It is never easy to figure out where kami can possibly lurk. Sometimes a travel back in time can reveal the moment when kami entered one’s life; in other cases, the presence of a kami is way ahead, in the distant future. There are cases when kami has recently been around, and it takes very little time to spot it; however, there are cases when people realize that kami has actually never left – it has always been there for the given person.
Speaking of my own experience of meeting a kami, I must admit that in my life, the presence of kami could be spotted in the cases when I had to make complicated life choices. Even though no weird imagery could be detected, nor could I claim for sure that I had a specific vision, I state with a considerable amount of certainty that kami takes active interest in my life and its major events.
It is quite peculiar that in my case, kami prefers to occupy the higher parts of the premises, whether it is a block of flats or any other building. Despite the fact that I cannot actually see it, whenever there is a need to make an important choice, a kami will always take its place somewhere up above, in the upper corner of the room; at least, this is where I always tend to look whenever I have to decide on something. Even though I tried looking in a different direction, I still ended up lifting my eyes dreamingly, as if waiting for the answer to appear on the ceiling.
It is also quite weird that the presence of kami is revealed to me with the help of sounds – one might think that it is the rustle of leaves on the window, yet I know perfectly sure that someone is giving me a hint on which choice to make. Sometimes the signs that kami gives are much more obvious – e.g., there is a sound of something falling, or any other loud noise; anyway, the spirit clearly shows that there is a message to be heard.
Despite the tradition, I rarely welcome kami – as a matter of fact, it was only recently that I learned how to name the weird phenomenon described above. However, I believe that kami should be welcomed in the traditions of the country, which the spirit originates from, i.e., Japan. Therefore, I suppose that it would be a good idea to light up a lantern to show kami that it is welcome to be seen together with me whenever I go.
Therefore, in my life, the presence of a kami was most evident when I faced a complicated choice or when I faced a difficult dilemma to solve. Even though a kami never actually showed, I felt as if I were under someone’s guidance. Indeed, taking a look back at the definitive choices that I have described above, I have to confess that I was never actually sure of the consequences of my decisions in these cases; hence, I relied mostly on luck.
Despite the fact that in the above-mentioned cases, I never knew for sure what the outcome was going to be, my choices proved right in the end. On the one hand, the given examples can be attributed to luck; on the other hand, as I have mentioned above, in each case, I felt an unusual surge of spiritual energy, which could be interpreted as the presence of a kami, a wise spirit who would never let me down.