Amazing message from Japan - read on!

Thought I'd share this with you - it's quite something...

The author is a teacher of English as a second language...

ANNE T.  3/14/2011

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 a sign so people can come to fill up their jugs and buckets.

It's utterly amazingly that 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 entrance way. 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,