{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"#29 Africa: Land of Creation with Ida-san","description":"Your Creative Sparks: Does too much COMFORT and CONVENIENCE actually STIFLE our growth? What is good about humans is that WE CAN ADJUST TO ANYTHING. Larger than language, it is our ACTION that helps people UNDERSTAND US. Part four and the \u201cfinal\u201d episode of our West African adventure! Lobsterbird talks with Ida-san, a man whose life took a dramatic turn at 50 years old, when he decided to challenge himself by going out of his comfort zone in a monumental, transcontinental move from Japan to Burkina Faso. What inspired him? And will it inspire you? Let your imagination take flight as we talk about making a big move, going where your heart is leading you, and finding the path to your greatest personal impact in the world. Leave us a Rating & Review! Your Travelogue At 49 years old, Ida-san was a busy entrepreneur. He had worked as a hairdresser for thirty years and had grown his business to four salons with about 40 workers. One fateful day, he heard about a disaster in the mountains of the Philippines, where many people lost their homes and many children became orphaned. What he learned about the strength and ingenuity of these children would change his life forever. [2:20] Ida-san decided he wanted to try himself. \u201cI wanted to become strong, to challenge myself. What will happen in such a place? Maybe I will give up. Or maybe I will become sick. Or maybe I will just close myself in the room because I cannot speak to anyone.\u201d Ida-san was inspired to find out what he was really made of. [7:04] In a new and harsh environment where no one spoke his language, Ida-san found himself wasting away, physically as well as personally. [10:14] After two months, he thought, \u201cI gotta do something. If I keep being like this, I\u2019m going to lose myself. I\u2019m going to lose to myself, and I don\u2019t want to do that.\u201d What did he do to find his power, break the stalemate, and begin to feed himself and his soul? [12:12] How helping a little boy to fell a tree finally broke the language barrier and established new friendships. Ida-san explains, \u201cI learned something. It\u2019s not about the language. I can connect my heart with other people at the first point, through my action.\u201d [13:48] Ida-san\u2019s body began to adapt as well, and he became one that could eat and drink anything. Even a gecko. [16:16] Ida-san\u2019s experience continued to develop within him new strength, ingenuity and persistence. At first dismissed as a foreigner, how did he finally convince a local expert in agriculture to teach his village how to grow rice? He eventually created a system that combined the best techniques from Burkina Faso and Japan. He also made thirty wells, constructed a school, and initiated many other impactful projects. [18:58] Ida-san sees a bigger role in his projects, working from inside the local community and understanding its history. How colonization created distrust between people, and Ida-san\u2019s vision to re-establish that trust. \u201cIn trust, there is a strong, strong power that we can create.\u201d [25:15] We don\u2019t have to break the system we have today to make an impact on the future. How can we put the elements of Nature into our civilized society, so that the law of the earth informs our understanding and the choices we make? [30:40] And what does Ida-san say about Africa being the motherland? \u201cWe all humans came from Eve, the mother, the first person. We have to go back unto Eve. From there, we should listen to what she is saying once again.\u201d [34:00] Links and resources: Lobsterbird\u2019s new book: Level Up: Power Practices for Spiritual Superabundance by Sophia Remolde Episode 26 Africa: Land of Creation with Miyu Leilani Episode 27 Africa: Land of Creation with Saori + Miyamoto Episode 28 Africa: Land of Creation with Cheick Music for this episode was contributed by Daniel Munkus and recorded in the Hudson River Valley at Subtle Soup Studios. For more info, visit: www.subtlesouprecords.com. Podcast management and creative copy provided by Sonya Louise, at the CrossRoads in Sweet Home Alabama. Sonya Louise is also the force of Nature behind GO Solo Travel & Vision Quest. For Free Energy Readings from Sophia and to learn about upcoming Hero\u2019s Way Pilgrimages, visit: lobsterbird.com. \u2728The next pilgrimage takes us to Indonesia in November! If you want to build your business so you can make more money with more ease, and make a bigger impact with your work, shoot an email over to magic@lobsterbird.com for more details!\u2728 If you liked this episode, please subscribe to our podcast and drop some starshine on us in iTunes. Leaving 5 stars makes it possible to bring you more goodness. Bonus points for leaving a review! ","author_name":"Bridge to Being","author_url":"http:\/\/lobsterbird.com","html":"