April 13, 2024

At the venue of the solo exhibition 'U + Me', the collaboration event "Oneness Breath Journey Meditation Breathing Session" combining art and meditation was successfully completed with Hideki Kakita, who is an Akashic reader and meditation leader.

 

Thank you so much to everyone who participated, and to Kakita-san for leading the session!

 

Though I was part of the organizing side, I had an incredible experience...

 

In the space surrounded by a lot of art, with warm-hearted participants.

In my final solo exhibition, my last atelier...

 

Through a variety of intertwined factors, it guided me deep into the depths of my soul's memory.

 

I was seeing what is commonly called a vision.

Before I knew it, I was sobbing uncontrollably for over 30 minutes by myself.

 

It was truly a ceremony.

I will never forget this wonderful experience for the rest of my life.

 

It seems that those who participated also experienced the journey of visions, with people crying, laughing, or moving in various ways.

 

I hope everyone took something meaningful from this experience.

 

Following the previous collaboration, I believe we were able to offer a truly wonderful space and experience by blending art and meditation.

 

Kakita-san's meditation breathing sessions are held monthly, mainly in Tokyo.

To those reading this article, if the timing works out, I highly recommend attending at least once in your lifetime.

 

Kakita-san's website:

https://kakita2.com/

 

For those who are interested, please read on.

This is the content of the vision I saw during that time.

 

...When I realized,

My spiritual journey had begun.

 

I had become my younger self.

I was in the familiar room where I had grown up.

Something had happened, and I was curled up, sulking.

I was in my pajamas. It was a sad memory.

 

Then the scene changed, and I was hiding and playing in the room that was used as a storage. It was a joyful memory.

Next, I was watching myself from my mother’s perspective. Suddenly, the scene shifted again, and I was at the soroban (abacus) class I used to attend in elementary school. For some reason, I had turned into a cat that was kept there and was observing the students.

 

A world where scenes kept changing.

All memories and emotions that I had completely forgotten, but were still precious.

And also the memories and emotions of others, which I had never known before.

 

While having this mysterious spiritual journey, I found myself automatically facing my current life.

 

In the past year or two, there have been major changes in my real life.

My mother passed away.

 

The room where I was born and raised, the room I had lived in for many years, and the atelier I had DIY-ed myself.

The building that held all of that was being demolished.

The theft of my beloved motorcycle, among other things.

 

For some reason, I was continuously losing the things I had become so familiar with.

 

I pretended to be okay with it, thinking "Well, it can't be helped."

I couldn’t fully accept it face-to-face.

 

But in truth, every time I lost something, there was immense sorrow.

 

I had left that sorrow somewhere, hidden it away.

 

"...Sad..."

 

This enormous point resounded in my heart.

 

It turned into tears and flowed out in a huge amount.

 

However, alongside this enormous sadness, I felt incredibly grateful for all the people I had interacted with, my family, this place, and my life.

I loved them all from the bottom of my heart.

 

If I were to be reborn, I would want to live again in this place, surrounded by these people... I want to be born to my mother again...

The wave of gratitude that would not stop continued to spread, together with the enormous sadness at that single point.

Unstoppable tears of joy and sadness overflowed at the same time.

 

After a while, as I gradually regained my composure, I felt as if my emotions had been detoxed.

 

...After finishing the meditation, what I strongly feel now is that I will live in a way that allows me to express my emotions more honestly, in a human way.

And that I am grateful for all of this life.

 

Thank you for reading this far.

May we share good days. May we share good lives.