Comments on: On Like Totally Living in the Now in Japan, You Know?

By: On Staying Sane as an Expat in Japan | This Japanese Life. | 生命を外面九天です

On Staying Sane as an Expat in Japan | This Japanese Life. | 生命を外面九天です — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:01:27 +0000

[…] time, I was obsessed with the idea that I should never need anything outside of myself. I wanted to cultivate detachment. To a point, this is useful. But it’s OK to care about people, to get dragged into feeling […]

By: On Getting Ramen (and a Hangover) in Japan | This Japanese Life. | 生命を外面九天です

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:38:47 +0000

[...] for your spicy, garlicky ramen. The isolation lets you give the soup the full dedicated mind of a zen archer. As the Ichiran Web site points out, this is great for female patrons who don’t want to get [...]

By: On Getting Ramen (and a Hangover) in Japan | This Japanese Life. | 生命を外面九天です

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:38:47 +0000

By: On Going to a Gay Bar in Japan | This Japanese Life. | 生命を外面九天です

On Going to a Gay Bar in Japan | This Japanese Life. | 生命を外面九天です — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:39:27 +0000

[...] the sex you want. Presumably, though, “all the sex you want” is going to reflect a healthy, mindful awareness of what you’re [...]

By: jobugman

jobugman — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 16:08:03 +0000

I also started to meditate around age 13 and for awhile I felt like I was at peace, then summer ended so I went back to school and started to stress about what to wear and projects and other things…

By: Nora Ueda

Nora Ueda — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 23:43:52 +0000

love this ..nice piece..and made me smile alot !

By: renmi86

renmi86 — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 04:26:02 +0000

Thanks for sharing this insightful look into the human mind. I know those feelings well, of being unable to focus on the here and now.