Taiyo Okamoto

The Vibration of Genuineness

The Vibration of Genuineness

I got a tongue drum not so long ago. Because it was introduced to me by a shaman before. At that time he said 'I need medicine too.' It means that the sound I create would be his medicine. I had never played drums or touched any instruments much. But when I played the drum the shaman handed to me, I felt right somehow. He might have seen something in me. He seemed satisfied when he listened to my sound. Since then, I had been interested in hand drums and pan drums. However, I

You Are Special

You Are Special

I was quite often feeling powerlessness when I lived putting myself in society. But what I think about now after getting out of it is that I've already had the body, abilities and wisdom that I need. "I've already had it" I understood that more when art became the center of my life. The key was to realize it and know how to use it. When you keep facing yourself, you will understand that you've already had everything. It is the law of nature. I feel like I was keeping that sea

Co-Existence With the Ego

Co-Existence With the Ego

Since I found out about the existence of ego, I've had the prejudice that ego is a bad thing. There is an expression 'So and so is full of ego.' That is why I thought it was better not to have ego. When I look back on my past, I think I was trying to cut my ego off. What I realized recently was that ego is something that you shouldn't try to remove from you. Actually your body is protected because you have ego. Because ego thinks that this body is you. Ego is just a part of

The World of Waves

The World of Waves

I believe that we are living in a world of waves. It's the world that is continuously changing. Even though it's this now, it will change next moment. Therefore if it doesn't change, then you have the intention that doesn't allow it to change. Such as... 'The world has fallen into the worst situation' 'That President/Prime Minister is an asshole' 'Why does that person never change?' 'That was a bad experience' 'Life is difficult' Because you have those intentions and don't al

Get to Know the Sun

Get to Know the Sun

During an online lecture this week I heard that 99.8% of the mass within the solar system is the Sun. We barely know about the Sun even though it has huge a impact on us. Not only don't we know about the Sun, we somehow recognize it as something dangerous. But if it's 99.8%, then almost everything within the solar system is the Sun. Therefore we are the Sun too. And if it's that enormous, I think that we will be able to know about human and earth if we get to know the Sun. I

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