Tag: The Phone of the Wind

Recently, end-of-life care that is actively used in the field of intractable diseases and the terminal stage of cancer. In the clinical setting where patients are suffering from the difficult illness of cancer, having doubts about life itself, suffering from the meaning of life, fear of death, anxiety after death, etc., doctors, caregivers and patients Palliative medicine has come to be brought in with the participation of close relatives.

Mother Teresa said, “The dying person is in danger of being isolated from the world of the living, feeling the anxiety and fear of being separated. To alleviate that anxiety, the role of accepting the death. “We need someone to do it,” he said, creating a “house for people waiting for death” and demonstrating that any human being can play a role in receiving the death.

“Anyone who dies by saying goodbye to someone can get the recognition that he existed in this world and get the hope of rebirth to take over something to someone,” he said.

In this way, Mother Teresa practiced cuddling “for those waiting for death” so that the anxieties and fears of the dying people could be removed and the death could be accepted calmly and with peace of mind.

In the case of a disaster, accident, suicide, etc., the death suddenly comes one day without warning.

Unlike dying after a long illness, he died shortly after looking back on his life, verifying his dreams and hopes, and worrying about his future life with his family. For that reason, I think there are many feelings that the deceased party and the bereaved family who were left behind wanted to convey. However, there is no one to convey his feelings anymore, and only sadness with a mixture of regret and anger that cannot be taken anywhere remains.

I have almost the same situation as the “place” of end-of-life care where my cousin got cancer and died while being taken care of by everyone, and the situation where a large number of people suddenly died unexpectedly in the Great East Japan Earthquake. I experienced it at the time.

My cousin (Hirohisa Takekawa) was four years older and 69 years old, and was a hobby teacher of calligraphy and aikido. He has been playing with him since he was a kid and loved him like his brother. In 2009, when he suffered from cancer and was sentenced to three months to live and was fighting against illness, the ephemeral nature of his life never left his mind.

It takes about 80 to 100 years from birth to death, and people will receive it differently depending on whether they see it as short or long. However, when comparing the time a person is alive with the time since he died, it is far longer after he died, and there is time that lasts forever. If so, I thought that it was important to maintain the “bond” even after death, not just the “bond” during life.

The concept of “Wind Phone” was in place at this point. And, in order to cherish this consciousness, he created the poem “Wind Phone”.

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“Wind Phone”

by Itaru Sasaki

Everyone has a past

There is a present and there is a future

In addition, there are encounters and farewells from time to time

Wind Phone talks to those people

Who do you talk to

Is it a word or a letter

Or is it a facial expression?

Wind Phone speaks with heart

Close your eyes quietly

Please listen

The sound of the wind or the sound of the waves

Or if you hear the chirping of a little bird

Please convey your feelings

Your feelings will surely reach that person

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On the other hand, no one died in the disaster. Those who were drunk by the tsunami without any means of sudden events, those who desperately tried to escape but could not avoid it, the circumstances vary, but the victims must have wanted to live even more. It must have been an effort to live somehow. However, when he learned that it wouldn’t come true, he must have prayed for the safety of his family and regretted that he had a lot of things to tell. “I want to live, but I can’t live, I want to convey, but I can’t convey.” When I guessed this feeling, I strongly felt that it was necessary to connect that unfortunate feeling.

Also, even if the family was left behind, if they knew that they couldn’t meet anymore, they should have talked more and more, understood each other better, and created a lot of memories. However, the deceased will not come back by any effort or by any means. I can’t talk or play. Remorse and regret swirl, and thoughts are confused, and various requests from real life lose their sense of reality and tend to lose sight of themselves.

In today’s world, too much emphasis is placed on efficiency, and there is a tendency to draw conclusions quickly. There is a tendency to value only what is visible and what is audible, and to conclude based on that.

However, if you close your eyes, close your ears, and use your imagination, you can see what you cannot see and hear what you cannot hear. I can clearly see my way of thinking.

I think it is important to improve your sensibility and “see with your heart, listen with your heart” in an era where abundant knowledge and technology are developed like modern people.

What is really important, what is really necessary, what is really necessary to convey, and by using your imagination and thinking about things from various angles, you can see the essence of the wind. We are thinking about the importance of nurturing sensibility and imagination through “Wind Phone”.

In September 2019, the surrounding environment, including “Wind Phone” won the 4th International Public Art Award. (Public art refers to works of art in public spaces. The world is divided into 7 blocks, and the winning works are decided in each block. Last year’s award venue was Beijing University.)

Bell Gardia KUJIRAYAMA, which has a “Wind Phone”, can be used by anyone at any time, but even though it is a public space, there are some restrictions inherent in it, unlike a fully open place such as a train station or an airport. I think it is.

It is intended for people who have some sense of loss in the “Wind Phone” itself, and hope to convey their thoughts to those who could not meet soon after telling their thoughts, reduce the burden on their hearts, and change their consciousness to live again. I think it’s a place for people to visit. And I think that it is a place where those people regain their original vitality by experiencing the power of “place” called “Wind Phone” and encourage them to act independently. increase. Therefore, the use of tourists and others is generally an element of “play”, even if it provides an opportunity to empathize with those who have a sense of loss and to think about “life and death”. Is a strong person who does not want to be there.

The feelings of people with grief are that they don’t want others to see their sadness, they don’t want to be pityed, and they don’t want to be sympathized. Ignoring that, “anytime, anyone” will tend to avoid those who are originally needed. “Wind Phone” is operated by restricting tourist information so that it does not happen, and paying close attention to the location, arrangement, environment, etc. of the telephone booth.

I think that the public nature of “Wind Phone” is to close your eyes, close your ears, use your imagination, and let each person think and make decisions.

Regarding your question of why “Wind Phone” leads to healing and restoration of vitality, I think as follows.

When you lose your loved one or loved one, everyone in the world, including you, feels sad about the loss. This is a universal feeling of having the same sadness at any time and in any country, and I think there is something like a law.

It can be said that everyone “lives the story of life.”

Everyone lives with dreams and hopes in life. And I am impressed by the effort to realize them. But until it comes true, it’s a dream, not a reality. That is fiction, a myth. It’s fictional. That’s why it’s a story.

If the members who make up the story die and are missing in the middle of the story, the story will not continue. I feel hopeless because my dreams and hopes have stopped. In addition, the death of an important person loses the meaning of self-existence from the concept that “a person is made alive by others” and feels emptiness in life. Therefore, healing requires finding a new relationship of self-existence. It requires the work of re-spinning a new life story with sensibility and imagination.

Humans have a spiritual activity to recover what they have lost, and healing requires a story of being able to meet again and be reconnected. Self-questioning by “Wind Phone” will lead to the reflection of the previous story and the creation of a new story. In other words, talking to yourself on an unconnected phone will bring back the days that were cut off, and organize your thoughts about what is sad, what is painful, and what is painful. increase. It is a discovery of self, and self-consciousness appears in the form of words, and the surviving person must be aware of the new development of the story, which creates the power to live and consciousness from despair to hope. I think that it has led to the revitalization of living a new life while having sadness by encouraging the change of consciousness.

Today, March 11th, “Wind Phone” was featured in yahoo top news. Article of the Japan Agricultural News “Wind Phone” to heaven It is Otsuchi Town, Iwate Prefecture, where you can live with unhealing wounds. When I read it, I notice that it contains some reporter’s creations.

The “Wind Phone” was created the year before the Great Earthquake, and the truth is that the death of his cousin was the trigger. Rather, it is open to all people who have a sense of loss.

Today, nine years after the Great Earthquake, I would like to express my current feelings as a “Wind Phone” installer, as stated in the title.

Many people died in the great earthquake. No one died in hopes. Everyone would have wanted to live more and more. There are many people who couldn’t live even if they wanted to. Many people still have a hard time because they can never meet their loved ones in just a moment. Because of these facts, I am aware of myself being “lived” and find my “life” in continuing activities that create a place of heart.

Losing a loved one is very painful. You won’t be able to stand up for a while. However, at one point, when I look back on the happy days and words of my loved ones, my family and friends who lived with me, I have to reorganize my life in a new environment, not in the past. You will notice.

Grief care by “Wind Phone” is a therapy without a therapist that awakens the self-healing power of each individual, and is a therapy performed by the person holding the grief. (People rarely change when someone tells them, but they try to do what they are convinced of and change.)

People live with dreams and hopes in their lives. And because of that, it leads to a rich way of life. However, dreams and hopes are not real but fictional worlds. It’s so-called fiction, it’s a myth. You can think of it as a story. Yes, one can think of creating his own story in life and living in that world. And when you lose your loved one, those who are left behind will be cut off from the story. Dreams and hopes will also stop. Especially in the event of a sudden disaster, accident, suicide, etc., I am not prepared for my heart and feel confused and hopeless about what to do from now on.

The bigger the dream so far, the bigger the degree. Therefore, in order to heal the bereaved, it is necessary to re-spin the story. And the sensibility and imagination of human beings are important for the work. In addition, human beings have a spiritual activity to recover what they have lost, and healing requires a story of being able to reunite and reconnect with the deceased. I think it is the person’s sensibility and imagination that creates this new story.

It is a self-discovery and an expression of self-consciousness to come to “Wind Phone” and ask yourself a question on a telephone that is not connected to the telephone line. It becomes clear what you are sad, what you are suffering from, and what you are angry with. The work leads to the reflection of the story so far and the creation of a new story, and the days that were cut off will be regained even for a moment, and the survivors must be aware of the new development of the story. That leads to the creation of the power to live. We also believe that it will encourage the shift of consciousness from despair to hope and create the power to live a new life while having sadness.

If you can change your consciousness, you need to accept that the current situation is necessary for your life. By accepting it, you can take a step forward. No one is restraining your freedom with a grief. From an objective point of view, you can see that you have barbed wire in your heart and deprive you of your freedom. Nothing is restraining you.

You are free to act. You can do whatever you want. It’s a good idea to come to “Wind Phone”. Do what you like. Please open your heart a little and accept nature obediently. People have originally evolved in nature. It doesn’t change even in modern times. It has been scientifically proven that when a loved one is lost in a disaster or accident and the heart is hurt and the vitality is reduced, the heart is healed and the power to live is obtained by watching and nurturing the greenery. Even during the Great East Japan Earthquake, there were many people who lived in temporary facilities and were hurt and said, “I just need one potted plant that doesn’t need anything.” Green is an element necessary for human life to be physiologically and mentally stable. When your heart is hurt and your vitality is weakened, put yourself in nature, feel the cycle of nature, and entrust yourself to the rhythm of nature. Of course, you can also visit Bell Gardia KUJIRAYAMA, which has a “Wind Phone”. This is described by the British royal family’s cue garden as “this garden is the English garden itself.” I would like to invite all of you who are still suffering from trauma (maybe it was a lip service) to visit us once.