“My environment and circumstances have not changed much, but my perception has changed. Even ordinary surroundings look vivid and fresh each time. I don’t feel the separation between living and inanimate objects. Everything seems to possess inner sacredness.
For so many years, I woke up every morning with total despair and endless suffering. Then I would scold myself for feeling that way. Now, I wake up with the feeling that I am gently enveloped in a sense of total safety.
I’ve continued the QE experience for two months now. Regardless of what’s going on around me—everything is not going my way—I am not so bothered by what’s happening anymore. It’s as if these things are happening to somebody else. I no longer have to work so hard to encourage myself, feel pity for myself, or force positive thoughts. My attachment to self is disappearing.
I feel comforting stillness. I am not as demanding of myself and others as before. It is a gentle, calm feeling.
Because of suffering, I was always seeking many things outside of myself. Now, I feel totally satisfied doing nothing. Sometimes I feel the presence of something that cannot be described by words. I just feel… being-ness. Tears of gratitude just flow out of me.
I no longer blame myself or bear someone else’s pain. The gentle swaying of the blades of grass, the feeling of gentle breeze on my cheek—everything feels so wonderful.
QE is so simple to do, and you see more results as you continue. There are so many people who suffer from depression in Japan. I sincerely desire QE’s quick and wide spread in my country.”
