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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

The XXI century has totally installed itself in our image of the epoch we are living; by this l mean that we have grown accustomed to being part of it, the last century is left behind, it looks now very far in the distance. We are already in 2013!

My impression is that in the early XX century, let us think of 1913, people had a clear and exciting idea of living in a modern world, they were all full of hope and faith in science. But this century has a very different taste, the sensation is that we are already in the future; the word ‘modernity’ means nothing new for us; now is actually the future; great discoveries and important technological improvements happen every day, we are hardly surprised about that, we only want to acquire as many futuristic items as possible, nobody wants to be left behind.
If we think of it seriously, this future we are living in is not necessarily very charming, it is very close to a dystopia, there is fear and anxiety, the opposite of the utopia we all expected after the year 2000.

Although we must not lose hope, anxiety is not such a bad thing. In 1913, people were enjoying the Belle Epoque, full of illusions, but then, the following year, the First World War started, and all the horrors of the XX century followed it. This is why I think that a certain dose of anxiety can keep us well connected with reality, helping us to accept the dark side of life; our task is to work for awareness, spiritual development and understanding of people around us; instead of living in the future, we have to come back to the present, and this means using the technology and gadgets of the future to express creatively what we really are, shadow and light.

he Year 2013 is going to be full of challenges; it is the moment when we can combine our skills with our futuristic tools and personal development. Japan is perfectly well prepared for this task, more than any other country in the world; it has been proved throughout its whole history.

I want to convey my best wishes to all my dear friends in Japan for this year, the mysterious 2013.

Xavier Betancourt

In Japanese

by xavier_astro | 2013-01-03 00:00 | メッセージ  

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