Dear Toko,

it´s been quite a while since I saw this film of yours. My small personal life turned upside down since then, a lot happened in my life . . . .  but I still remember the thoughts I had when you invited us to see your movie. The main thought was  . . .  Do I really want to confront my self with one of the biggest catastrophes in human history. . . .  do I really wanna go to this dark place. Well this movie turned out to do a miracle. In spite of the facts being shown  . . .  I felt lighthearted.

This movie really touched my heart. Mainly because of the music but most of all because of the incredible huge ” YES” that shines through. It`s about love for live  . . .  and you succeeded in finding the people who found this “Yes” who found this love for live while facing death.

Your movie is just a proof for the transforming power of the heart  . . . . whatever happens  . . . . my heart will go on . . . . and it has the ability to transform even a tombstone into a butterfly. This movie is about loss, . . .  and what bigger loss can there be than loosing the place you are used to call your home  . . . .  ?

There is only one bigger loss possible . . .  if you have lost access to your heart . . . .this . . . you seem to know.

All the people in your movie found their hearts again . . . and finding your heart means you find music. The music that dwells in each single heart . . .and thisn music is very sweet and tender. It doesn’t shout .  . .  it whispers  . . . like the whispers of  Fukushima. I want to thank you again for this movie. . . . .  for staying positive  . . . . for seeing the world with your heart.

Up to now I did not know, that it is possible for a Japanese woman to become a samurai.  Seems the times are changing finally. Samurai of the heart  . . . . That is, what is needed in Amerika right now. Looking from the heart and allowing oneness to happen  . . . . instead of looking from the mind . . .  and going into separation and control. . .

May be they/we can open up to listen. . . . . . . . and may be we will end up in utter gratitude for mother earth, who still carries us after all we did to her . . . .  i know she cant help  . . . because we are her children . . . . .  but nevertheless gratitude would be a new and rarely used approach . . .  let`s surprise mother earth with this approach  . . .  your film shows us the way  . . . . like an empty boat on the surface of an American lake in a full moon night. It whispers  . . . like the whispers of  Fukushima. I want to thank you again for this movie. . . . .  for staying positive  . . . . for seeing the world with your heart.

Up to now I did not know that it is possible for a Japanese woman to become a samurai.  Seems the times are changing finally. Samurai of the heart  . . . . That is, what is needed in Amerika right now. Looking from the heart and allowing oneness to happen, instead of looking from the mind, and going into separation and control. . .

May be they / we can open up to listen. . . . . . . . and will end up in utter gratitude for mother earth, who still carries us after all we did to her . . . .  i know she cant help  . . . because we are her children . . . . . but nevertheless gratitude would be a new and rarely used approach. Lets surprise mother earth with this approach. . . . your film shows us the way . . .

Like an empty boat on an american lake in a full moon night.

I don’t know whether it will start again.

If, I’ll let you know.

The beloved replied,
I have died to myself
and I live for you.

I’ve disappeared from myself
and my attributes.
I am present only for you.

I have forgotten all my learning,
but from knowing you
I have become a scholar.

I have lost all my strength,
but from your power
I am able.

If I love myself
I love you.
If I love you
I love myself.

~Rumi~