Today was the first time in 33 days to step into my office. After having an office wide meeting to report on my seminar tour in the morning, a pleasant guest from Belgium came to visit me in the afternoon. His name is Gunter Pauli and is a promoter of Zero Emission movement.

With Gunter Pauli, in my office.

Here is an introduction about him on a homepage of a TV program called “A great space ship called earth”.

“World with any waste”, Gunter Pauli (47) from Belgium is working for that kind of zero emission world.

Gunter first became famous with his invention of ecological detergent made from coconut oil. When he went to visit Indonesia where the coconut trees were planted, he was very shocked at what he saw. He realized that he was destroying the environment by setting up coconut plantations in placement of forests.

Through this upsetting experience, he reached the idea of Zero Emission. He set off to spread this idea throughout the world as he traveled everywhere to give lectures. He started gaining attention from the world again. His effort is starting to take shape in the world now. For example, at Saitama in Japan, trash was turned into renewable resources at concrete factory, and at GotlandIsland, bad shaped carrots that were thrown away previously were utilized for baking muffins to help its economy.

He is on the road for over 330 days of the year. He can only see his family about three days per month. “I feel bad that I’m putting so many burdens on my family right now. However, if I don’t promote zero emission, we will be leaving more burdens to the generation of my children. In a hundred years, this movement will catch on to the whole world.” Gunter is continually spreading his idea with a strong conviction.

Narrator: Kenji Sawada

He apparently knew my book for about five years and was always hoping to meet me. With an introduction from Mr. Yamamoto of Yamagen Timber Company who is very conscious of environmental issues, we were finally able to meet. Even in his busy schedule, he came all the way to my office before flying to New York for a United Nation’s conference.

I was very impressed with him when I met. The idea to get rid of waste comes from his strong conviction that no waste is created in nature. His unique ideas and thoughts are generated from taking hints from nature. For example, he took the black and white stripes of zebras which work to reflect or absorb sun to keep its temperature constant and used it as an ecological daily device.

With Gunter Pauli

Besides that, he is doing many of the things, such as publish children’s books for education, which can be seen as examples of what I would like to do at NPO, Water for Life Foundation.

We stayed overnight in Honolulu on the 25th and took a plane back to Japan on the morning of the 26th. I came back home after a whole month of being away. We are always worried about our two cats left behind but especially Tama, who I believe was a real family to my wife in the last life, looked worn out. There’s nothing I can do about it but I’m getting worried when we have to leave for two and a half months starting from the end of March.

So my eldest son, who works at my company, looks after the cats usually. I’m so glad that he is there to take care of them because I know that my wife, especially, will not be able to travel as often.

And today was his 32nd birthday so we went to a nearby hotel for a birthday dinner. Actually, my grandson in Holland has the same birthday as well, so it was a double celebration. There is an interesting episode with this birthday in our family.

My daughter’s birthday is 1970 March 5th, my eldest son, 1973 February 27th, my second son, March 2nd, my grandson, 2003 February 27th. So they all fit within a week of February 27th to March 5th. Of course it was not planned but all the doing of the god. They are all Pisces, they may have been sent from the star that is related to water as aids to earth. By the way, they are all working for me at this moment. I bet my grandson will be working for me in the future as well.

So now I am facing the computer and writing this journal entry after the dinner. I would just like to write about my overall thoughts on this seminar tour. First, here is the quantitative view of the seminars.

During last April through May, I went to 13 cities within the United States and talked to the total of 4500 people. So this time, it was over double the amount. On top of that, the tickets were sold out at most of the places. There were long lines in front of all the venues. A woman at Santa Cruz seminar sent a friend of mine the following message.

Did you see how many people were lined up in front of the Rio Theater (the venue for the Santa Cruz seminar)? The line went all around the block. I heard people saying “it’s like waiting to get into a big rock concert.” We all agreed that it was great that Dr. Emoto has become the next rock star.

I’m not writing this to show off but to make the point that a “phenomenon” has started. I just want to let all the people that have been supporting me, those people that made me realize that we need to look more into the world of spirituality that “the time is approaching thanks to all your support”.

Of course, the direct cause of this phenomenon may be the movie, “What the Bleep Do We Know!?” However, because there were people that believed in the world of unseen, believed in this type of work and lifestyle from way before the movie, that this phenomenon has taken its root. Let’s strengthen this move and move it towards the main stream together.

It’s about two hours and a half drive from Kona to Hilo. We decided to go around the volcanic area so Fred drove to the KilaueaNational park. I was not surprised since I was used to volcanic places in Japan but I noticed that there were fewer odors in the air than in Japan. Because you can observe the flow of lava, formation of rocks, growth of vegetations, and the birth of livable landscapes, I recommend all Japanese people to go visit that place if they ever visit Hawaii since Japan is also a volcanic island.

You can get pretty close to the mouth of the volcano, the steam is rising up from everywhere.

Beautiful beach in Hiro

Big gajuarmo tree

My wife was very happy for Hiro’s truly Hawaiian environment. Hiro is located at the eastern part of the BigIsland and has many Nikkei residents there. I saw Japanese type faces on the street, at hotels, and in many other places that it seemed like I was in Okinawa. The last of the seminar for this tour was held within this city at a place called Palace Theater. Only about 200 tickets of 450 were sold as of yesterday so I was suspecting that this one will not be a full house as usual.

However, the last minutes phenomenon occurred again. By the beginning of the seminar at 7:30, most of the seats were filled. In the end, about 420 people came to the seminar so I guess about 200 people bought the ticket on that day. This seminar clearly showed the characteristic of this seminar tour. I thought this was like a positive tsunami spreading throughout.

There was another happy thing. The translator for this seminar was the tour guide for the start gazing tour last year, a man that I mentioned in yesterday’s diary. I was notified earlier that a person named Andy Hasegawa was going to be the translator but I had no idea that it was the same person. Of course he did a great job at translting and the seminar ended in a standing ovation. He speaks perfect English and Japanese (his father is Japanese and his mother is American), I have a feeling this will not be the last time I will see him.

Working well together, the lecturer and the translator

The packed venue

The grand finale

Just one more unexpected thing, Leonardo G. Horowitz, a researcher of DNA that I have been interested in for a few years came to visit me with his newest book. I was so ecstatic. I was so overwhelmed that I forgot to take a picture with him. So I would like to share the picture of his book with his autograph. I will be introducing him in more detail in later diary entry. I will also be writing about the collective outcome of the entire ten seminars in the next entry.

The new book by Dr. Horowitz

Autograph by Dr. Horowitz

So we only arrived at Doug’s place nearly around midnight last night and giving much trouble to Doug and his wife. We had a light meal afterwards so it was around one in the morning when I we finally snuggled in bed.

And the next day, we got up at six in the morning to go off for dolphin swimming. We knew that Doug and his wife are dolphin therapists so my wife had requested on the dolphin swimming from before. But honestly, it was pretty hard to get out of bed that morning. So I had already made up my mind not to go into the water but to be a complete observer.

It was with Doug, his wife, a friend that films dolphin, Fred, my wife, I, and the captain of the ship, John. We were both still half asleep in the car on the way to the dock but by the time we climbed on to the boat, we were wide awake. My wife was especially ready to dive into the water anytime. She’s only four years younger than I but where does her energy come from? I’m always amazed.

The crew

We were able to see more than 100 dolphins then. My wife swam happily with the help from Doug for about an hour. I love watching my wife having a good time.

Dolphins

The seminar that started from 7:30 was done at a movie theater called Aloha Theater. This place was packed as well with about 50 people standing at the back. There was a total of about 370 people, 4 times as much as it was a year before. Takako, who translated for me did a very good job as well that the seminar ended in another standing ovation.

Standing ovation from children as well.

The BigIsland is the biggest island of the Hawaiian islands but the population is about 130,000 of which most of them live either in Kona or Hiro. So Kona, where my seminar on the 23rd will be held is a city of 60,000, barely big enough in Japan to qualify as a “city”. I have conducted a seminar at Hiro’s Hilton Hotel last year as well. I remember about 100 people attended my seminar. The people there told me then that it was rare that a seminar of this kind will attract that many people. So after a year since then, I wonder how many people will come to hear me speak.

We flew out of Maui around noon and arrived at Kona at 1pm. We went straight to a star viewing tour at MaunakeaMountain. We actually went to the same tour last year and met a great tour guide. We were hoping we would be able to meet him this time as well.

As a result, the guide was a different person. We went all the way up to the top of the mountain and saw 11 of the space observation labs that 13 different countries had built. There was one that Japanese team works on called Subaru observation as well. And then there was the sunset viewing. It ended up being a tough tour for me. The place was 4200 meters above sea level, the temperature below freezing, snow on the ground, and the air was light. I was not able to step off the vehicle at all.

With a friendly horse at the side of MaunakeaMountain.
I was still feeling good at this moment.

Farther up the mountain

At around 3000 meters above ground.
I’m getting pretty tired

Subaru observatory

An observatory of another country

Electronic telescopes

However, the sunset was very beautiful. My wife was excited and was taking pictures outside but after about 5 minutes, she crawled back in the van saying “it’s too cold”. On top of that, the star gazing was a big disappointment compared to the one last year. The moon was full and too bright. Avoid the full moon when you want to go star gazing. We were supposed to stay at Fred’s friend, Doug’s place but unfortunately, it was past 11:30 by the time we reached his place. What a tiring day.

A beautiful sunset

Resting in the van

After the exciting seminar on the 17th, Fred, as the organizer, had kindly scheduled the next four days free, off days. So on the 18th and the 19th I caught up with the diary entries that were piling up. On the 20th, I enjoyed golf and a party, 21st was spent whale watching. I told myself that the vacation was a gift from the god of Hawaii as I spent nice relaxing four days with my wife so that I can fire up my engine from tomorrow again.

First I would like to introduce the gorgeous resort condo that we stayed at. This was a second house of friends of Fred, Michael and Maggie. I wanted to show the inside of the building but because of privacy reason, I can only share some pictures of the entrance, a view from the yard, and a public pool (with Jacuzzi).

At the entrance

View from the yard

Public pool

On 19th, there was a celebration for the annual Whale day at a near by beach so we went to take a look at it. It was like a summer festival in Japan with a stage, music and dancing, and many different kiosks. There were a lot of people there.

Annual whale day

On the 20th, I played golf for the first time in the last five years. To be honest, I did not think that I will be playing golf again, but I gave it a chance since the course was right by the house. I was worried if I will be able to go for the whole 18 holes but because the golf cart was able to pull up on to the course itself, I was able to go through all of them.

At the golf course

When I looked at my pedometer, I realized that I walked about 10,000 steps. A sport like golf is very good for the health of people like me. My mentor, Dr. Shioya is currently 104 years old but he did age school when he was 94 and was recognized by the Guinness world records. Should I be trying for that as well?

After coming back from playing golf, I hosted a party open to all that have supported me during the seminars. As seen in the picture, many people came and since it was a Maui style party, most of them brought some food along for the party. We had a good time there. I met a lot of people and learned a lot that I will be incorporating in the future seminar and research.

At the party

21st was the long awaited whale watching. A large bus came straight to the door of the condo to come pick us up. The bus would stop by at different hotels and condos as they round up the people and take us to the port.

We were on the boat for about two hours from noon and were able to see many different whales. A Baby whale with a mother whale, male whales following a female whale, they appeared from every which way.

Tale of a whale

The problem was the technique of photography. The digital camera was not fit for this occasion. The camera could not take consecutive pictures and there was no zoom application. Therefore, the only thing my wife was able to take a clear photograph of was a turtle. It seems that everybody was able to take a good picture of a turtle.

Turtle taken by my wife.

This was my first time to visit Maui. It is much bigger and populated than Kauai, where I conducted my first seminar, so my seminar there must attract many people. Also because the Hawaii lecture tour’s coordinator, Fred, is also from this island so he must be putting a lot of effort in that.

Yesterday’s flight to Maui from Oahu was about 40 minutes. The Polynesian ocean and islands seen from above was very beautiful. At the airport couple of Fred’s friends was there to welcome us. A nice condo that we will be staying for the next six days was located about a 40 minutes drive from the airport, by the beach on a hilltop.

Oh wonderful!! As you can see from the photograph, the view from there was stunning. On top of that, we were able to see a group of whales in the water off shore. They seemed to be there to greet us to a paradise. The building was gorgeous as well, with a pool and a Jacuzzi. If I stay in a place like this for a week, I will not want to leave to go back to Japan. Oh what a paradise!

View from the condo. The whales appeared in the far off shore.

On the morning of the 17th, we went to HaleakalaWaldortSchool for their special class. Haleakala is the volcanic mountain located in the middle of the island. The school is located on the slope of it and is following the Steiner educational system. They had asked me to conduct a special class for the students there.

The school stood about 1000 meters above sea level and the air felt cool on my skin. I hear there are about 250 students there but the about 100 students of the higher grade came to hear my lecture. Since it was a specially scheduled class, there were about 50 parents as well. The class started at 9:15 am.

First, there was a welcome song by the students. Surprisingly, the song was in Japanese. There is a Japanese teacher and a Japanese class. It’s not that there are any Japanese students there, but good for Steiner school.

A Japanese song to welcome me at the school.

The lecture was only for 40 minutes but the students resonated with me well and listened to me with deep concentration. At the end, the students all stood up together gave a big round of applause. I was getting used to standing ovations but this one did actually make my heart warmer. That’s why I shook hands with each and every student and expressed my gratitude. I hope there will be a child that will grow up to be a water scientist that will represent my thoughts.

Big round of applause from the children.

With the head of the school

The Maui seminar was scheduled at a tropical fruit plantation. The plantation was located in the countryside without any other building in that area. It was all filled with sugar cane. When I arrived at a large parking lot, there were only a few cars that I started worrying about how many people would actually come all the way out there to hear my lecture. But from what Fred said, the 600 tickets are all sold now so the parking lot should fill up.

At the venue, there were about two staffs preparing. There were already 748 seats lined up. By yesterday 600 tickets were sold so I guess there was another 150 tickets that were sold afterwards.

However, it was a lot more in reality. The lecture was scheduled to start at 7:30 but by 6:30, cars started to file in and the huge parking lots filled up fast and the emergency parking lot was filling up fast as well. The prepared 748 seats were quickly filled and there were about 200 people that ended up standing at the back or sitting on the floor.

The parking lot is filling up

Translator, Mariko (right) Reika (middle) and a foreign student that came to help out.

In the end, there were about 1000 people that filled the place as they all laughed, nodded, understood, sighed, and expressed surprise as I talked. These were all adults but when I think about it, their response was the same as the children at the Steiner school earlier. It’s the same anywhere but many the people that come to my lecture are pure and straight forward.

Kazuko, working as my operator, told me later that there were people that were crying during the seminar as well.

At the venue

People were full of smiles and gratitude by the end.

Hazaka executive director came to Hawaii for business meeting and I had him write the reports on Kauai and Oahu seminar. I just wanted to share some additional points through some photographs.

Before flying off to Hawaii, I found “The Hidden Message in Water” sold at a nice bookstore in San Francisco airport. I explained who I am to the sales person to get a permission to take a photograph there. She brought all of the books on the shelf and asked me to sign them. She said, “I love this book, it’s selling really well!” I finally realized how well it is selling then.
Kimber’s beautiful presentation before my lecture	Time for prayer, the person in the middle is the native Hawaiian lady that came all the way to my Santa Fe seminar last year.
They came all the way from Japan. They scheduled the visit to coincide with my Hawaii seminar. Two of them came to my seminar at Maui as well.	View of Kauai Island, where the musical, “South Pacific Ocean” was filmed.
	1000 people that filled the JapaneseCulturalCenter, a record of people for that place.
At Annie and Rick’s place, we stayed there for a night.	Byond Words (the American publisher of The Hidden Message of Water) president, Cynthia and her mother that lives in Hawaii.

We moved on to Honolulu and visited Annie and her husband at their place on the opposite side of the Diamond Head. Her husband is an environmental producer that is trying to bring back the nature. He let me see his master plan for his project. He was attracted by Japanese architecture that he built his own house with parts that reminds me of Japanese houses in summer. We were served a lunch with miso soup. I just keep on meeting Masaru’s fans everywhere we go.

At JapaneseCultureCenter where the seminar was scheduled to take place, people were already making a line to secure good seating space from an hour and a half before the lecture. And there was another long line for the autograph of Masaru even before the lecture. Even when the time to start the lecture came, it was unable to start because the people were still not settled. All 800 seats were sold out. However, there were still many people that wanted to see that there were people sitting on the floor and standing at the back.

And finally, followed by an introduction by Fred, the organizer, and Cynthia, Masaru took the stage. Almost everyone raised their hand to the question, “who’s seen the movie ‘What the Bleep Do We Know!?’”. Then a huge laughter broke out when Masaru took out his camera on the stage and started taking pictures as he declared, “I’m Japanese, I love to take pictures!” The audience quickly got sucked in to Masaru world. Even in the relaxed atmosphere of the venue, there were hint of nervousness when he started talking about the damage done to the environment as a result of global warming. And the place filled with sighs of distress at the pictures of the tsunami.

The 800 people venue was packed

I had to leave in the middle of the seminar to move on to Los Angeles. I had no doubt though that this seminar would end with another standing ovation.

I remembered the statement, “USA is founded on the gathering of people that want to make USA” and I am starting to vaguely understanding what Masaru meant when he said “I will be changing USA this year!”

Thank you.

(three days on the road with Masaru Emoto: IHM/Hirotsugu Hazaka)

About 130 of the participants of yesterday’s seminar gathered together by the beach and conducted “Prayer Ceremony”. The prayer was led by a shaman woman that was also at the Santa Fe seminar earlier. In the end Masaru spoke with his usual humor to relax and soften the crowd. Then we all prayed towards the sea. Of course we all poured our thoughts into the bay that was affected by the big tsunami. Thinking that this is also an island, I could not imagine how it would be if the tsunami hit here. I prayed with all my heart.

After that, there was an interview by a TV show. It was an interview by a female interviewer. Of course the interview went longer than originally planned. I think you will understand what I mean if you look at the pictures closely.

We all prayed together for love and thanks to water.	We all prayed together for love and thanks to water.

Kimber (back left) Cynthia (back right)	Interview with a beautiful interviewer.

(three days on the road with Masaru Emoto: IHM/Hirotsugu Hazaka)

For a generation that knows the song, “Airway to Hawaii”, Hawaii is a place of dreams. Beautiful red and yellow hibiscus welcomed me as I stepped out of the airplane. The venue of the day is Aloha Beach Hotel. I went to see Masaru and his wife at the hotel. There, Cynthia the publisher of “The Hidden Messages in Water” and the coordinator of the US seminar tour was there running about busily with books, posters, CDs and stickers in hand.

The seminar started with a healing music presentation by the seminar’s organizer, Kimber. Masaru on the stage is talking away with his Americanized attitudes as always. The over three hundred people that were there seemed to be warming up to the person of the time, Masaru Emoto. He was entertaining his audience with his humor and his expressiveness.

A full crowd in front of a Hawaiian sunset.

By the end, everyone seemed to have been under Masaru’s spell as he ended his talk with a standing ovation. Many people lingered about afterwards for Q and A and for book signing.

(three days on the road with Masaru Emoto: IHM/Hirotsugu Hazaka)

Santa Cruz is known as a birthplace of surfing and a place that attracts hippies and new-age type of people. I have visited there as a tourist fifteen years ago but all I remember then was the beauty and the fact that there were many sea-otters.

This seminar was organized by another book store that specializes in new-age type of books. The main coordinator for the American tour is Cynthia from Beyond Words, a publisher for my book, “Hidden Message in Water”. But the organizers of each location are usually a bookstore in that area.

I heard that there were quite a few tickets not sold until about three days ago, but in the last two days, the 400 tickets quickly sold out and there were about 200 people in the waiting list. The organizer was very surprised. I can’t deny that there has been this “last-minute” phenomenon around myself in the States since last autumn. I am excited by this because this must be the phenomenon of hado (vibration).

The translator for this seminar was Massi, an American born Japanese. He did a pretty good job even though he was only 25 years old and has not been to Japan too many times. But since he has been studying Yoga and because his parents spent enough time teaching him Japanese, he did a good job. I was re-convinced that translation is up to that person’s motivation and the compatibility to that certain topic. I ended that day’s seminar with another standing ovation. Five in a row!

The rio of Rio Theater means water. See the sold out sign.

The line went for a whole two blocks

The venue

In the beginning, I did not understand the purpose of this reception, but it all made sense when I got there. It was held at a condo on top of a famous hill in San Francisco. The place had a history of at least one hundred years and had been converted to an art gallery and a venue for small parties and receptions. In other words, it was a place for the high class society.

The reception started from around 5 pm. There were about 60 people who were entrepreneurs, alternative medicine practitioner, musicians and more. Within these people, I was surprised to find three people that I have met before. It is reaffirming that I need to treasure all the encounters with people.

The organizer here was Marilyn, a friend of Cynthia’s and a supporter of my philosophy. She must have organized this reception so that I can meet more people that will support my research. Therefore, she introduced me to the owner of Noetic Science. (the one on the left, the right is Marilyn.)

So I got right on the subject about my hope to build a laboratory in the States. He expressed his interest in joint project with his foundation in San Francisco. Later, I learned more about this organization and realized that it has a prominent history and a research organization that I admire. I’m convinced that another new hope has aroused. Oooh, I wish I had three of myself.

At the reception

The organizer for the Vancouver seminar was a book store that specializes in Spiritual materials, one of the biggest of its kind in that city. The event organizer, Michael first rented out a venue for 800 people praying that it will fill up. However, that ticket was all sold in a flash and because there were many more people that wanted to hear my lecture, we added another day.

However, the tickets for the extra day all sold out quickly as well. I heard from my son, Hiromasa, that there were about 250 more people that were not able to get tickets. I am just amazed at how I got to be this popular. The movie, “What the Bleep Do We Know!?” was also playing at that city so that may be the reason, but I just don’t think that it is the only reason.

So in the end, there were 400 people at the lecture on the 9th, and the original lecture on the 10th was in front of 800 people. This is my third time to talk in Vancouver but it seems like the number of people had been growing in a good speed. I would like to share my theory on why it has been like this towards the end of my current seminar tour.

Sunset on the English bay seen from my hotel in Vancouver	The seminar on the 9th, there were people standing at the back as well.

The sold out sign on the signboard at the venue on the 10th	With Michael, the venue after the lecture

With the excitement of the day before still in the air, we moved on to UC San Diego, located about two and a half hour drive from my son’s place in LA. Ron Katoh was my translator for yesterday as well as today. He is a third generation Japanese born in the States and has a strong understanding of my ideas. Since last September, I have asked him to be my translator for most of my California seminars.

Ron had been working for the California branch of Sekaikyuseikyo for the last ten years because he was attracted by the philosophy of the founder, Mokichi Okada. So that background helps to understand my ideas as well. I have always had connection with the Sekaikyuseikyo and had been invited to talk at their headquater a few times. I have been told many times by the people of that organization that what I am talking about is the same as what Mokichi Okada is teaching.

Through my five years of world seminar career, I learned the importance of having the right translators. Even if I speak with all my energy and sincerity, if the translator cannot pass it on to the audience, it is all a waste. There were many times when I have felt disappointment and frustration in working with such translators.

This is also because the content of my talk tends to be on a special blend of different subjects such as, spiritual, religious, quantum physics, medical, historical, and philosophical disciplines. More than the language and comprehensive skills, the translator needs a personal interest in a topic like “hado” to understand. Ron has become one of my favorite translators in this sense.

So, the second seminar I had at an American university (the first was four years ago at Harvard) was in front of 1000 people. It was about 500 students and 500 off campus participants. Even the students that were able to attend free of charge stayed until the end and showed their gratitude with a standing ovation. It’s all thanks to Ron for translating as if he has become Masaru Emoto himself. I am blessed by such a great person working for me.

A long line of people waiting for the door to open.

At the venue

Standing ovation by 1000 people.

The very first speaker of the first day was the director of the movie, William Arntz. The whole audience welcomed him with a standing ovation. Through that vibration, I felt that everyone was saying “Thank you for creating such a great movie”, and I was already moved by it even before he started speaking. In a different manner than how he was when he came to Japan as a guest for Water for Life Festival on November of last year, he grasped the audience for the whole hour that he talked. It was like confirming that a convention of William Arntz Fan Club was about to start.

This impression stayed with me for the whole conference. I was convinced that a certain type of new “phenomenon” had taken root there. I think that the creators of this film may not have expected this type of “Bleep Phenomena” from the beginning, but they were very good at grasping the opportunity that was created naturally through the movie. And now, along with this type of additional economic value, this may be the beginning of the humanity’s positive directional change.

Since I do not understand English much, I did not listen to too many lectures during the conference. However, of the lectures that I have heard, I was especially moved by the actress, Marlee Matlin. She talked through a translator for sign language but because of her lack of vocal expression, she had such a rich facial expression. For someone that does not understand the language too well, it worked out very well.

She was an actress that had received an Oscar for her 1986 movie, “Children of a Lesser God”. She said that she forgets that she’s an actress at home and concentrates on being a mother of four and a wife to her husband. I suspect that she was not too active with her acting career after the receipt of the Oscar.

She dressed casually in a shirt and a pair of jeans but she still was beautiful. With her beauty, talk, and her facial expression, she has captured me as a fan. I was so impressed that I took the opportunity during the Q and A session at the end to ask, “as a man that provided the crystal pictures for the subway scene, I am interested in knowing how you felt when you first saw them.”

With the actress Marlee Matlin

She knew who I was right away when then and walked towards the front row seat that I was sitting. I walked up towards her and shook her hand at that moment. She was happy to give me some moment to take a picture with me as well. She bent down on the stage to line her face besides mine as my wife and my secretary took the picture. However, that special photograph turned out to be out of focus that I cannot share with you here. It’s just too bad.

As for the answer to my question, I was too excited to actually remember what her reply was. Oh well, it was just my excuse to talk to her anyways.

I was told by everyone there that my speech that marked the end of the whole event was superb. I did definitely feel the vibration of excitement and awe from the audience at the end of my talk. The participation to this Prophet’s Conference had given me a new level of confidence and a sense of mission.

With one of the actresses

Susan Osborn sang a beautiful song before my talk

During my talk

My wife and I flew in to Los Angeles yesterday after a week of rest in Amsterdam with our grandson. My son and his wife came to pick me up at the LA airport. I am about to begin this year’s first American seminar tour.

In front of my son’s house
(I’m holding a credit card with a crystal picture motif)

This time, I will start my tour at Santa Monica to attend a conference for “What the Bleep Do We Know!?” movie. Then I will be moving on to scheduled seminars at UC San Diego, VancouverCanada, Santa Cruz, the islands of Hawaii: Kawai, BigIsland, Oahu, and Maui. I’m looking forward to these three weeks because I have been hearing that many of my seminars are filling up fast.

The three day conference for the movie that will start tomorrow will be held at a hotel on the beautiful beach of Santa Monica. The organizer is a professional event organizer that is famous within the New Age world for their “Prophet Conferences” held around the country. This “What the Bleep” conference will also be held in series starting here then moving on to Boulder, Vancouver, and Portland within this year.

A poster for “What the Bleep Do We Know !? Prophet Conference”

The three day ticket for this conference is $360 but they had been sold-out for a while now. This is evidence that many of the movie’s fans are financially in good shape to be able to pay for the tickets. My talk is scheduled as the last speaker on the last day, an important role to finish off the conference. Until then, I’ll be enjoying the whole atmosphere.

Schedule for the conference