My friend, Tomo and I went out to have a supper together at this Napalian Restaurant near my place. I did have a good idea where she lives, but I did not realize how close she lives until now. LOL Well, it is always very sweet to have good friends living near you, you know? So I am very excited to spend some quality time with this girl while I am here in the city. I intuitively feel that I may have to move somewhere again, since my life always were filled with constant
moves in the past without much of my control. This is why I shall just get most out of the present life by accepting all these changes that happened in my life since returning to Toronto. But honestly, I feel very very lucky to have such peaceful life in this city right now. Yes, this is absolutely nothing that I expected (as I was rather filled with fear and worries before leaving Japan), and often enough I feel as if I am dreaming, but my daily exercise listening to sweet deep house music reminds me that everything is real, and I can feel the restored passion for my life, and this is like a miracle to me. I had such a fabulous time sharing ideas, thoughts and perspectives with Tomo at the restaurant.
The food was great. We ordered a nan, saffron rice, chicken entry and popular napal vegetarian dish with some black beans and bamboo shoots. There was a live music performed by a musician who played this napalian instrument that brought such comfort and peace into my soul.
Tomo has been attending a massage school learning shiatsu for a while now, so she shared a lot of perspectives that she gained on spiritual energy and effects of shiatsu massage on our bodies (physically and spiritually). We also talked about how ideally we shall live our lives and we came to agree with each other that no matter how complicated situations we may have in our lives, we shall always be able to shift all the mental baggages off our mind and be able to listen to our internal message deep inside of us. By following such message, we maybe able to live purely without any attachment to materialistic thoughts and desires but to rather follow the path guided by our destiny. I really felt that Tomo and I were meant to connect again in this city exchanging positive energy and insights with each other, and I felt extremely appreciative for the time we shared with each other at the restaurant.
It is always exciting to connect with open-minded individuals who believe in the power of spiritual energy. I am a big fan of spiritual energy, and do believe that all of us are able to develop our inner spiritual energy through yoga, shakra and meditation: anything that is wonderful to our spirit and soul, and such internal energy can be seen/felt by others as aura. We can also apply our internal energy to manifest our love and appreciation for our life, and I enjoy doing this thru cooking, what I share on my website here and simply sharing positive energy with people around me (smiles are contageous!!). Although we may develop internal spiritual energy within us, I also think that we need to have a conscious mind to control it that affects our mind and body afterall, so I wish to actively engage in activities to develop and to be able to control it with my conscious mind. :) I enjoyed my time with Tomo and went to a grocery store to grab a few things and returned home. I am very thankful for having such great friends as Tomo, and I hope that I do not take all these gifts for granted....
With my deep appreciation for everything I have right now. Peace and Love, Kumi
P.S. I baked some cranberry and white chocolate mini cookies today for friends:
