By ryan October 23, 2014 answers life questions Questions with no answers Yesterday, I found out that I had not made the shortlist for a tenure-track academic position that I had interviewed for about a month ago, ...
By ryan October 13, 2014 life Do you know if it's snowing in Japan right now? (I don't) What should I blog about today? Gosh, it's only the third day of 2012, and I'm already asking myself this question. No good, no good...
By ryan October 13, 2014 acupuncture Ashtanga conversation life practice teenage boys Being with the universe with needles in me; Is Ashtanga only for teenage boys? Earlier today, I went for my twice-a-month acupuncture session. The acupuncturist who was working with me today had just completed a 200-hou...
By ryan October 13, 2014 life money Philip Larkin A little meditation on money, and the fact that some have more of it than others Money Quarterly, is it, money reproaches me: ‘Why do you let me lie here wastefully? I am all you never had of goods and sex. You could get ...
By ryan October 13, 2014 life Spring Stockholm Sweden My Week(s) in Photos "Sit quietly and close your eyes. The light within is sufficient." (Marianne Williamson) My week in photos. Well, to be honest...
By ryan October 13, 2014 life loneliness sadness Would you like to make me a little less lonely? Earlier today, I was at Starbucks, reading Nietzsche and preparing for my class tomorrow morning. Yes, this is the first time I am officiall...
By ryan October 13, 2014 Insight life practice Just a Flexi-Girl . . . “ Earnestness is the path of eternity, thoughtlessness the path of death. Those who are in earnest do not die, those who are thoughtless are...
By ryan October 13, 2014 Food life Vegetarianism Eating anything that crawls, swims or flies Earlier today, I was chatting with a friend. She was trying to plan what kinds of food to cook for her family for the coming week, and was r...
By ryan September 24, 2014 Ashtanga yoga India Insight life Mysore Mysore India practice This Summer Ta Just under a month I've been back home after an intense and transformational summer in Mysore, India. As always it took me a while to...
By ryan September 08, 2014 false consciousness life sex Sexual fantasies, false consciousness A few evenings ago, I got together with some friends at the house of my friends J and L. There were five of us present: J, L, S, M and mysel...
By ryan August 29, 2014 India Insight life love Mysore True Love “ Love is a tremendous caring that arises in the wake of transcending the personal self. In the wake of this transcendence, something amazin...
By ryan August 26, 2014 campus life garbha life uterus My mother's garbha Today is the first day of classes of the fall semester here in Idaho. About half an hour ago, I was walking around in the student union food...
By ryan August 14, 2014 Insight life Wisdom The Power of Unity I love the following story. If we followed this example there would be much healing in the world. The best part is we don't have to wait...
By ryan May 29, 2014 home life promises Singapore Singapore, home, and the unburdening of promises that have outlived their relevance I'm in Singapore right now. I came here last week to attend my younger brother's wedding, and will be here for another couple of wee...
By ryan May 01, 2014 Insight life First of May Now May, already, it is hard to believe, and as spring slowly begins to awaken, you know it's a slow process here in Sweden, you must ha...
By ryan March 22, 2014 life Spring Stockholm Vernal Equinox Happy Vernal Equinox Hello Spring!? With today marking the vernal equinox spring has a funny way of showing itself in Stockholm. Luckily, by the time I wrote thi...