You Don't Know How to Live — What a 78 Year Old Monk Told Me in Japan....

Описание: You Don't Know How to Live — What a 78-Year-Old Monk Told Me in Japan

"You don't know how to live."

Five words. A 78-year-old Buddhist monk in a hidden temple in Kyoto. And my entire identity crumbling in seconds.

I was 24 years old, had a dream job in Portland, a perfect boyfriend, and a life plan everyone envied. But I would wake up at 3 a.m. not knowing who I was. I looked in the mirror and saw a stranger. I was living someone else's life.

So I left EVERYTHING. Job. Boyfriend. Country. I went to Japan without speaking Japanese, without knowing anyone, with a suitcase and a lot of fear.

In this video, I tell the complete story:
→ The unseen crisis behind the "perfect life"
→ The night I cried for 4 hours on the floor of a hostel in Tokyo
→ The accidental encounter with a monk that changed everything
→ The brutal phrase that destroyed who I thought I was
→ The lessons of wabi-sabi, ikigai, and mono no aware
→ How I returned to the USA a completely different person

If you've ever felt like you're living on autopilot... that you're following a script you didn't write... this video will disturb you. On purpose.

📚 JAPANESE CONCEPTS MENTIONED:
→ Wabi-sabi (侘寂): The beauty of imperfection
→ Mono no aware (物の哀れ): The awareness of impermanence
→ Ikigai (生きがい): The reason for living
→ Shoshin (初心): Beginner's mind

🎌 PLACES SHOWN:
→ Tokyo: Shibuya, Asakusa, Shinjuku
→ Kyoto: Higashiyama, Kiyomizu-dera, Kamo River, Philosopher's Path
→ Portland, Oregon (before and after)

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This is a story based on real experiences of personal transformation.