"The Story of Consciousness." New Moon Note. October 2024.

The October new moon has arrived.
This month we have created a seasonal special blend. This month's blend is "Pear Juice". We cold-pressed pears from Hayashi Farm in Fukuoka Prefecture, who has been a long-time partner of Sunshine Juice.

With its refreshing sweetness and ability to reduce swelling, pear juice is perfect for the end of summer. It will quickly get rid of the swelling that has built up in your body during the hot summer and prepare you for autumn with a fresh mind.

I've been reading a book for about a year, a little at a time, every day. The other day, I came across a wonderful phrase in the book.

“Just as even a drop of honey contains the delicate essence of a flower, a leaf, and a fruit, so all experience exists within a subtle space of consciousness from which all experience expands.”

It feels like a lot of things are happening in our daily lives, but it all comes back to our consciousness. The analogy that often comes up in this book is that "all the information of a plant is contained in a tiny seed." I want to be able to see and feel the fundamental part at any time, at the level of "consciousness," the level of the "seed," the essence, without getting too excited or upset about superficial things.

Last month was a month of a lot of travel. In particular, I went on a barefoot shoes and cold-pressed juice experience tour called "Guru Guru Barefoot Journey" with the barefoot shoe brand Vivo Barefoot Japan in Okayama, Ehime, and Kochi. There are many things you can feel by experiencing barefoot and cold-pressed juice, so the tour was themed on having people from all over the country experience it, even though it was grassroots, and understand it for themselves.

Vivo Barefoot is a shoe that makes you healthy by wearing it. For more details, please listen to the Juicy Talk Podcast by the company's president, Mr. Komine, but I thought it was very logical. I feel that it is a shoe that brings out the best in the original human potential, or rather, returns you to your original state. I have been wearing it for a while now, and although I had stiffness in my calves and pain in the soles of my feet at first, I have been feeling good recently and the movement of my toes has improved, so I can really feel the effects.

Speaking of sunshine juice, it may not have an instant dramatic effect or efficacy, but by incorporating it into your life, you will definitely feel a change in your physical condition and diet. Juice has also been introduced and practiced in the medical field (Gerson Therapy and Koda Health Method), and drinking real juice allows you to absorb the nutrients from plants without putting strain on your body through the water, boosting your body's immunity and enhancing your body's natural healing power (called Vital Force in English).

I think it's very "natural" to bring out the power that humans inherently have, to reduce the load and not push yourself, and to "gradually" improve your condition, and I think that in the long run, this will lead to more effective and sustainable results. It's difficult to understand and takes time. That's why I think it's important to tell people, let them "experience" it, and have them continue.

Although it is a combination of shoes and juice, somehow it seems like they are trying to convey a very similar message! If you pay attention to the things you eat, drink, and take a fresh look at your everyday life, you will make many interesting discoveries.

We are planning to hold another Guru Guru Barefoot Journey in another location. Look forward to it!

And here's the news.

Sunshine Juice Kyoto has been held as a pop-up since last year, but it will now move to the east side of the city, in the Sakyo Ward area, and reopen as Sunshine Juice Lab.

Here, you can of course drink juice, but we also plan to make it a place where we can conduct large-scale experiments from various angles, such as health, circulation, nature, plants, etc., and in collaboration with many people. For opening information, please check Instagram @sunshinejuicelab.

Autumn is approaching, so try enjoying your juice at room temperature, not too cold. Have a beautiful October.