Yeah, about manifestation? wow...Keiko made me a pair of black pants for the temple! They're simple and gorgeous and I love them...She has a bunch of fabric at her house(being a weaver and cloth craftperson), and she said cotton would have been better for these pants, but she looked and looked and could not find any...so she made them out of silk!! They are from a recycled kimono. How awesome is this!! She also gave me Lansen's old black field shirt (finally washed for the first time in a couple months, probably?). The outside is sunfaded with a really cool suspender cross on the back, the inside looks nice still and the seams are well sewn, so I think I'm gonna bring it and wear it inside out. I think long sleeves would be better, so I'm still gonna check around in Tokyo, but this is so awesome. I get to wear free/reycled clothes to the temple!
Also, the bus I was hoping to book last night was full, so I was a bit bummed, but decided I'd just call another company in the morning (there are over a hundred highway bus companies in Japan, I guess...) and not worry about it. Well, I made a small prayer that a seat would miraculously be available this morning and bingo, there it was. I rushed out to get Keiko's cell phone number (required for a reservation here!), huriedly typed in my cc info, and viola, I have a seat on the night bus from Tokyo to Kyoto for $39. Compared to $45 or 50 on the cheaper end, and $85 on the more expensive, I'm a pretty happy camper. Then I will need to find a connection from Kyoto to Obama (yes, Obama is where I'm going to meditate for a month. lol, I read online there are many signs around town up there that say Obama for Obama!) and I think that train connection runs about $25. Yeah!
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