. I am in the polishing process right now.

I will say a prayer for my book proposal before I submit it.

May this book to be read by many people. May this book inspire many people. May this book be a winner so that it can take off its own journey to the world.

This book as a divine message to the people all over the world to contribute to world peace.

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I had one movie that I wanted to watch. For the previous three days straight, I went to the closest rental DVD store, but it was in vain. They were all out; only the packages were in the shelf.

This morning I when I was about to leave for the rental DVD store, I heard a clear voice saying “library.” Then I had a strong feeling that it was available in the local library. So I went to the library. There, I did find the DVD.

I know many people have similar experiences. Please don’t consider such an event as just a coincident. I believe it is a small present from the Universe, saying you are loved. It is also a small reward for some good deeds that you have done to somebody else. I take this small gift as a reward that I make my neighbors happy through my greetings with smile every day.

There should be many different types of presents. When you are busy, you might overlook the divine opportunities. Enjoy every moment. Be alert on what you are receiving. The Universe is generously sending you lots of love all the time.

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There are many methods for us to well ground ourselves. My friend advised me to eat lots of local produces and root vegetables such as carrots, yams, and beets. It helped me to root myself to this land.

I have another advice for grounding that was helpful for me. It is to take a walk in the neighborhood area. I take a walk in the morning and evening. Sometimes in the day time too. It really helps me to ground myself.

Whenever I encounter somebody during my walk, I greet them, and they greet me back. We exchange a smile. This simple communication with my neighbors is helpful for me too.

For my first several years in America, I had been suffering from anthropophobia or social phobia. It never happened to me when I lived in Japan.

My symptom was severe. During the five years or so, I seldom went outside. I had stayed home most of days. Whenever I needed to go to the grocery store, I would go there at 6 am in the morning so that I would not run into many people.

I didn’t go see a doctor for this symptom. If I had gone to see a doctor, the doctor might have prescribed me some type of medicines such as a tranquilizer or sleeping pill. I naturally started taking a walk. Then to my surprise, my severe social phobia was naturally healed by talking a walk every day. I am glad that I could heal myself without taking any chemical into my body.

Don’t you think it interesting? My experience shows that simple thing such as laughter or walking can be the great medicine.

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